Like the other Pegasus World Cup races Jan. 24 at Gulfstream Park, the $500,000 Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf Invitational Stakes (G2T) is overflowing with entries. A dozen fillies and mares are in the body of the field, and another two wait on standby as also-eligibles in the 10th race on the 13-race card.
Competitiveness runs deep, indicative of the morning-line oddsmaker Brian Nadeau tabbing grade 3 winner Whiskey Decision as the scant 9-2 anticipated public choice. Front-running In Our Time, third last year's Pegasus Filly and Mare Turf, is 5-1, and a host of other challengers are not far behind in the odds pecking order.
"There's absolutely no heavy favorite," said trainer Jose D'Angelo, who runs 2025 Suwannee River Stakes winner Crevalle d'Oro, who is forecasted to start at odds around 12-1.
Contested at 1 1/16 miles on Gulfstream's grass course, the Filly and Mare Turf Invitational is one of 10 stakes Saturday at Gulfstream.
Besides the three Pegasus World Cup races, there are four other graded events: the $175,000 Christophe Clement Stakes (G3T) for fillies and mares at 1 1/2 miles on turf, the William L. McKnight Stakes (G3T) for males over the same trip for $225,000, the $175,000 Fred W. Hooper Stakes (G3) at a mile on dirt, and the $225,000 Inside Information Stakes (G2) for fillies and mares over 7 furlongs on dirt.
Whiskey Decision, trained by Chad Brown, who saddled Regal Glory to victory in the inaugural Pegasus Filly and Mare Turf in 2022, won the Eatontown Stakes (G3T) at Monmouth Park over the summer before a fourth at Saratoga Race Course in the Ballston Spa Stakes (G2T). The Into Mischief mare returns following a layoff after capturing the Sept. 14 Athenia Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Two months ago, Alpha Delta Stables bought Whiskey Decision for $1.5 million from the Taylor Made Sales Agency consignment to the 2025 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. She previously raced for owners/breeders Fred Hertrich III and John Fielding.
In 2025, Brown took over her training from Arnaud Delacour, for whom she went 3-for-7.
Resolute Racing and Miller Racing's In Our Time has competed twice since Whiskey Decision took a racing hiatus, placing in both the 5 1/2-furlong Franklin Stakes (G2T) Oct. 12 at Keeneland and the 1-mile Matriarch Stakes (G1T) Nov. 30 at Del Mar. The Not This Time mare is 1-1-1 in four starts over 1 1/16 miles on grass.
Two other Matriarch competitors, fourth-place Breath Away and fifth-place Heredia, are other contenders in the Pegasus Filly and Mare Turf, as is 2024 King's Plate Stakes winner Caitlinhergrtness.
In the supporting graded stakes action:
- George Messina and Michael Lee's grade 1 winner Fionn, who made nearly $2 million last year during her 3-year-old campaign for trainer Brad Cox, is the Christophe Clement Stakes headliner.
- Godolphin's Knightsbridge seeks a follow-up victory to his Dec. 27 Mr. Prospector Stakes (G3) triumph in the Fred W. Hooper Stakes for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott.
- Zverev is a stretch-out threat for trainer Mike Maker and owners Paradise Farms and David Staudacher in the William L. McKnight Stakes.
- 2025 Charles Town Oaks (G2) winner Indy Bay returns to her preferred sprint trip in the Inside Information after being eased in the 1 1/16-mile Cotillion Stakes (G1) last fall in a sole attempt at the route. The Agave Racing Stable, Miller Racing, and BAG Racing Stables-owned Take Charge Indy filly has been working swiftly this winter for trainer Saffie Joseph Jr.
