Pegasus World Cup

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Don’t Dismiss Gunnevera in Pegasus World Cup

If you told me a year ago that I would eventually come to respect and admire millionaire Gunnevera as a racehorse, I wouldn’t have believed you. I didn’t notice him until the winter of the 2017 Ke...

Posted on January 27, 2018

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Does Class Matter in Graded Stakes? This Study Will Shock You!

By Derek Simon

A long time ago, I read a handicapping book — for the life of me, I can’t remember the title — that made the point that previous stakes winners had a huge advantage in added-money races. And whi...

Posted on January 25, 2018

What Does Collected’s Flop in the San Antonio Mean for the Pegasus World Cup?

By Derek Simon

If nothing else, Tuesday’s San Antonio Stakes at Santa Anita Park gave bettors a reason to trot out the oft-repeated phrase: “That’s the reason they run the races on the track and not on paper.�...

Posted on December 28, 2017

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Despite Low Expectations, Giant Expectations Upset Winner of San Antonio

By Margaret Ransom

For a race expected to answer so many questions about next month’s $16 million Pegasus World Cup (GI) and who the legit contenders from the west would be, Tuesday’s San Antonio Handicap (GII) resu...

Posted on December 26, 2017

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Six Set for San Antonio, as Pegasus World Cup Looms

By Margaret Ransom

Traditionally, Santa Anita’s San Antonio Stakes (GII) had served as a prep race for the track’s signature event, the Santa Anita Handicap (GI), which is contested every year in early March. For de...

Posted on December 26, 2017

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Gulfstream Park 2017-18 Handicapping Preview

By Noel Michaels

The Gulfstream Park winter meet begins with the Claiming Crown, continues with the Sunshine Millions and includes several key 3-year-old prep races leading up to the Florida Derby (G1). Oh, and along ...

Posted on December 5, 2017

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Arrogate Back in California, Will Be Given Brief Break

By Margaret Ransom

Juddmonte Farms’ Dubai World Cup (GI) winner Arrogate arrived safely back at trainer Bob Baffert’s Santa Anita Park base on Saturday after a 20,000-mile round trip to the Middle East and 48 hours ...

Posted on April 3, 2017

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Arrogate Headlines ‘Duel in the Desert’

By Margaret Ransom

Since the first running of the Dubai World Cup (GI) and Cigar’s amazing victory at Nad Al Sheba in 1996, some really talented American-based horses have taken their best shot in the great “Duel in...

Posted on March 23, 2017

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