Pegasus World Cup 2025

Saturday, Jan 25, 2025 Gulfstream Park

Pegasus World Cup 2025 Invitees

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Post Horse/ Best Beyer Trainer
1 Mixto 100 Doug O'Neill 10-1
Trainer: Doug O'Neill
Owner: Calumet Farm Sire: Good Magic
2 Saudi Crown 106 Brad Cox 9-2
Trainer: Brad Cox
Owner: FMQ Stables Sire: Always Dreaming
3 Newgrange Jose D’Angelo 20-1
Trainer: Jose D’Angelo
Owner: David A. Bernsen, LLC, Little Red Feather Racing and Rockingham Ranch Sire: Violence
4 White Abarrio 110 Saffie Joseph, Jr. 3-1
Trainer: Saffie Joseph, Jr.
Owner: C 2 Racing Stable, Prince Faisal bin Khaled bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and Antonio Pagnano Sire: Race Day
5 Crupi 106 Todd Pletcher 15-1
Trainer: Todd Pletcher
Owner: Repole Stable and St. Elias Stables LLC Sire: Curlin
6 Stronghold 102 Philip D'Amato 10-1
Trainer: Philip D'Amato
Owner: Eric and Sharon Waller Sire: Ghostzapper
7 Steal Sunshine 98 Bobby Dibona 30-1
Trainer: Bobby Dibona
Owner: Iavarone, Michael, Iavarone, Jules, Brogden, Carrie L., Pollard, Kevin J., Gorry Sire: Constitution
8 Vitality 88 Harold Ladouceur 50-1
Trainer: Harold Ladouceur
Owner: Stronach Stables and Hunsburger, Joel B. Sire: Street Boss
9 Mystik Dan 101 Kenny McPeek 8-1
Trainer: Kenny McPeek
Owner: Lance Gasaway, Daniel Hamby III, 4G Racing, and Valley View Farm LLC Sire: Goldencents
10 Skippylongstocking 107 Saffie Joseph, Jr. 10-1
Trainer: Saffie Joseph, Jr.
Owner: Daniel Alonso Sire: Exaggerator
11 Locked 100 Todd Pletcher 5-2
Trainer: Todd Pletcher
Owner: Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Walmac Farm Sire: Gun Runner
12 Power Squeeze 92 Jorge Delgado 30-1
Trainer: Jorge Delgado
Owner: Lea Farms, LLC Sire: Union Rags

All Top Pegasus World Cup News

White Abarrio dominates Pegasus World Cup Invitational

Mike Welsch Jan 25,2025
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - In a performance reminiscent of his victories in the Whitney and Breeders’ Cup Classic during his outstanding 2023 campaign, White Abarrio exploded through the final quarter

Spirit of St. Louis rewards Brown's confidence with Pegasus World Cup Turf triumph

David Grening Jan 25,2025
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Though Spirit of St Louis had won nine of his 13 career starts, eight of those victories had come in races restricted to New York-breds, and the ninth was in a listed stakes.

Pegasus World Cup: Locked gets post 11 as 5-2 morning-line favorite

Mike Welsch Jan 19,2025
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Cigar Mile winner Locked has been made the 5-2 morning-line choice among a full field of 12 horses drawn Sunday for Saturday’s $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational at

Pegasus World Cup Turf: Nations Pride set as morning-line favorite

Mike Welsch Jan 19,2025
HALLENDALE BEACH, Fla. – Nations Pride, a Grade 1 winner each of the past three seasons, was installed Sunday as the 2-1 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf

McPeek happy with maintenance breeze by Mystik Dan ahead of Pegasus

Mike Welsch Jan 18,2025
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Despite overnight rains throughout the South Florida area, four potential starters for the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational worked locally on Saturday including Ken

White Abarrio, Ferocious put in easy half-mile works

Mike Welsch Jan 16,2025
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – White Abarrio completed serious preparations for the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational on Thursday morning, breezing an easy half-mile in 48.27 seconds over a quicke

Saudi Crown opts in for Pegasus World Cup

Mike Welsch Jan 15,2025
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Saudi Crown is in, Skinner is out, and Imagination remains on the fence. That was the latest update regarding the potential starting lineup for the $3 million Pegasus World

Pincay upsetter J B Strikes Back will skip Pegasus, stay in California

Steve Andersen Jan 10,2025
J B Strikes Back, the former maiden claimer who scored an upset win in the Grade 2 Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes at Santa Anita on Dec. 26, will miss the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park on Jan

Saudi Crown's Pegasus status still up in the air

Mike Welsch Jan 10,2025
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Saudi Crown moved closer to a possible start in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational, 800 miles closer to be precise, when shipping from Fair Grounds to Payson Park

White Abarrio sparkles in work for Pegasus World Cup

Mike Welsch Jan 09,2025
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. -- Any question as to how White Abarrio is doing since embarking on the comeback trail was answered, at least in trainer’s Saffie Joseph Jr.'s mind, Thursday morning at Gulfst

