Skippylongstocking (Exaggerator) and O'Connor (Chi) (Boboman) each turned in works Saturday morning at Palm Meadows towards an intended appearance in the $3-million GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational S.
Owned by Daniel Alonso, Skippylongstocking won this year's GII Charles Town Classic and was last seen finishing third to Cody's Wish (Curlin) in the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile Nov. 4. The soon-to-be 5-year-old covered a half-mile in :49.40 (20/64).
O'Connor, campaigned by Mike Iavarone and partners, was a sound fourth in last year's Pegasus and is arguably in better form this season, having taken out Keeneland's GII Fayette S. Oct. 28. The Southern Hemisphere 6-year-old also went four furlongs Saturday, stopping the clock in :49.45 (22/64).
Also on the Palm Meadows tab was Ny Traffic (Cross Traffic), who went a half in :49.50 in preparation for the Dec. 30 GIII Harlan's Holiday S.
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Heavy rains and high winds combined with a forecast indicating that conditions would only worsen forced the cancellation of Saturday's final three races at Gulfstream Park outside of Miami.
The $100,000 H. Allen Jerkens S., which had already been transferred to the Tapeta track, has been rescheduled for Sunday, Dec. 24 and will be redrawn. The Christmas Eve program will also feature the running of the $125,000 Via Borghese S. for turf females.
Live racing is expected to resume Sunday at Gulfstream, with a first post of 12:10 p.m. ET.
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Daniel Alonso's Skippylongstocking and Michael Iavarone and partners' O'Connor continued to prepare for planned starts in the $3-million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) with Saturday morning drills at Palm Meadows, Gulfstream Park's satellite training center in Palm Beach County.
The Saffie Joseph Jr. trainees breezed a half-mile over a wet-fast racing surface for the Jan. 27 headliner at Gulfstream. Skippylongstocking, who finished third in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) after winning the Charles Town Classic (G2), was timed in :49.40. O'Connor, who captured the Fayette (G2) at Keeneland in his most recent start, turning in a :49.45 clocking.
Joseph-trained Ny Traffic joined Skippylongstocking and O'Connor on the Palm Meadows work tab. John Fanelli and partners' Grade 1 stakes-placed gelding was clocked in :49.50 in preparation for a planned start in the Dec. 30 Harlan's Holiday (G3) at Gulfstream. The son of Cross Traffic came off a year layoff to win and allowance and finish second in the Hudson at Aqueduct.
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