HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – A couple of rising stars in the handicap division, stablemates Disco Time and Tappan Street, will square off against classy, older veterans White Abarrio, his barn mate Skippylongstocking, and 2024 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner Full Serrano when a full field of 12 goes 1 1/8 miles Saturday at Gulfstream Park in the 10th running of the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational. The Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup, the first Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series qualifier for the 2026 Classic, will go as the 13th and final race on a stellar card that also features the $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf and $500,000 Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf. As an added bonus, there will be a mandatory payout of the Rainbow 6 on races 8 through 13, with a final pool estimated at $4 million by track officials. First post Saturday is 11 a.m. To fully understand how significant the experience gap is between the leading candidates in this year’s Pegasus World Cup, one need only compare trainer Saffie Joseph Jr.’s two contenders, 7-year-olds White Abarrio and Skippylongstocking, to their younger counterparts, the 4-year-olds Disco Time and Tappan Street from the barn of Brad Cox. White Abarrio and Skippylongstocking have started 59 times and have combined earnings of nearly $11 million, while Disco Time and Tappan Street come into the race with a mere nine career starts between them. “Obviously, both our horses are light on seasoning, there are horses in there who have won a lot of races,” said Cox, who sent out Knicks Go to capture the 2021 Pegasus World Cup. “But our two are both extremely talented, are training as well as they can be coming into the race, and I’m confident they’ll run very well.” :: Get Gulfstream Park Clocker Reports from Mike Welsch and the Clocker Team. Available every race day.  Disco Time is perfect in five lifetime starts, with three of those victories coming in stakes. His wins include the Grade 3 Lecomte last winter at the Fair Grounds and more recently the one-mile Dwyer on Nov. 8 at Aqueduct by 9 3/4 lengths while posting a career-best 107 Beyer Speed Figure. Disco Time “has trained as well as he’s ever trained and he’s had two runs around two turns, so I’m confident he’ll handle a mile and one-eighth even though he’s never been that far,” Cox said. Disco Time drew the rail for his local debut with Flavien Prat replacing Florent Geroux, who had been aboard for all five previous victories. “He’s fast and he’ll break running,” Cox predicted. “I don’t think he necessarily needs the lead, as long as he gets good position and is comfortable. We’ve been waiting for this race for a while now, and he’s well prepared for it.” Tappan Street is the least experienced member of the field, with only four lifetime starts highlighted by his 1 1/4-length victory over Sovereignty here early last spring in the Grade 1 Florida Derby. Sidelined nearly nine months due to an injury suffered a week prior to the Kentucky Derby, Tappan Street returned with a very popular but hard-fought one-length victory in an allowance and optional-claiming race going a mile here Dec. 19. He earned only a 90 Beyer Figure. “His last race was at a mile and he’s a two-turn horse. He showed that in his second and third career starts. And in regards to fitness, I think he really needed the race, especially based on what he’s done since,” Cox explained. “His work the other day with [Grade 1 winner] Saudi Crown was really good. He handled him pretty easily. :: Play Gulfstream Park with confidence! DRF Past Performances, Picks, and Clocker Reports are available now.  “I think he’s going to move forward off his last race. He’ll need to based on the numbers. Although, to be honest, I thought the Beyer Figure he got beating Sovereignty in the Florida Derby (94) was a little light.” Tappan Street also is well drawn in post 7 with regular rider Luis Saez back aboard following a one-race absence. White Abarrio dominated this event a year ago, winning off by 6 1/4 lengths. But things have not gone smoothly for the reigning champion while preparing to defend his title. A rocky path that began when he was severely interfered with before finishing fifth in the Jockey Club Gold Cup on Aug. 31 at Saratoga continued two months later when he was scratched in the post parade minutes before the start of the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile. Joseph has been playing catch-up ever since with White Abarrio, who comes into the Pegasus off an unconventional training schedule that concluded here Sunday with a very slow half-mile breeze in 51.77 seconds with regular rider Irad Ortiz Jr. aboard. His chances were dealt yet another blow just hours later at the Pegasus post position draw when he pulled post 11. There is a short run to the first turn in races contested at nine furlongs over the Gulfstream Park main track. “There’s nothing we can do about the post position, it is what it is,” Joseph said. “Last year, we went into this race with him full of confidence. This year, it’s a different set of circumstances, although I’m not really worried about his fitness because he hasn’t really had any down time. He would always gallop, gallop, gallop.” On the other hand, Joseph is extremely confident coming into the race with Skippylongstocking, winner of the Grade 3 Harlan’s Holiday in his 2025 finale. Skippylongstocking will be making a record fourth start in the Pegasus World Cup while looking to add to his nearly $3.8 million in lifetime earnings. He will start from post 5 under Tyler Gaffalione. “He’s had the right preparation. He’s had a prep [race]. He finally got a good post in this race and hopefully he can take advantage of it,” Joseph said. The other 7-year-old in the field, Full Serrano, drew post 3 and tops the California contingent, which also includes British Isles. Madaket Road was entered but was scratched Friday. Full Serrano has not started since finishing a tiring fifth in defense of his title in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile on Nov. 1 at Del Mar. :: Subscribe to the DRF Post Time Email Newsletter: Get the news you need to play today's races!  “He came out of the Breeders’ Cup with a little abscess in his left foot, which may or may not have been an excuse that day,” trainer John Sadler said. “His last three works have been very good, and we know he has tactical speed, so the track [at Gulfstream Park] should suit him well. And I’m very happy with the post. Because of the configuration of that track, we wanted to be near the inside.” Like Disco Time and Tappan Street, the 4-year-old Mika comes into the race short on experience but long on talent and in career-best form. In his last two starts, the speedster has registered a 14-length allowance win at Laurel Park followed by a brilliant second-place finish when narrowly run down late by Cox’s odds-on Bishops Bay in the Grade 2 Cigar Mile. He earned triple-digit Beyer Figures in both races. Like Disco Time, he will be stretching out to 1 1/8 miles for the first time. The field also includes Poster, a narrowly beaten second in the Harlan’s Holiday, Grade 1-placed Captain Cook, Banishing, and Brotha Keny. Lightning Tones and Catalytic are on the also-eligible list. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.