Pegasus Day Berths Up For Grabs at Goodwood

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A pair of Group 1 contests to be staged during next week's Qatar Goodwood Festival will earn their winners automatic berths into races on the 2026 Pegasus World Cup Day program at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 24.

The Visit Qatar Sussex stakes over a mile on July 30 will serve as a qualifier for the $1-million GI Pegasus World Cup Turf, while the Visit Qatar Nassau Stakes going 10 panels on July 31 will earn the winner a spot in the field for the GII Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf. Both races support the $3-million GI Pegasus World Cup.

The field for the Sussex features Juddmonte's exciting Field of Gold (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), who has bounced back from a narrow defeat in the G1 Betfred 2000 Guineas with smashing victories in the G1 Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas and G1 St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot. Also expected for the Sussex are Docklands (GB) (Massaat {Ire}) and Rosallion (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}), first and second, respectively, in the G1 Queen Anne Stakes at the Royal Meeting, as well as former Chad Brown trainee Carl Spackler (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), a close sixth in the latter event.

Whirl (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), who missed by a neck in the G1 Betfred Oaks before dropping back in trip to take out the G1 Pretty Polly Stakes June 28, leads the entries for the Nassau and she is joined by See The Fire (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), runner-up in the 2024 Nassau and a latest third against males in the G1 Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot. The 4-year-old was a romping winner of York's G3 Strensall Stakes prior to that effort.

Magic Wand (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) was runner-up in the 2019 and 2020 renewals of the Pegasus Turf, while Warm Heart victoriously signed off on her career in the same event in 2024.

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