Pegasus Week Kicks Off With Jackpot Pool of $750,000

Monday, January 18, 2021

Bernies Blog

HALLANDALE BEACH - Pegasus Week at Gulfstream Park will kick off Wednesday with a guaranteed jackpot pool of $750,000 for the 20-cent Rainbow 6.

The multi-race wager went unsolved for the sixth racing day following a Jan. 9 mandatory payout. Multiple tickets with six winners were each worth $16,505 Sunday.

There will also be a Super Hi-5 carryover of $5,815.

Entries for next Saturday’s $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational and $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational will be taken on Wednesday. The post-position draw will be live-streamed at 11:45 a.m. on gulfstreampark.com.

The Pegasus and Pegasus Turf will be featured on a 12-race program with five supporting stakes, including the $200,000, Gr. II Inside Information, the $125,000, Gr. III Fred W. Hooper, the $150,000, Gr. III W. L. McKnight, the $125,000, Gr. III Marshua’s River and the $125,000 La Prevoyante. First-race post time is set for 11:40 a.m.

Leading up to Pegasus World Cup Day, there will be a $97,891 carryover for Friday’s Stronach 5 multi-race, multi-track wager.

WHO’S HOT: Two-time defending Championship Meet titlist Irad Ortiz Jr. rode five winners on Sunday’s program, scoring aboard Templet ($8.40) in Race 3, Snackster ($25) in Race 6, Traffic Pattern ($3.80) in Race 7, and Zanno ($5.60) in Race 9 before capping his big day with a victory aboard Bohemian Boy ($7.40) in Race 12.