Power Squeeze, Skinner added to prospective Pegasus World Cup field

Mike Welsch Jan 08,2025
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Add another Grade 1 winner, Power Squeeze, to the list of likely starters in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 25. Power Squeeze wa

Mi Hermano Ramon may bypass Pegasus Turf for Kilroe Mile

Steve Andersen Jan 03,2025
Mi Hermano Ramon, who has developed into a leading turf stakes horse in California in recent starts, is likely to stay at Santa Anita this winter rather than be sent to Gulfstream Park for the Grade 1

Mystik Dan among six Grade 1 winners invited to Pegasus World Cup

Mike Welsch Jan 01,2025
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – The Gulfstream Park racing office released the first group of invitations to the $3 million Pegasus World Cup on Wednesday. The list is headed by Kentucky Derby winner Mysti

White Abarrio takes the sprint route to Pegasus World Cup

Mike Welsch Dec 26,2024
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – The $165,000 Mr. Prospector has never really been considered a prep for the marquee event of the Gulfstream Park Championship meet, the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitati

Mott unsure Pegasus World Cup distance will suit Rocket Can

David Grening Dec 23,2024
Trainer Bill Mott’s primary concern about Rocket Can, as it relates to a potential start in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational, is the colt’s ability to succeed at 1 1/8 miles. It is th

Rocket Can rallies to triumph over Tumbarumba in Harlan's Holiday

Mike Welsch Dec 21,2024
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Rocket Can, who qualified for the 2023 Kentucky Derby with a victory in the Grade 3 Holy Bull and a second place in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream Park, showed hi

Major Dude survives challenge in Ft. Lauderdale, eyes Pegasus next

Mike Welsch Dec 21,2024
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Major Dude earned himself an invitation to and likely a starting berth in the $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf on Jan. 25 with a neck victory over the late-charging Fort Wash

Sierra Leone, Carl Spackler to race again next year

David Grening Nov 08,2024
OZONE PARK, N.Y. – It didn’t come as a surprise, but trainer Chad Brown was thrilled nonetheless when the connections of Sierra Leone officially announced late Thursday afternoon that the Breeders

McGaughey's attention heads to South Florida for the winter

David Grening Nov 10,2024
OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Coming off a Saturday in which he had two wins and two seconds in stakes between New York and Kentucky, trainer Shug McGaughey will now turn his attention to South Florida for the w

Highway Robber turns attention toward Pegasus World Cup Turf

Marcus Hersh Oct 14,2024
As well as Highway Robber has performed in his last two races, a narrow defeat in the $2 million Turf Cup at Kentucky Downs and a win Friday in the Sycamore Stakes at Keeneland, trainer Brian Lynch ha
About Pegasus World Cup

The Pegasus World Cup Invitational is a $3 million race for older Thoroughbreds, making it one of the richest races of the year. Run in January at Gulfstream Park in Florida, the Pegasus World Cup was first contested in 2017.

Originally established as the world's richest race with a purse of $12 million, the Pegasus was a race where owners could buy in to the starting gate for $1 million per runner. Arrogate won the first edition, defeating the popular California Chrome. In 2018, the purse was worth a staggering $16 million and was won by Gun Runner, marking the second year in a row that the Breeders' Cup Classic winner came back to succeed in the Pegasus.

After a purse reduction to $9 million in 2019, the Pegasus World Cup has settled at a $3 million purse and the runners are now invited by track officials. As horses are confirmed or their invitations are declined, the track puts out another list of invitations. This ensures that Gulfstream Park is getting the very best field it can assemble.

A sister race, the Pegasus World Cup Turf, was introduced in 2019 with a purse of $6 million. The race has since had an established purse of $1 million. In 2022, the Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf will be run for the first time – it has a purse of $500,000. In addition, the card includes several other graded stakes races, which means the entire day is a showcase of some of the top Thoroughbred talent in the world.

With its $3 million purse, the Pegasus World Cup is tied with the Kentucky Derby for monetary value and is above all other races in North America save for some of the Breeders' Cup contests. The list of winners also includes City of Light and Knicks Go, both Breeders' Cup winners themselves.

Past Winners

Year Horse/Trainer Horse Trainer Beyer
2025
Saffie Joseph Jr.
White Abarrio Saffie Joseph Jr.
2024
Bob Baffert
National Treasure Bob Baffert 105
2023
Bill Mott
Art Collector Bill Mott 107
2022
Todd Pletcher
Life is Good Todd Pletcher 110
2021
Brad Cox
Knick Go Brad Cox 108
2020
Bob Baffert
Mucho Gusto Bob Baffert 107
2019
Michael McCarthy
City of Light Michael McCarthy 112
2018
Steve Asmussen
Gun Runner Steve Asmussen 120
2017
Bob Baffert
Arrogate Bob Baffert 119
About Pegasus World Cup