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During Sunday's post position draw at Gulfstream Park, Juddmonte Farm's Disco Time (Not This Time) gained the nod as the 8-5 morning-line favorite while drawing Post 1 for Saturday's GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational.

Disco Time is undefeated in five prior starts, including last season's GII Lecomte Stakes, St Louis Derby and Withers Stakes. The 4-year-old is trained by Brad Cox, who also WinStar Farm, CHC Inc., Cold Press Racing and Qatar Racing's Tappan Street (Into Mischief), winner of last season's GI Curlin Florida Derby.

The former, given an 8-1 chance, will be ridden by Flavien Prat while the latter will be accompanied by Luis Saez.

Cox previously won the race with Horse of the Year Knicks Go (Paynter) in 2021.

Returning to defend his title, C2 Racing Stable LLC, Gary Barber and La Milagrosa Stable LLC's White Abarrio (Race Day) was installed the second morning-line choice at 4-1 for trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. Last seen finishing off-the-board in the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup last summer, the 7-year-old will break from Post 11 with Irad Ortiz Jr. in the irons.

Also representing Joseph Jr., Daniel Alonso's Skippylongstocking (Exaggerator) returns off a victory in the Dec. 20 GIII Harlan's Holiday Stakes. Third behind his stablemate in last year's renewal of the race, the 7-year-old will be accompanied by Tyler Gaffalione while breaking from Post 5. He is 15-1 on the morning-line.   In search of his fourth Pegasus win, Bob Baffert is represented by SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC and partners' Madaket Road (Quality Road), who drew Post 6. Hall of Famer Mike Smith has the mount. The 4-year-old was given a 10-1 chance on the morning line.

Nice Guys Stables' Mika (Catholic Boy), runner-up in the GII Cigar Mile last time out for trainer Mike Maker, was rated at 10-1 on the morning line after drawing Post 10. Manuel Franco has the return mount.

St. Elias Stable's Captain Cook (Practical Joke) will break from Post 9 for a bid to give Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher a second Pegasus World Cup success, joining Life Is Good in 2022.  The 4-year-old, who finished second in the GIII Perryville at Keeneland and GI H. Allen Jerkens Memorial at Saratoga in his last two starts, has been installed the 15-1 on the morning line. Hall of Famer John Velazquez will ride Captain Cook for the first time Saturday.

The field is rounded out by British Isles (Justify) (20-1, Post 2), Full Serrano (Full Mast) (12-1, Post 3), Banishing (Ghostzapper) (20-1, Post 4), Poster (Munnings) (20-1, Post 8), Brotha Keny (Mo Town) (30-1, Post 12), Lightning Tones (Tonalist) (AE, Post 13), Catalytic (Catalina Cruiser) (AE, Post 14).

The 10th anniversary of the nine-furlong test for older horses, Pegasus World Cup Day will also feature the GI Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational and the GII Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf.

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Tony Ottobre’s Cape Schanck Stud had to go to AU$270,000 to acquire Lot 1113, a filly by vendor Yulong’s young stallion Tagaloa out of a full sister to dual group 1 winner and siring sensation Extreme Choice on the final day of Book 2.

Martin Cruddace said he would be "very surprised" if racecourses changed their position on the ownership of raceday data rights that has led to a stand-off with the BHA and a hold-up in the creation of a new independent board for British racing.

The new Maryland Jockey Club hosts the "Laurel Park February First Chance, Last Chance Handicapping Challenge," a one-day hybrid on-site or online handicapping contest taking place Feb. 14 at Laurel Park or through Xpressbet and TVG/4NJBETS.

Via Sistina, Yulong's multiple group 1-winning champion, has been retired and will return to the United Kingdom to be covered by Darley's leading stallion Dubawi.

Photographs posted to social media Jan. 17 and confirmed on-site by longtime Southern California reporter Kevin Modesti appeared to show law enforcement officials removing Santa Anita Park's newly installed "Racing On Demand" gaming terminals.

Trainer Cherie DeVaux's two lightly raced 3-year-old colts, Golden Tempo and Mesquite, finish 1-2 in the Jan. 17 Lecomte Stakes (G3) at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.

