White Abarrio (Race Day) remains under consideration for the Feb. 22 G1 Saudi Cup, trainer Saffie Joseph confirmed Sunday, a day after the 6-year-old's runaway victory in the GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational at Gulfstream Park.
“The ownership group is going to speak to each other and decide on what happens with [White] Abarrio,” Joseph said. “The Saudi Cup is possible.”
Joseph called Saturday's Pegasus World Cup Day, “one of the best days of my career” after saddling Be Your Best (Ire) (Muhaarar {GB}) to win in the GII TAA Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf and Mystic Lake (Mo Town) to score in the GII Inside Information Stakes, before capping the day with White Abarrio's romp in the $3-million Pegasus World Cup.
“In general, you win with Mystic Lake and you win with Be Your Best, that would be a great day in its own right,” Joseph said. “To have the story unfold with White Abarrio. It comes full circle and to end like that, it's almost like a movie. A dream, basically.”
Joseph said White Abarrio, Be Your Best, Mystic Lake and Skippylongstocking (Exaggerator), who finished third in the Pegasus World Cup, “all bounced out well.”
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