Stronach homebred Something Awesome (Awesome Again) is under consideration for Gulfstream's GI Pegasus World Cup Jan. 26. The 7-year-old gelding won this year's GIII General George S. and GII Charles Town Classic.
“Something Awesome is training really well. I've got him back the way I expected him to come back. He's gone through a lot of things, but he's ready,” trainer Jose Corrales said. “I don't call those shots, but I'd love to run him in the Pegasus and I think he's ready for that competition.”
Finishing last as the favorite after bleeding in the GIII Pimlico Special S. May 18, he was subsequently shelved and in a Laurel allowance Nov. 16, where he finished second.
“I think he doesn't really need another race before [the Pegasus],” Corrales said. “If there's a race that comes up somewhere we can go for it, if there's an allowance or a little stake around, but I don't plan to travel too far with him before that.”
The conditioner continued, “It's something that everybody wishes for. If there's any race you want to be in, this is it. Especially coming from Maryland, like he did to win the [Charles Town] Classic, because all the horses from everywhere come in for a race like that. If he can get a chance to run in a race like the Pegasus I think it would be something special.”
Stablemate and fellow Stronach homebred Unbridled Juan (Unbridled's Song) is also under consideration for the Pegasus. The MGSP gray captured the Oct. 17 Grover Buddy Delp Memorial S. at Delaware and the Richard W. Smalls S. at Laurel Nov. 10. He is being pointed for the nine-panel Queens County S. at Aqueduct Dec. 22.
“I think Unbridled Juan will be a tough horse in the [Pegasus]. I'm thinking about it. I think that horse, the more distance he gets the better he is,” Corrales said. “He's doing really good. We're going to run him in the race on the 22nd in New York and see what happens after that.”
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