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The Pegasus World Cup Invitational winner among nine American horses that have landed in Dubai

Mira Mission kept his perfect record on the Gulfstream Park grass when outdueling French import Mouillage through the lane for a three-quarter-length victory in his stakes debut Saturday in the $150,000 Canadian Turf Stakes (G3).

Never Surprised returns to a distance where he owns three wins from four tries, including Gulfstream’s Dec. 26 Tropical Park Derby

Although primarily considered a “turf horse” by breeders for most of his career at stud, the tremendous sire Giant’s Causeway is having an exceptional run of success on this side of the Atlantic wet spot.In 2019, the son of Storm Cat had champion Bricks and Mortar, who was the country’s best turf horse and yet, despite winning 11 of 13 starts, was “only a turf horse” and was allowed to be exported to Japan, where they sometimes race on turf, unlike the U.S. Oh, do we have turf races ...

Saturday's Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds in New Orleans, La., marks the first 85-point qualifying race for this year's G1 Kentucky Derby, with 50 points to the winner, 20 for second, 10 for third and five for fourth. The same points formula is in place for the G2 Rachel Alexandra Stakes, a qualifying race at Fair Grounds on the road to the Kentucky Oaks. Those two races, along with two other graded stakes, highlight a big 13-race card at Fair Grounds.

DUBAI, 10th February, 2022 (WAM) -- With nine races, including six Group 1s, on the card and $30.5 million in total prizemoney, the Dubai World Cup meeting promises to be a spectacular day of racing, culminating in the 26th G1 Emirates Airline Dubai World Cup. Sheikh Rashid bin Dalmook Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Racing Club, said: "To have more than 750 horses from 20 different countries nominated shows the continued strength of the Dubai World Cup meeting, which has grown each year sinc...

Saturday’s card at Gulfstream Park should provide some hints in five 3-year-old stakes, headlined by the 1 1/16-mile Holy Bull (G3), an early prep for the 1 1/8-mile Florida Derby (G1) on April 2

HORSE RACING

With another Pegasus in the books, Stronach looks ahead | 2022-01-31 02:00:29

J. Keeler Johnson analyzes the Pegasus World Cup (G1) and Pegasus World Cup Turf (G1).