So glad DC is entered here, but I'll be keeping an eye on Flying Pegasus as well.....
From the Sydney Morning Herald.....
Cleared for take-off: Flying Pegasus ready to launch dirt tricks campaign in US
by John Holloway
August 25, 2006
David Payne's dashing sprinter Flying Pegasus makes his long-awaited US debut at Saratoga this weekend, with his first assignment a 1400-metre race on dirt.
Now with US Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher, Flying Pegasus took longer than anticipated to adjust to US surroundings and initially would not stretch out on dirt tracks. Les Samba, who selected the Fusaichi Pegasus colt as a yearling, said on Thursday the four-year-old couldn't pick up his legs in his early gallops and Pletcher switched him back to grass.
"The trainer then decided to give him another crack at handling the dirt conditions and he has improved out of sight, so much so that he is tackling 1400 metres first-up this weekend," Samba said.
Connections of Flying Pegasus sold a 50 per cent share in the colt for $1 million after he finished second in the inaugural Randwick Guineas, 1600m, last autumn behind Hotel Grand. Two starts earlier he beat Racing To Win in the Royal Sovereign Stakes at Randwick.
He was sent to the US because he could become a sought-after stallion if he reproduces his Australian form. Flying Pegasus is an impressive individual and the fact he is from a Danehill mare could be attractive to leading US studs.
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