Alexandres LLC's Il Miracolo breezed an “easy” five furlongs Saturday in preparation for a planned start in the $3-million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) Jan. 27 at Gulfstream Park.
The son of 2018 Pegasus winner Gun Runner was timed in 1:00.70 for his third workout at Gulfstream since finishing third in the Nov. 24 Clark (G2) at Churchill Downs.
“It was an easy workout,” trainer Antonio Sano said. “He'll go direct to the Pegasus – no race before it.”
Il Miracolo, who ran in the Holy Bull (G3), Fountain of Youth (G2), and Florida Derby (G1) last season without success, has blossomed during his 4-year-old season, in which he captured the Smarty Jones (G3) at Parx and has been stakes-placed in the Pennsylvania Derby (G1) at Parx and the Fayette (G2) at Keeneland, as well as the Clark.
“He's just a baby. Every race he gets better and better,” Sano said.
Sano saddled $5.6-million earner Gunnevera for a third-place finish behind Gun Runner in the 2018 Pegasus.
At Palm Meadows Saturday morning, trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. sent Michael Iavarone and partners' O'Connor, and Daniel Alonso's Skippylongstocking to the track to breeze for the Pegasus World Cup.
O'Connor, who defeated Il Miracolo by a head in the Fayette, breezed a half-mile in :49.35, while Skippylongstocking, who finished third in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G2) last time out, produced a bullet clocking of :59.55 for five furlongs.
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