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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