Audible Targeting Pegasus

Audible | Sarah K. Andrew

Audible (Into Mischief), a runaway winner of the GI Xpressbet Florida Derby and third-place finisher in the GI Kentucky Derby, has returned to Todd Pletcher's training base at Palm Beach Downs to continue preparations for a planned start in the $9-million GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational at Gulfstream Park Jan. 26.

He returned to action with an impressive win in the seven-furlong Cherokee Run S. at Churchill Downs Nov. 3 and is scheduled to make his next start in the Dec. 15 GIII Harlan's Holiday S. at Gulfstream.

“We were thrilled with that performance,” Pletcher said of Audible's win on Breeders' Cup weekend. “He hadn't run since the Derby and we were looking for the right kind of race to bring him back in. We have our goal set for the Pegasus and we were trying to figure out the best path to get there. We felt like the Cherokee Run was a good starting point and the spacing from that to the Harlan's Holiday was good. Of course, the spacing between the Harlan's Holiday and the Pegasus is good. It was kind of Step 1 of a three-race plan, and the first step went very smoothly.”

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