Seeking the Soul heading to Pegasus, Forever Unbridled on hold

Seeking the Soul worked a half-mile in 49.40 seconds Sunday morning at Fair Grounds and will make his next start Jan. 27 in the Pegasus World Cup, trainer Dallas Stewart said.

Stewart said Forever Unbridled, the Breeders’ Cup Distaff winner who was under Pegasus consideration, won’t start in the race. Forever Unbridled worked on Dec. 11, but Stewart said he has no plans to work the mare in coming days, and that he was slowing down her training right now. Stewart said plans call for Forever Unbridled to race again in 2018.

As for Seeking the Soul, the first stakes win of his 17-start career came in the Grade 1 Clark last month at Churchill. Seeking the Soul had flashed high-level talent before, but put everything together only this fall.

“He’s doing very good,” Stewart said. “That was just maintenance, but he worked good today.”