Woodbine Entertainment plans to partner with 1/ST Racing and turn the GII bet365 Dance Smartly Stakes into a qualifying race for the GII Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf Invitational Stakes, the Canadian track said via a press release on Thursday.
The winner of the Dance Smartly at Woodbine will receive an automatic invitation to the 2026 $500,000 race at Gulfstream Park in January.
The Dance Smartly is carded for Saturday, Oct. 4 and will be contested at 1 1/16 miles on the inner turf.
“We're pleased to partner with the team at 1/ST Racing to add this unique bonus to the Dance Smartly,” said Vice-President of Thoroughbred Racing for Woodbine Tim Lawson. “Pegasus World Cup Day has become an outstanding showcase of our sport and it's exciting that the opportunity to be part of it will be connected to a prominent race on one of our biggest days of the season.”
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