Cyberknife turns in strong work for Pegasus World Cup
At 0h02, on January 10, 2023 • By GULFSTREAM
Trainer Brad Cox is tightening the screws with Gold Square LLC’s Cyberknife in preparation for concluding the 4-year-old colt’s racing career in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) presented by Baccarat at Gulfstream Park.
Second in a photo finish in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) in his previous start, Cyberknife is the anticipated favorite for the 1 1/8-mile Pegasus for 4-year-olds and up on Jan. 28. Gulfstream’s showcase program that day includes the $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1), a 1 1/8-mile stakes for older horses, and the $500,000 Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G3), a 1 1/16-mile stakes for older fillies and mares on turf.
The 4-year-old Cyberknife was recorded working five-eighths of a mile in a sparkling minute flat in company with the talented mare Astute Sunday morning at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans. Fair Grounds clocker Billy Pettingill caught Cyberknife galloping out six furlongs in in a powerful 1:11.74 under exercise rider Edvin Vargas.
