At Gulfstream Park Jan. 25, Heart to Heart’s connections of owner Terry Hamilton and trainer Brian Lynch had another grass horse step up and win a graded stakes race when Spooky Channel lit up the toteboard with an upset in the W. L. McKnight (G3T).

Prince Faisal Bin Kaled’s Mucho Gusto, placed in three previous grade 1 events, claimed top honors Jan. 25 as he drew off in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes Presented by Runhappy (G1) at Gulfstream Park.

Grade 1-winning son of Pulpit stood past five years at Millennium Farms.

Chester and Mary Broman’s Mr. Buff notched five stakes wins in 2019 and started his 6-year-old campaign in similar fashion, leading at every call to win the $102,925 Jazil Stakes for a second consecutive year Jan. 25 at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Former claimer Zulu Alpha turned back world traveler Magic Wand Jan. 25 with a rail-skimming run to victory in the $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Stakes presented by Runhappy (G1T) at Gulfstream Park.

With a late rally down the outside, Pink Sands sailed past rivals favored over her to capture the $200,000 Inside Information Stakes presented by Runhappy Matchmaker Series (G2) at Gulfstream Park Jan. 25.

Allowed to get away with an opening mile in a dawdling 1:42.59 under jockey Luis Saez, Alex G. Campbell’s homebred Mean Mary cruised to a five-length victory in the $200,000 La Prevoyante Stakes Presented by Tito’s Handmade Vodka (G3T).

Allowed to get away with an opening mile in a dawdling 1:42.59 under jockey Luis Saez, Alex G. Campbell’s homebred Mean Mary cruised to a five-length victory in the $200,000 La Prevoyante Stakes Presented by Tito’s Handmade Vodka (G3T).

Allowed to get away with an opening mile in a dawdling 1:42.59 under jockey Luis Saez, Alex G. Campbell’s homebred Mean Mary cruised to a five-length victory in the $200,000 La Prevoyante Stakes Presented by Tito’s Handmade Vodka (G3T).

John D. Gunther and Eurowest Bloodstock Services’ Atomic Blonde showed off her explosive turn of foot Jan. 25 when she powered through deep stretch to take the $150,000 South Beach Stakes at Gulfstream Park. 

Just over six months after being acquired for $65,000 at the Fasig-Tipton July Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale in Kentucky, Phat Man has his connections playing with house money.

Elizabeth “Betty” Ranney Moran, the owner and breeder of multiple grade 1 winners through Brushwood Stable, died peacefully Jan. 23 at home in Malvern, Pa. She was 89.

Elizabeth “Betty” Ranney Moran, the owner and breeder of multiple grade 1 winners through Brushwood Stable, died peacefully Jan. 23 at home in Malvern, Pa. She was 89.

Elizabeth “Betty” Ranney Moran, the owner and breeder of multiple grade 1 winners through Brushwood Stable, died peacefully Jan. 23 at home in Malvern, Pa. She was 89.

Ashton Moynihan, funding director for the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, died Jan. 24 after a long battle with cancer. She is remembered as a dedicated proponent of Thoroughbred aftercare.

Trainer Peter Miller won what he believes to be his first race ever at Gulfstream Park, and you can take a guess at what type of race it was.

If there’s a slogan for the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes Presented by Runhappy (G1), “What a difference a day makes” would be the odds-on choice.

Possessing speed and an affinity for racing on wet tracks proved a winning combination for Gold Street in the $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes Jan. 24 on opening day at Oaklawn Park.

Capsules and entries for this weekend’s graded stakes.