Knicks Go adjusted to defend the title in the January 29 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) $3 million with a five-day practice session on January 23 at Fair Grounds & Slots.
Intern Brad Cox, who caught last year’s Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park equal to 2 3/4 length, started at 5:45 a.m. CT and timed at 1:00 2/5, the fastest of the 58 workouts recorded at the distance at the New Orleans track. Exercise driver Edvin Vargas was on board.
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Sit still and move on @BreedersCup Classic winner and @PegasusWorldCup Knicks candidate Goes this morning as he works ahead of next weekend’s $3 million race. pic.twitter.com/5sbe2knYSo
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Last Sunday was my 6-year-old son Payer Second straight bullet in a series of eight workouts (seven sessions at Fair Grounds) since catching the November 6 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) by 2 3/4 the length at Del Mar.
The Korean Racing Authority’s Knicks Go, much-anticipated to be named Horse of the Year 2021 next month at the Eclipse awards ceremony, is scheduled to be transported to Gulfstream Park by van on Wednesday. Two to start his final career in Pegasus, where he is expected to clash with Breeders ‘Breeders’ Cup winner Dirt Mile (G1) Life is good . Knicks Go will join Taylor Made Stallions near Nicholasville, Ky., for an advertising fee of $30,000 in 2022.
“He’s passed well and we’re really pleased with him. We’ll check on him in the morning and if everything goes well he’ll get in the car and leave at 8:30am. “, Cox said. “We want to get him there as quickly as possible; I think it’ll take about 13 hours. I’m flying on Monday afternoon, so I’ll meet him there and we’ll be ready to go.”
West Coast Horse Preparing for Pegasus
Three California horses completed their final preparations on Sunday at Santa Anita . Park for a pair of Pegasus World Cup races. Let’s go , coached by Dan Blacker, drilled five feathers on the pitch as well as those coached by Richard Baltas Bob and Jackie , both in preparation for the $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Stakes (G1T). Baltas training Bodhicitta walked the same distance while getting ready to buy the $500,000 Pegasus Filly & Mare Turf Stakes (G3T).
The three arrived at Santa Anita’s one-mile main track via a quarter-mile slide at around 11:45 a.m. PT and worked individually on the oval turf.
Hit the Road, 2021 Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes (G1T) winner, worked under assistant coach and regular exerciser Juan Landeros at 1:01 2/5. in what appears to be a maintenance move. In last Sunday’s penultimate Pegasus, the 5-year-old son of More than ready smoked 5 on the inner turf: 58 2/5. He is campaigned by DK Racing, Radley Equine, Taste of Victory Stables, Rick Gold, Tony Maslowski and Dave Odmark.
Bob and Jackie and Jose Valdivia, Jr. back to the winner’s circle after the San Gabriel Stakes match at Santa Anita Park
Bob and Jackie, who captured the San Gabriel Stakes (G3T) last month, were the first horse on the pitch and started with three hairs at: 35 4/5 on their way to the final clock: 59 3/5 under coach Jose Valdivia Jr.
A 6-year-old son of Spinning candy , Bob and Jackie are four-time bet winners looking for their second ranked win. He is owned by Calvin Nguyen and Joey Tran.
Bodhicitta, a 6-year-old English mare by Display , dropped about three hooks behind her steady friend and worked five feathers at: 59 3/5 with jockey Umberto Rispoli. Also owned by Nguyen, Bodhicitta is a 2nd place student who most recently finished second in the Robert J. Frankel Stakes (G3T) contest on New Year’s Day.
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