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The sixth running of the Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park may not have turned out to be the dogfight to the finish, but it was a big hello and a fond farewell.
Life Is Good came into this mile and an eighth run over the south Florida dirt with a reputation for brilliant breaks. Spectacularly speedy, this fresh four-year-old son of Into Mischief was more than advertised. Emerging from the starting gates with winning conviction, the Todd Pletcher trainee immediately seized comma .
Both top Pegasus contenders are blessed with dazzling early speed. It should be a full-tilt fight, right from the break. The Pegasus will be the first start for both Life Is Good and Knicks Go since the Breeders’ Cup.