Lots of Chances in $500,000 Pegasus Filly & Mare Turf (G2)
At 0h03, on January 24, 2026 • By Gulfstream Park
Two mares could end their careers with a victory. Another is hoping to avenge last year’s loss. A fourth is hoping to win her first graded race since 2024. And another is hoping to follow up a stakes victory over this course with her first graded win.
Welcome to the $500,000 Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf Invitational (G2), where a wide-open field of a dozen stakes winners, seven graded, make the 1 1/16-mile event one of the most competitive fields bettors will see Saturday while celebrating the 10th anniversary of Pegasus World Cup Day.
Two exceptional mares, Caitlinhergrtness and Heredia, could be making their final starts in the Pegasus Filly Mare Turf Invitational. Caitlinhergrtness beat the boys in the prestigious 2024 King’s Plate at Woodbine, and last year won the Ontario Matron (G3) and was second in the Dance Smartly (G2) and Bessarabian (G3). The daughter of Omaha Beach enters this race after winning the My Charmer Dec. 21 at Turfway Park.
“There was a possibility after the last race that would be the end,” trainer Kevin Attard said. “We’ve elected to give this race a stab, and she’s been in good form and I’m happy with the way she’s settled in.”
Caitlinghergrtness has six wins and four seconds in 17 starts. She’s been a model of consistency in her last six starts except for a fifth-place finish last year in the 1 ¼-mile E.P. Taylor (G1).
