Life Is Good, Ginobili, Happy Saver, the main challengers
Defending champion Knicks Go continues to headline the list of invitees for the Grade 1, US$3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational on Saturday, January 29, at Gulfstream Park.
Korea Racing Authority’s Knicks Go, the favorite to be named 2021 Horse of the Year next month, is most prominent among the 12 names on the second invitation list for the 1 1/8-mile stakes for 4-year-olds and up, which will headline a card that also will feature the $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1) and the US$500,000 Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G3).
Knicks Go, who registered a dominating 2 1/2-length, front-running victory in last year’s Pegasus World Cup and concluded his 2021 season with a dazzling victory in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Del Mar, also headlined the initial invitation list last Sunday.
Others on both the first and second invitation lists include Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner Life Is Good, Ginobili, Happy Saver, Sir Winston and Super Stock.
Chess Chief, Fearless, Law Professor, Olympiad, Stilleto Boy and Title Ready were added to the second list of 12 invitees.
The reserves on the second list of invitations include American Theorem, Commandeer, Endorsed, Forewarned and Happy American.
