2025 Pegasus World Cup Turf Entries & Odds

Entry	Horse	ML Odds	Jockey	Trainer
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Nations Pride and Johannes Lead $1 Million Pegasus World Cup Turf (G1) Invites

January 1 - Four Grade 1 winners, including Godolphin's globetrotting star Nations Pride and Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) runner-up Johannes, lead an impressive group of invitees for the $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1) on Saturday, January 25 at Gulfstream Park.

Nations Pride, based in Newmarket, U.K., won two of trainer Charlie Appleby's 14 graded stakes in North America last year. Winner of the Arlington Million (G1) and Canadian International (G1), Nations Pride is joined by three other Grade 1 winners on the Pegasus World Cup Turf invitation list in Hollywood Derby winner Formidable Man, Shoemaker Mile winner Johannes, and Woodbine Mile victor Win for the Money. Grade 2 winners include Get Smokin, Grand Sonata, Major Dude, Integration, and Mi Hermano Ramon.

The Pegasus World Cup Turf is part of Gulfstream's innovative Pegasus World Cup Day including the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) and $500,000 Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G2).

Since first run in 2019, the Pegasus World Cup Turf has been won by 2019 Horse of the Year Bricks and Mortar, two-time Group 1 European winner Warm Heart, and Colonel Liam, who won consecutive Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitationals in 2021-22.

Nations Pride, trained by Charles Appleby, has raced in the U.S., U.K., Germany, Dubai, Bahrain and Canada while winning 10 of 19 starts. Johannes, from the stable of Tim Yakteen, won the Shoemaker (G1) and City of Hope (G2) at Santa Anita and was second last time out in the San Gabriel (G2). Formidable Man, trained by Michael McCarthy, winner of the 2019 Pegasus World Cup Invitational with City of Hope, would enter the Pegasus Turf off victories in the Hollywood Derby and Del Mar Derby (G2). Win for the Money was third Dec. 21 in the Fort Lauderdale (G2) at Gulfstream.

Hall of Fame trainers Todd Pletcher and Shug McGaughey each have two horses on the invitation list. Pletcher, who won consecutive Pegasus World Cup Turf events in 2021-2022 with Colonel Liam, has invitations for Major Dude, winner Dec. 21 of the Fort Lauderdale and Kentucky Turf Cup (G2) winner Grand Sonata, fourth in the Fort Lauderdale.

Red Smith (G2) winner Integration, fifth in last year's Pegasus World Cup Turf and second behind Nations Pride in the Arlington Million, is one of two horses invited from the barn of McGaughey along with Battle of Normandy, winner last out of the River City (G3).

Others invited include Seabiscuit (G2) winner Mi Hermano Ramon, Dinner Party (G3) winner Balnikhov, and Grade 2 stakes placed Redistricting, from Chad Brown, trainer of 2019 winner and Horse of the Year Bricks and Mortar.

There are eight horses on the also-eligible list. Brown has two on the AE in graded stakes-winner Running Bee and stakes winner and New York-bred Spirit of St Louis. McGaughey also has a horse on the AE in Fort Washington, second in the Fort Lauderdale and a winner of the Monmouth Stakes (G3).

Trainer Mike Maker, a two-time winner of the Pegasus World Cup Turf with Atone (2023) and Zulu Alpha (2020), is represented on the AE by Wise Dan (G2) runner-up Chasing the Crown. Graded stakes placed Astronomer, Twilight Derby (G2) winner Atitlan, California Crown John Henry Turf (G2) winner Cabo Spirit and Grade 2 winner Gigante round out the AE.

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