Zulu Alpha Skims Rail En Route To Pegasus Upset

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Sent off at odds of 11-1 making his first appearance since a running-on and wide sixth in the GI Breeders’ Cup Turf, ZULU ALPHA (g, 7, Street Cry {Ire}-Zori, by A.P. Indy) enjoyed a cozy inside passage from gate one beneath Tyler Gaffalione and snuck through underneath Magic Wand (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) at the eighth pole en route to victory in Saturday’s GI Pegasus World Cup Turf S. at Gulfstream Park. Drawn 12, Magic Wand was given a positive ride from Ryan Moore, but with nothing else showing any sort of early speed to the inside of him, he elected to send the globetrotter into the lead and allow her to make her own luck. Meanwhile, Gaffalione had Zulu Alpha settled three or four back on the fence in midfield and would wait until push came to shove to go for his mount. Magic Wand swatted off outside challenges from Henley’s Joy (Kitten’s Joy) and Next Shares (Archarcharch) and cut the corner into the stretch while trying to break clear. But Magic Wand went an internal quarter-mile from the three-quarters to the mile in a taxing :22.88 and that ultimately may have proved her undoing. When Moore vacated the rail passing midstretch, Gaffalione seized upon the opportunity and Zulu Alpha shot through to win. Instilled Regard (Arch) also sat a great trip just behind the speed, but could not seal the deal and settled for third. His stablemate, the somewhat surprisingly favored Without Parole (GB) (Frankel {GB}) was also prominent, but may have found the 9 1/2-furlong trip a task too tall and finished well back in the field. Zulu Alpha is the 23rd G1/GISW for the late Street Cry and the 26th top-level winner out of a daughter of A.P. Indy. Lifetime Record: 31-10-4-5. O-Michael M Hui; B-Calumet Farm (KY); T-Mike Maker.

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