Gulfstream Park, Saturday, January 24, 2026, Race 5Entries: Christophe Clement S. presented by Don Julio Tequila (G3T)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Speed Shopper (KY) John R. Velazquez 120 William Walden 6/1 2 2Alluring Angel (GB) Junior Alvarado 123 William I. Mott 8/1 3 3Gallant Greta (NY) Manuel Franco 118 Michael J. Maker 12/1 4 4No Show Sammy Jo (GB) Jorge Ruiz 120 H. Graham Motion 9/5 5 5Fionn (KY) Flavien Prat 123 Brad H. Cox 5/2 6 6Ramsey Pond (KY) Irad Ortiz, Jr. 118 Saffie A. Joseph, Jr. 12/1 7 7Ayra Stark (ARG) Ricardo Santana, Jr. 118 Horacio De Paz 15/1 8 8Venencia (FR) Oisin Murphy 123 Saffie A. Joseph, Jr. 12/1 9 9Weighted Average (KY) Tyler Gaffalione 118 Chad C. Brown 8/1
Gulfstream Park, Saturday, January 24, 2026, Race 8Entries: Fred W. Hooper S. presented by Visit Lauderdale (G3)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Life and Times (KY) Jose Lezcano 118 Todd A. Pletcher 8/5 2 2Steal Sunshine (KY) Edgard J. Zayas 120 Bobby S. Dibona 10/1 3 3Racing Driver (KY) Micah J. Husbands 118 Gustavo Delgado 30/1 4 4Con Compania (CHI) Luis Saez 120 Bobby S. Dibona 20/1 5 5Tour Player (KY) Javier Castellano 120 D. Whitworth Beckman 20/1 6 6Knightsbridge (KY) Junior Alvarado 124 William I. Mott 6/5 7 7Back Em Up (KY) Miguel Angel Vasquez 118 Bobby S. Dibona 12/1 8 8Catalytic (KY) David Egan 120 Antonio Sano 30/1 9 9Nelson Avenue (KY) Flavien Prat 120 Jorge R. Abreu 8/1
Gulfstream Park, Saturday, January 24, 2026, Race 9Entries: William L. McKnight S. presented by Woodford Reserve Bourbon (G3T)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Zverev (KY) Irad Ortiz, Jr. 118 Michael J. Maker 6/1 2 2Act a Fool (KY) Joe Bravo 120 Laura Cazares 30/1 3 3Ohana Honor (KY) Flavien Prat 122 Claude R. McGaughey III 5/2 4 4Layabout (KY) David Egan 120 Patrick L. Biancone 10/1 5 5Il Siciliano (KY) Javier Castellano 118 Antonio Sano 30/1 6 6Missed the Cut (KY) Edgard J. Zayas 120 Bobby S. Dibona 6/1 7 7Padiddle (KY) Manuel Franco 118 Elizabeth L. Dobles 30/1 8 8Offlee Naughty (KY) Luis Saez 120 Nolan Ramsey 12/1 9 9Balnikhov (IRE) Umberto Rispoli 120 Philip D'Amato 8/1 10 10Summer Cause (KY) Tyler Gaffalione 122 Miguel Clement 8/1 11 11Divin Propos (FR) Oisin Murphy 120 Saffie A. Joseph, Jr. 5/1 12 12Hammerhead (KY) Jose L. Ortiz 122 Kevin Attard 12/1
Gulfstream Park, Saturday, January 24, 2026, Race 10Entries: Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf Invitational S. presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (G2T)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Ready for Shirl (KY) Florent Geroux 120 Roger L. Attfield 20/1 2 2Heredia (GB) Manuel Franco 120 H. Graham Motion 8/1 3 3Destino d'Oro (KY) Junior Alvarado 120 Brad H. Cox 12/1 4 4Breath Away (GB) Oisin Murphy 120 Miguel Clement 8/1 5 5Classic Q (KY) Jose L. Ortiz 118 Mark E. Casse 6/1 6 6Caitlinhergrtness (ON) John R. Velazquez 120 Kevin Attard 8/1 7 7Whiskey Decision (KY) Flavien Prat 120 Chad C. Brown 9/2 8 8Proctor Street (KY) Tyler Gaffalione 118 Brendan P. Walsh 12/1 9 9Crevalle d'Oro (KY) Jorge Ruiz 118 Jose Francisco D'Angelo 12/1 10 10And One More Time (KY) Javier Castellano 118 Mark E. Casse 12/1 11 11In Our Time (KY) Irad Ortiz, Jr. 120 Saffie A. Joseph, Jr. 5/1 12 12Movin' On Up (KY) Edgard J. Zayas 118 Saffie A. Joseph, Jr. 12/1 13 13Candy Quest (KY) Javier Castellano 120 Mark E. Casse 20/1 14 14Awesome Czech (NY) Ricardo Santana, Jr. 118 Horacio De Paz 20/1
Gulfstream Park, Saturday, January 24, 2026, Race 11Entries: Inside Information S. presented by MyRacehorse (G2)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Indy Bay (KY) Irad Ortiz, Jr. 123 Saffie A. Joseph, Jr. 9/2 2 2Necessity (KY) Manuel Franco 118 Riley Mott 10/1 3 3Jody's Pride (KY) Flavien Prat 120 Jorge R. Abreu 4/1 4 4Her Laugh (KY) Jose L. Ortiz 118 Riley Mott 12/1 5 5Claret Beret (KY) Micah J. Husbands 118 Saffie A. Joseph, Jr. 12/1 6 6Beyond Belief (KY) Joe Bravo 118 Kelly J. Breen 12/1 7 7Dazzling Move (ON) John R. Velazquez 120 Saffie A. Joseph, Jr. 20/1 8 8Sterling Silver (NY) Javier Castellano 120 Anthony R. Margotta, Jr. 8/1 9 9Patricia Ann (KY) Luis Saez 120 Jose Francisco D'Angelo 8/1 10 10One Magic Philly (KY) Tyler Gaffalione 120 Brendan P. Walsh 10/1 11 11Grand Job (KY) Junior Alvarado 118 William I. Mott 6/1 12 12Verity (KY) Vincent Cheminaud 120 Eoin G. Harty 12/1