Start the Ride wore down Sammy Davis in the stretch to capture the $175,500 California Chrome Cal Cup Derby Jan. 17 at Santa Anita Park.

The connections of Accelerize signed him up for a lot of firsts Jan. 17 at Fair Grounds Race Course and the lightly raced son of Omaha Beach proved up to task, posting a neck victory in the 1 1/16-mile Louisiana Stakes (G3) for older horses.

Two Maryland-breds, Takethemoneyhoney and Quint's Brew, starred during a multi-stakes card at Laurel Park Jan. 17.

Journalism, last year's Santa Anita Derby (G1) and Preakness Stakes (G1) winner, is back home at the Santa Anita Park training base of trainer Michael McCarthy after receiving a winter break at Bridlewood Farm near Ocala, Fla. He jogged Jan. 17. 

Noel Michaels is a handicapper and tournament-play pioneer, who also writes a weekly "Weekend Winners" blog for America's Best Racing with a focus on key stakes races at marquee tracks.

The New York Racing Association has canceled the remainder of the nine-race card Jan. 17 at Aqueduct Racetrack following race 4 due to inclement weather in the New York City area affecting track conditions.

Ciaron Maher again proved himself an exceptional trainer of juveniles when exciting colt Unit Five, a son of Widden Stud sire Supido, claimed the Magic Millions 2YO Classic Jan. 17 at the Gold Coast.

Award-winning broadcaster Nick Luck was among the first-time visitors to this year’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.

A tsunami of litigation has flowed from the creation of so-called prediction markets that compete with horse racing for gambling dollars. Dozens of court cases are tasked with deciding exactly what those markets are and how they should be regulated.

Prairie Meadows 2026 live racing season will begin May 2 , the date of the Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs, and will conclude Sept. 26.

Ted Noffey, the 2025 Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) winner who is expected to be honored next week as the Eclipse Award-winning champion 2-year-old male of 2025, is back on the work tab for the first time as a 3-year-old.

Congressional (Constitution) made a winning debut Saturday going two turns on the grass facing several more experienced rivals for trainer Miguel Clement. Drawn inside, he was quickly outrun by fellow firster Friday Night Light (City of Light) who jumped out to a quick advantage around the clubhouse turn. Settling third on the fence, the 7-2 fourth choice saved ground and raced covered up through moderate fractions with a pair of rivals passing him to push the tempo into the far turn. That trio began to get away and Congressional had to get going with less than a quarter-mile to run, fanning out wide to reel in Comprehensive (Hard Spun) in the shadow of the wire and graduate by a nose.

International Equities went to $600,000 to purchase Ghalia, a stakes-winning daughter of Medaglia d'Oro, as a weanling Keeneland in 2014. She has rewarded with them three winners from as many to race including Ghalia Princess (American Pharoah), SW, $111,000. Her now 2-year-old Not This Time colt, named Second Strike, brought $700,000 from Case Clay as a yearling at Keeneland last year and she reported an Essential Quality colt in 2025 before visiting Flightline for her 2026 cover.

5th-Gulfstream, $70,660, Msw, 1-17, 3yo, 1 1/16mT, 1:42.36, fm, nose.
CONGRESSIONAL (c, 3, Constitution–Ghalia {SW, $168,800}, by Medaglia d'Oro) Sales History: $650,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $40,800. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-Grandview Equine; B-International Equities Holding, Inc. (KY); T-Miguel Clement.

 

CONGRESSIONAL ($9.80) just passes Comprehensive on the wire in the 5th at @GulfstreamPark. @DavidEgan99 was in the saddle for trainer @clementstable and owners Grandview Equine.

Another winner for @WinStarFarm's Constitution! pic.twitter.com/QRgy10k3WR

— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) January 17, 2026

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WinStar Farm's Heartland sired his first reported foal Jan. 16 when a colt out of the Champali mare I Love Nola was born at KatieRich Farms near Midway, Ky. The colt was bred by Rattner Bloodstock.