Christophe Clement-trained stablemates City Man and Decorated Invader will be pointed to the $1-million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1) Jan. 28 at Gulfstream Park following their respective 1-2 finish in Saturday’s Fort Lauderdale (G2).
Colonel Liam was entered in an optional claiming allowance Dec. 15 at Gulfstream, where he was the first of three also-eligibles in an overflow field of 15. He ultimately was scratched when the race was rained off the grass to the all-weather Tapeta course.
Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, Peter Searles, and Patty Searles’ City Man has become a New York fan favorite, garnering stakes victories in each of his four years of training. The graded stakes-winning Empire State-bred added to his accomplishments on Saturday, setting a course record in the nine-furlong, $125,000 Ashley T. Cole at the Belmont at the Big A fall meet.
New York-bred City Man could attempt to shine bright in the Grade 1, $500,000 Fourstardave on August 13 following his first graded stakes victory in Friday’s Grade 3 Forbidden Apple at Saratoga Race Course.
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