SHIRL’S SPEIGHT, the well-traveled Canadian-owned and trained Grade 1 winner, is on the short list of invited horses for the $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf on January 27. The 1 1/8 mile turf race at Gulfstream Park is one of three Pegasus races on the card, highlighted by the $3 million Pegasus World Cup.

Entries will be taken for the three Pegasus races on Sunday, between races at Gulfstream.

Shirl’s Speight has had three recent workouts at Payson Park with trainer Roger Attfield, with his latest move being a six furlong breeze on Jan. 12 in 1:15. Charles Fipke’s seven-year-old horse by Speightstown was second in the Grade 1 Woodbine Mile last September and eighth in the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) at Santa Anita. Earlier in 2023 he was fourth in the Dubai Turf (G1). Shirl’s Speight had one of his best career races in November 2022 when second by three-quarters of a length in the Breeders’ Cup Mile to Modern Games. He seeks his first win since the spring of 2022.

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