HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Lure Him In and Lightning Tones used similar styles to account for the last two editions of the $75,000 Sunshine Classic at Gulfstream Park. But the dynamic figures to be a bit different when the pair square off for the third time in the last three months in Saturday’s renewal of the 1 1/16-mile fixture for Florida-breds that shares top billing on the card with the $75,000 Sunshine Filly and Mare Turf. Lure Him In rallied from last on the backstretch to score a game head decision over odds-on favorite Octane in the 2024 Sunshine Classic while earning a career-best 97 Beyer Speed Figure. It was the last time he competed against statebred company. He bypassed the race a year ago. The absence of Lure Him In last winter left the door open for Lightning Tones to capture the Sunshine Classic. He too rallied from the rear of the field to register a 1 1/4-length decision over One Sharp Cookie while launching a 2025 campaign during which he also finished third in the Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Mile. Lure Him In and Lightning Tones have split their last two meetings, with Lure Him In finishing second, 3 1/2 lengths in front of third-place Lightning Tones in an overnight handicap going 1 1/16 miles on Nov. 16. Four weeks earlier, Lightning Tones had come out best by nearly the same margin when the runner-up under similar conditions at one mile. :: Get Gulfstream Park Clocker Reports from Mike Welsch and the Clocker Team. Available every race day.  While Lightning Tones figures to take up his usual position at or near the rear of the field on Saturday, Lure Him In is likely to be just off the early pace, which figures to be contested by Pure Class and Neoequos, if Neoequos starts. Lure Him In actually found himself on the lead and disputing the pace in the Nov. 16 race, holding gamely before proving second best to the multiple graded stakes-placed Steal Sunshine in his 2025 finale. “He’s doing phenomenal. Couldn’t be doing any better,” trainer Sam Wilensky said of Lure Him In. “At 9 years old how many horses are out there still racing let alone winning stakes. And it would be awesome if he could do it again.” Idle two months, Lure Him In has worked three times prepping for his return, including a very impressive-looking half-mile in 47.78 seconds here on Jan. 2. Hades finished well behind Lightning Tones in their previous two encounters before bouncing back with a 1 1/2-length allowance win five weeks ago at Tampa Bay Downs. Hades is looking to recapture the form which had him on the Kentucky Derby trail here during the winter of 2024 and graded stakes-placed going a mile early that summer. “He’s got talent, it was more a confidence-builder we were looking for last time at Tampa,” said trainer Joe Orseno. Sunshine Filly and Mare Turf While the Sunshine Classic lured only six entrants, the one-mile Filly and Mare Turf drew a full, competitive field of 11 topped by Ashima and Great Venezuela, who finished first and second, respectively, in this event a year ago. Ashima led at every call and held a 1 1/4-length advantage at the wire in the 2025 Sunshine Filly and Mare Turf, the third victory in a five-race winning streak that extended into the spring. Claimed for a bargain $8,000 by trainer Sal Santoro for owner Wallace Moore Jr. during the fall of 2024, Ashima captured five of eight starts and never finished worse than third in 2025. She put an exclamation point on her season by shipping to Churchill to register a three-quarter-length victory in the Claiming Crown Tiara despite breaking through gate prior to the start and encountering an eventful trip along the way. “To see her win that race, it was overwhelming,” said Santoro, who currently has just three horses stabled at Gulfstream. Santoro missed some training time with Ashima due to a minor injury suffered immediately after the Claiming Crown, but she’s looked sharp working locally on both dirt and the Tapeta surface prepping for a defense of her title on Saturday. “I think she’s going in pretty good,” Santoro noted. ‘”Last week I gave her a nice two-minute lick on the Tapeta and she went the mile in 1:46, and after her last work in 59 on the Tapeta, the rider came back and said, ‘Dude, she’s ready.’ ” Great Venezuela chased Ashima from gate to wire in the 2025 Filly and Mare Turf, kicking off an outstanding campaign of her own during which she won three of eight starts while banking nearly $250,000. She’s yet to win a race beyond 5 1/2 furlongs and has made only two previous starts around two turns. The pace figures to be lively in the Filly and Mare Turf and along with the top pair could include Miss Mary Nell, who showed the way into the stretch before finishing a tiring eighth in the Tropical Park Oaks one month earlier. :: Play Gulfstream Park with confidence! DRF Past Performances, Picks, and Clocker Reports are available now.  Among those capable of taking advantage of a lively pace scenario is Rugelach, who rallied to command in early stretch before being overtaken at the end by the red-hot Silver Moonlight in an allowance eace nearly two months earlier at Tampa Bay. Silver Moonlight has won three straight races. New Pegasus invitations The second invitation list for the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational was released mid-week with Banishing, Brotha Keny, and Mika added to the mix. They replace Rattle and Roll, Bishops Bay, and Chunk of Gold, all of whom have been withdrawn from consideration for the big event on Jan. 24. Banishing won the Grade 2 Charles Town Classic and finished second in the Grade 1 Churchill Downs in 2025. He finished a non-threatening 12th in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint. Mika is in top form and exits his most notable performance yet, a second-place finish when beaten a neck by Bishops Bay in the Grade 2 Cigar Mile in his 2025 finale. Brotha Keny has won two of his last three starts, both stakes, and was Grade 3-placed twice during his recently concluded 3-year-old campaign. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.