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00:00let's kind of set the scene for everybody who may not know about this day.
00:03So this day was created back in 2017 from the folks at first,
00:08because they wanted to have this big day on the calendar with a huge race
00:11that some of the best horses in the world could point to,
00:14but also a really fun day out the track with music,
00:18with excitement, with entertainment.
00:20It's just a really fun experience to be out there on Pegasus Day.
00:24Absolutely. This is my third Pegasus.
00:26And without a doubt, I can say this is one of the events
00:29that I look forward to the most out of every year's racing calendar.
00:32The Pegasus is not just one of the, you know, most stacked races
00:36in the entire racing calendar of the whole year.
00:37In fact, this year we actually have seven grade one winners
00:41in this edition of the Pegasus World Cup.
00:43But alongside that, you've got top quality entertainment.
00:46We've got some DJs.
00:47We've got some singers and performers performing out in Carousel Club all day
00:50long. And then the food down here on Pegasus Day is truly unmatched.
00:54So if you haven't been to the Pegasus before, make sure that you add this one
00:58to your list of important races to go to because you get a bucket list type event.
01:02Now, when the event was created in 2017, it was placed in January
01:07on the calendar for a couple of reasons.
01:08It's a few months after the Breeders' Cup, and it's right before
01:12the North American breeding calendar will start in February.
01:15So we will give a lot of these really nice horses
01:18maybe a chance to get one more big race for breeding purposes,
01:21get a big win under them.
01:23And Bailey, we've seen this grow.
01:25Initially, we had the Pegasus World Cup dirt.
01:27Now we have three Pegasus races where we have a turf race
01:31and then a filly and mare turf race.
01:33So like any big event, we've just seen this thing grow and grow and grow.
01:37And now we have Charles Appleby shipping in horses from all across the world.
01:41It really has become an event that people are pointing their horses to run at.
01:46They're absolutely putting the world in Texas World Cup this year, which is great.
01:50The Pegasus World Cup filly and mare turf was upgraded to a grade two this year.
01:54Now, that's one of the races that we'll touch on as we get into the show.
01:57But the caliber of fillies and mares that have entered this race this year
02:01is really, really special, along with some other international horses.
02:03So I think this might be the best one we've seen in its nine year history.
02:07And Alexa, I know you are someone who gets involved in a lot of handicapping contests.
02:12In fact, you had a nice run last year in the NHC.
02:15But one of the biggest handicapping contests of the entire year is this weekend.
02:19It's on Saturday.
02:20It's the Pegasus World Cup betting championship.
02:23Why don't you tell us a little bit about that contest, Alexa?
02:25Yeah, so handicapping tournaments is actually how I got introduced to horse
02:29racing altogether and involved in the sport.
02:31So it's very near and dear to my heart.
02:34I've played I'm trying to think how many times I've played in the Pegasus
02:37tournament, at least two, maybe three, two here on site.
02:40You can play online, too.
02:41So if you're itching to get in, you still can.
02:44But it's a really fun tournament.
02:46It's a live bankroll tournament.
02:47The buy in is six thousand dollars.
02:50And you you bet it and you try to run your total up.
02:53And then whoever runs their total up the most gets a ton of prize money.
02:57The winner is going to walk away with well over one hundred thousand dollars
02:59in this tournament.
03:00There's over two hundred fifty thousand thousand prizes.
03:03So it's just a really exciting, exciting tournament and exciting race
03:07day to do it out with so many exceptional horses to bet on.