Just two days before the running of US$16 million Pegasus World Cup on 27 January, Gun Runner is fancied to be crowned the 2017 USA Horse of the Year at the 47th Eclipse Awards at Gulfstream.
Gun Runner (Florent Geroux)after winning the Breeders’ Cup Classic (Photo by Kazushi Ishida/Eclipse Sportswire/Breeders Cup)
Under the care of Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen, Gun Runner won five of six races in 2017, including four consecutive Gr1 events. He capped off his season with an end-to-end victory in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. The son of Candy Ride is training in New Orleans and is currently favourite in the twelve horse field.
The world’s richest Thoroughbred horse race will return to South Florida’s Gulfstream Park with a new record-setting purse on the same day as our own R5 million Sun Met.
Pegasus World Cup
The inaugural Pegasus World Cup Invitational was held at The Stronach Group owned Gulfstream Park on 28 January 2017, with a US$12 million USD stake and featured one of the most highly anticipated match-ups in thoroughbred racing history when Arrogate beat California Chrome to take home the top prize.
