HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Bruce Lunsford’s Art Collector drew off in the stretch to win Saturday’s $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) presented by Baccarat at Gulfstream Park while pulling off a 15-1 upset in the 2023 racing season’s first multi-million event. The Pegasus World Cup headlined a stellar 13-race program that also featured the $2 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1) presented by Qatar Racing and the $500,000 TAA Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf Invitational (G3) presented by Pepsi, as well as four other graded stakes.

Saturday, January 28, 2023 Hallandale Beach, Florida, USA Gulfstream Park Bill Mott Bruce Lunsford Junior Alvarado Mike Maker Carl Fiebig Media Conference

Third Straight Win in Race for Eclipse Award Winner Irad Ortiz Jr. HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Three Diamonds Farm’s Atone, given a ground-saving trip by jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., found room at the top of the stretch and powered through the lane to reel in Ivar in the final sixteenth of a mile and win Saturday’s $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf (G1) presented by Qatar Racing at Gulfstream Park.

Winning Time: 1:49.44 Winning Margins: 4 ½, 1 ¼, 1 ¼ Winning Payoff: $33 Fractions: 23.61, 47.71, 1:11.82, 1:36.55 Order of finish: Art Collector, Defunded, Stilleto Boy, Last Samurai, Proxy, Cyberknife, Skippylongstocking, White Abarrio, Get Her Number, Simplification, O’Connor, Ridin With Biden.

Winning Time: 1:46.19                     Winning Margins: ¾, 1 ½, neck Winning Payoff: $9.60 Fractions: 23.26, 47.30, 1:11.36, 1:34.73. Order of finish: Atone, Ivar, Speaking Scout, Lady Speightspeare, One More Bid, King Cause, Master Piece, Wit, Good Governance, Hurricane Dream, Decorated Invader, City Man.

5-year-old mare holds off Shantisara for 1 ½-length victory in G3 event HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Queen Goddess had never shown much of an affinity for racing outside of California, where she has never once finished worse than third. But the 5-year-old mare put her East Coast issues to rest Saturday with a 1 ½-length victory in the $500,000 TAA Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Invitational (G3) presented by Pepsi at Gulfstream Park.

Red Knight Leads Top Three Finish for Trainer in 1 ½-Mile Turf Event HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Trainer Mike Maker managed to top his previous four victories in the $150,000 William L. McKnight (G3) presented by Davidoff Cigars Saturday by saddling the top three finishers in Saturday’s 1 ½-mile turf stakes at Gulfstream Park.

Extends Win Streak to Five with First Graded-Stakes Triumph HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Maryquitecontrary added to her growing reputation Saturday, extending her win streak to five and picking up her first graded-stakes victory in the Inside Information (G2) at Gulfstream Park. The Inside Information was the first graded stakes victory for veteran trainer Joseph Catanese III.

Stalked pace and Took Control Approaching the Wire HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Patiently ridden by jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr., Personal Best glided to the lead in late stretch and won $150,000 La Prevoyante (G3) presented by Don Julio by a neck over Transient Saturday at Gulfstream Park. The La Prevoyante was the first of seven graded stakes on the 13-race blockbuster Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) presented by Baccarat program that includes the $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1) presented by Qatar Racing and the $500,000 TAA Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf Invitational (G3) presented by Pepsi.