HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Nine horses were entered for Saturday’s $175,000 Fred W. Hooper Stakes at Gulfstream Park, although the majority of the attention will be focused on just two of them – budding superstars Knightsbridge and Life and Times – who will dominate the wagering in the Grade 3 fixture to be decided at a mile over the main track. Knightsbridge has won four of six career starts, including the Grade 3 Mr. Prospector by 4 3/4 lengths here Dec. 27, a performance for which he earned a lifetime-best 103 Beyer Speed Figure. Knightsbridge’s last two victories came at seven furlongs, although he also is proven at a mile, having won a first-level allowance race by nine lengths at the distance here during the spring of his 3-year-old campaign. “He’s already won at the distance and his gallop-out was good last time going seven-eighths, it didn’t look like he was folding up at the end,” trainer Bill Mott said when asked if he has any worries about his horse stretching back out to a mile. “With two races under his belt, he should be plenty fit.” Mott also did not seem concerned about the possibility that Knightsbridge might bounce or regress off the career-best Beyer number he received for the Mr. Prospector. “I guess you always worry about that because we’re coming back in a month’s time, but he looks good to us and in most cases you would think that’s enough,” Mott added. Naturally, the Hall of Fame trainer is well aware of the presence of the imposing Todd Pletcher-trained Life and Times. “Todd’s got an interesting horse in there that’s 2 for 2. He must like him an awful lot,” Mott added. “They must feel he’s got freaky type of ability.” :: Play Gulfstream Park with confidence! DRF Past Performances, Picks, and Clocker Reports are available now.  Freaky might be a bit of an understatement to describe Life and Times off his first two career starts, which he won by a combined 12 1/2 lengths while earning triple-digit Beyer Figures of 104 and 100. Both of those races were decided at one mile at Aqueduct. “Look, it’s a big jump up. He’s a quality horse, there are more seasoned horses in there. Drawing the rail is not ideal either, but he’s shown a lot of talent in his two races,” Pletcher said. “He’s kind of what you hope with a lot of them. He’s got a high cruising speed and keeps going.” The main hope for the seven other members of the field is that Knightsbridge and Life and Times possess similar running styles. Both have been on or with the pace in the majority of their previous starts. Among those most likely to benefit from a potential early duel between the two favorites are Nelson Avenue and Steal Sunshine. Nelson Avenue projects to get a nice stalking trip from the outside post under his new rider, Flavien Prat. Nelson Avenue is coming off a pair of strong efforts, a game victory in the Parx Dirt Mile and a second-place finish in the Grade 3 Forty Niner at Aqueduct when narrowly defeated by Bishops Bay, who flattered the race when returning to capture the Grade 2 Cigar Mile in his next start. Steal Sunshine figures to be coming on best of all at the end while turning back in distance off a couple of two-turn races, including a victory in an overnight handicap going 1 1/16 miles here Nov. 16. Inside Information The $225,000 Inside Information could prove to be a handicappers nightmare and arguably is one of the most wide-open races on the Pegasus card. The race lured a field of 12 older fillies and mares to go seven furlongs, three of whom are from the barn of trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. Joseph will send out Indy Bay, Claret Beret, and Dazzling Move in the Grade 2 Inside Information. They will face a lineup that includes top contenders Jody’s Pride, Sterling Silver, Necessity, and Grand Job. Indy Bay had won 4 of 5 starts, including the Grade 2 Charles Town Oaks, before a failed attempt at 1 1/16 miles in the Grade 1 Cotillion last summer at Parx Racing ended her 3-year-old campaign. She has trained forwardly for her return in the Inside Information with Irad Ortiz Jr. taking the call. Claret Beret and Dazzling Move finished third and fifth, respectively, behind Sterling Silver in the one-mile Rampart to close their 2025 campaigns. The effort was the best for Claret Beret since her second-place finish in the Grade 2 Chicago Stakes at Churchill Downs six months earlier. Jody’s Pride could go postward the tepid favorite while returning to the main track after making her final two 2025 appearances on turf. She’ll be looking to recapture the form that saw her outfinish Sterling Silver by three-quarters of a length to win the Grade 2 Ruffian last spring at Aqueduct. This will be Jody’s Pride’s first local appearance since finishing third, beaten a neck by Joseph’s Mystic Lake after striking the lead in early stretch, in last year’s renewal of the Inside Information. Sterling Silver has won each of her last two starts, including a late-running 1 1/4-length decision over Necessity in the Rampart while making her first start since being transferred to trainer Anthony Margotta Jr. during the fall. – additional reporting by David Grening :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? 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