ftboa.com • Thursday • January 24, 2019 FEC/FTBOA PUBLICATION Accelerate to Headline Saturday’s FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION $9 Million Pegasus World Cup or to subscribe, please call BY GULFSTREAM PARK Antoinette at 352-732-8858 or PRESS OFFICE _____________ email: [email protected] HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Hronis Racing LLC’s Accelerate will face 11 rivals in Saturday’s $9 million Pegasus World Cup In This Issue: Invitational (G1) at Gulfstream $100,000 Bonus Money Offered on Park in an attempt to become the Pegasus Day third consecutive Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) winner to capture Yoshida Gets Favorite’s Role in Pegasus North America’s richest race. D. Wayne Lukas Book Signing The Pegasus World Cup will co- headline Saturday’s 12-race pro- Souper Tapit, Win Win Win Produce gram with the $7 million Pegasus Live Oak Double World Cup Turf Invitational (G1), Big Upset for Quijote in Sunshine North America’s richest turf race. Millions Sprint The $16 million Pegasus World Cup Championship Invitational Another Track Another Win for Series will be supported by seven Big Changes other stakes, including four other Starship Jubilee Defends Title graded stakes. First-race post time Accelerate/ECLIPSE SPORTSWIRE PHOTO Saturday is set for 11:30 a.m. Forever Liesl Gets First Stakes Win in a field of 12 and will break from post John Sadler-trained Accelerate, who Gulfstream Park Charts capped a sensational 2018 season with a position five. length triumph in the Breeders’ Cup The mile and one-eighth Pegasus World Tampa Bay Downs Charts Cup will be Accelerate’s final career start Classic at Churchill Downs Nov. 3, has Florida Stallion Progeny List been rated as the 9-5 morning-line favorite PEGASUS See on page 3 Florida Breeders’ List First foal is a filly for Ocala Stud’s Wire to Wire Business Place G1 winner Greenpointcrusader Featured Advertisers Ocala Stud Ocala Stud’s Greenpointcrusader sired his first reported foal on Jan. 19 when a Pleasant Acres Stallions bay filly was born at Ocala Stud. The filly Bridlewood Farm is out of St. Elias Stables’ mare Waitingforaspark, a winning daughter of Oakton Farm Bodemeister. Florida Department of Agriculture On the racetrack, Greenpointcrusader broke his maiden at Saratoga at two and FTBOA then was a runaway four and one-half Seminole Feed length winner of the Champagne S. (G1) for St. Elias Stables, MeB Stables and Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply Brooklyn Boyz Stables and trainer Todd Journeyman Stud Greenpointcrusader/SERITA HULT PHOTO See OCALA STUD on page 3 Back to Top Page 3 Pegasus Continued from COVER before embarking on a new career as a stal- lion at Lane’s End Farm in Versailles, KY. “We’re going to be a little bit sad, but happy that he has a great book of mares at Lane’s End in Kentucky,” Sadler said. “It’s a pretty good scenario. We’re just looking at it as an opening of a second career for him.” Accelerate has kept the best of company throughout his career and has fared extremely well but not nearly as dominat- ing as he was during his 2018 campaign, in which he won six of seven starts, notched four Grade 1 victories, highlighted by his triumph in the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Churchill Downs. In 22 starts, Accelerate has won 10 times, including eight stakes, and finished second or third in 10 other races, amassing career earnings of $5,792,480. Accelerate, a lock to be honored as the outstanding older horse in 2018 at Thursday’s Eclipse Awards dinner in Florida-bred Pay Any Price/LESLIE MARTIN PHOTO Gulfstream’s Sport of Kings Theater, com- Owned by Mr. and Mrs. William K. the Breeders’ Cup Classic, will be one of piled a Horse of the Year-caliber record last Warren Jr., the 5-year-old son of Quality two starters in last year’s Pegasus to return year but has imposing competition for Road would subsequently finish third this year. The Antonio Sano-trained thoroughbred racing’s top honor in 2018 behind a victorious Accelerate six-weeks Gunnevera, who finished third behind Gun Triple Crown champion Justify. later in the Santa Anita Gold Cup. Runner last year, finished second in the “We laid out a script of the races we “We’ve met twice. It’s a tie ballgame so Whitney (G1) at Saratoga prior to his were going to run, and he ran in them all. far,” trainer Michael McCarthy said. strong Classic showing. He beat all the horses that came up to him,” City of Light, who won the seven-fur- Based at Gulfstream Park West, he added. “It’s a shame Justify went to the long Triple Bend (G1) at Santa Anita in Gunnevera won the 