Seeking the Soul (Perfect Soul {Ire}), winner of last term's GI Clark H. and runner-up in the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile Nov. 3, is targeting the $9-million GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational Jan. 26 at Gulfstream Park. “I'm looking forward to it,” trainer Dallas Stewart said. “The horse is doing great.”
The Charles E. Fipke homebred, third as the favorite while attempting to defend his title in the Clark Nov. 2, returned to the worktab with a four-furlong breeze in :51.00 (88/115) at Fair Grounds Nov. 23.
“He was second in the Breeders' Cup to a very nice horse, and he's competed well all year,” Stewart said. “He just had one bad race up at Saratoga for some reason, but a lot of horses get off form up there. The horse has had a really good year. He didn't do so well in the Clark, but he didn't do bad. He came out of it good.”
Calumet Farm's True Timber (Mineshaft), a strong second in the GI Cigar Mile H. Dec. 1, is also Pegasus bound. He is the second horse owned by Calumet Farm targeting the Pegasus following the announcement by Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas that Bravazo (Awesome Again) would be heading in that direction, too.
“He ran a huge race in the Cigar Mile and he galloped out really strong, so we talked it over with the owners and decided to point for the Pegasus,” trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said. “It's a big event and hopefully we get in there and run good and everything works out and we enjoy the day.”
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