Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. supervised Saturday morning workouts at Palm Meadows for his two candidates for the $3-million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1).
Daniel Alonso's Skippylongstocking, who is coming off a third-place finish in the Nov. 4 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) at Santa Anita, breezed an easy three furlongs in :39.65. Michael Iavarone and partners' O'Connor, who captured the Fayette (G2) at Keeneland in his most recent start, was timed in :47.90 for a half-mile for a likely start in the Dec. 30 Harlan's Holiday (G3) at Gulfstream.
“That was Skippy's first work back, so he'll be on a weekly workout schedule from now on,” Joseph said. “It was O'Connor's second work. He'll probably run in the Harlan's Holiday. He didn't get a break like Skippy did.”
Skippylongstocking, who won last year's Harlan's Holiday and captured this year's $1-million Charles Town Classic (G2), is scheduled to train up to the Jan. 27 Pegasus World Cup, in which he finished seventh this year. O'Connor, who finished a fast-closing second behind Skippylongstocking in the Charles Town Classic, finished 11th in the 2023 Pegasus.
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