Colonel Liam 7/2 Favorite for Pegasus World Cup Turf

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Robert and Lawana Low’s Colonel Liam drew post 5 and was made the 7/2 morning line favorite for Saturday’s $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1) at Gulfstream Park.

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A $1.2 million purchase as an unraced juvenile, Colonel Liam waited until last April to debut, but it was his move from dirt to turf for start #3 when he finally unleashed his potential on the track. The Todd Pletcher-trained son of Liam’s Map (whom Pletcher also trained) exits a strong 3 1/4-length victory in the local 1 1/6-mile Tropical Park Derby.

Colonel Liam keeps 2020’s winningest jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. aboard for his first test against older horses.

“It’s always fun when you’re training the offspring of a horse that you’ve trained,” Pletcher said. “It’s great to see Liam’s Map doing well as a stallion and showing his versatility of getting dirt horses and turf horses and good 2-year-olds, and showing that he’s capable of siring just about any type of horse.”

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Here is the full field for Saturday’s Pegasus World Cup Turf:

POST	HORSE	TRAINER	JOCKEY	MORNING LINE
1	Next Shares	Richard Baltas	Drayden Van Dyke	20/1
2	Breaking the Rules	Shug McGaughey	John Velazquez	10/1
3	Storm the Court	Peter Eurton	Julien Leparoux	12/1
4	North Dakota	Shug McGaughey	Jose Ortiz	10/1
5	Colonel Liam	Todd Pletcher	Irad Ortiz Jr.	7/2
6	Largent	Todd Pletcher	Paco Lopez	9/2
7	Aquaphobia	Mike Maker	Joe Bravo	20/1
8	Anothertwistafate	Peter Miller	Joel Rosario	5/1
9	Cross Border	Mike Maker	Tyler Gaffalione	15/1
10	Pixelate	Mike Stidham	Edgard Zayas	15/1
11	Say the Word	Phil D'Amato	Flavien Prat	6/1
12	Social Paranoia	Todd Pletcher	Luis Saez	8/1