Cox Double Dangerous in Saturday’s $3M Pegasus World Cup
At 0h04, on January 23, 2026 • By Gulfstream Park
Juddmonte’s Disco Time will make a bid to maintain his unblemished record Saturday at Gulfstream Park, where the relatively lightly raced 4-year-old son of Not This Time will pit his abundant talent against the experience of 11 rivals in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1).
The Brad Cox-trained Disco Time, the winner of all five of his career starts, has been installed as the 8-5 morning-line favorite for the 10th anniversary of 1 1/8-mile event for North America’s leading older horses. The Pegasus World Cup will be showcased on Saturday’s 13-race program along with the $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1), a 1 1/8-mile feature for 4-year-olds and up; and the $500,000 Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G2), a 1 1/16-mile stakes for older fillies and mares.
Just how good is Disco Time?
“We’ll know more Saturday,” Cox said, “but he’s been very good.”
Disco Time, a Juddmonte homebred son of Not This Time, is undefeated in five career starts, including the Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds last January. Sidelined following the Lecomte for eight months, Disco Time came back to win the St. Louis Derby at Fairmount Park by 5 ½ lengths and the Dwyer at Aqueduct by 9 ¼ lengths.
“He always trained like a talented horse before he ever ran. He was able to start his career off a nice 3-for-3. Then we hit a little bump in the road last winter with him,” Cox said. “He got some time off and came back a bigger, stronger version of himself. We think he has a really big future.”
Disco Time, who will break from the rail post position, will be ridden for the first time by Flavien Prat.