2017 Fountain of Youth sideline early. We were hoping we’d have a March, raced twice following the Santa (G2) over the Gulfstream Park racetrack chance of meeting in the Breeders’ Cup, Anita Gold Cup, finishing second in the and has earned in excess of $4.1 million in but it unfortunately didn’t happen. seven-furlong Forego (G1) at Saratoga purses. Whatever the vote, we’re fine with it. Aug. 25 and winning the $1 million Irad Ortiz Jr. has the return mount Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) by two and We’re just delighted with our horse.” PEGASUS Joel Rosario, who won the mount when three-quarter lengths. See on page 5 regular rider Victor Espinoza was seriously Although he’s shown brilliance in one- injured in a mishap last summer, has been turn races, McCarthy is confident City of Upcoming a perfect three-for-three aboard Accelerate, Light will have no difficulty stretching out who captured the Pacific Classic (G1) by for the two-turn Pegasus. Stallion Show 12 ½ lengths, the Awesome Again (G1) by “I don’t think he’ll have any problem,” OAKTON FARM McCarthy said. “He won the [mile and two and one-quarter lengths and the Oakton Farm will have their Inaugural Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) by a length. one-eighth] Oaklawn Handicap.” The only horse to beat Accelerate last City of Light, who will also be retired Stallion Show beginning at 4:30 pm. on year will try to repeat that feat in the and begin his stallion career at Lane’s End, Friday, Jan. 25 featuring Uncle Vinny, Pegasus. City of Light, who registered a will be ridden by Hall of Famer Javier Suntracer, Suns Out Guns Out, Big neck decision over Accelerate in the Castellano, who was aboard for his Dirt Drama, Black Onyx and Greatness. Mile romp. Oaklawn Park Handicap (G2) last April, is Oakton Farm is located at 5350 SE rated second at 5-2 in the morning-line and Margoth’s Gunnevera, who finished a Hwy. 41 in Morriston, Fla. will break from the post three. late-closing second behind Accelerate in Ocala Stud Continued from COVER Algorithms and a half-brother to Grade 1 winner Justin Phillip and Pletcher. A $575,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase, multiple Graded stakes winner Keyed Entry. Greenpointcrusader is a son of Bernardini and is produced from Greenpointcrusader stands his second season at stud for $5,000 the five-time Graded stakes-producing Cryptoclearance mare Ava S&N. For more information, please contact David or Joe O’Farrell Knowsthecode, making him a full brother to Graded stakes winner at 352-237-2171, or visit OcalaStud.com. Back to Top Back to Top Page 5 Pegasus page 3 Continued from aboard the 5-year-old son of Dialed In. Todd Pletcher-trained Audible will also be running on familiar ground in the Pegasus, having won the $1 million Fasig- Tipton Holy Bull (G2) and the $1 million Xpressbet.com Florida Derby (G1) last year at Gulfstream. Owned by China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners, Starlight Racing and WinStar Farm, the 4-year-old son of Into Mischief finished third after closing from far back in last year’s Kentucky Derby pre- sented by Woodford Reserve (G1), a head behind runner-up Good Magic. He went to the sidelines for six months following the Derby before returning with a two-length score in the Cherokee Road Stakes at Churchill Downs on the Breeders’ Cup undercard. Bet down to 1-10 in his next start at Gulfstream Dec. 15, Audible was upset by a half-length following a wide trip over a sloppy racetrack in the Harlan’s Holiday (G3). Flavian Prat will ride Audible for the first time in the Pegasus. Patternrecognition/CHELSEA DURAND PHOTO Klaravich Stables and William H. Charles Fipke’s Seeking the Soul Stronach Stables’ Something Awesome Lawrence’s Florida-bred Patternrecognition returns to Gulfstream for another crack at has blossomed since joining Laurel Park- enters the Pegasus on a three-race winning the Pegasus World Cup, in which he fin- based trainer Jose Corrales, who has sad- streak. The late-developing 5-year-old son ished fifth last year. The Dallas Stewart- dled the son of Awesome Again for graded- of Ocala Stud stallion Adios Charlie cap- trained 6-year-old, who earned Grade 1 stakes victories in the General George (G3) tured a second-level optional claiming credentials with a win in the 2017 Clark at Laurel and the $1.2 million Charles allowance Aug. 11 at Saratoga before win- Handicap at Churchill Downs, finished Town Classic (G2). Hall of Fame jockey ning his stakes debut with a front-running second behind City of Light in this year’s Edgar Prado has the return mount. score in the Kelso Handicap (G2) Sept.