Neolithic won by nine lengths over Kismet's Heels in the 1 1/16 mile dirt allowance with a $43,000 purse.
Ridden by Javier Castellano, the 3-year-old colt won in 1:41.58--one of the fastest times ever for 1 1/16 miles on dirt at Gulfstream.
Social Inclusion set the track record of 1:40.97 on March 12, 2014,
Todd Pletcher trains Neolithic for Starlight Racing, which has spent $1 million to buy one of the 12 starting spots in the Pegasus.
Jack Wolf, managing partner of Starlight Racing, said following Wednesday's race that he was impressed sufficiently to
consider Neolithic a candidate for the Pegasus World Cup.
“Yeah, I think so, and at the very least the AE spot in the $400,000 race
on the undercard,” Wolf said, “if he comes out of it in good
order.”
The undercard race will be the first running of the $400,000 Poseidon. That ungraded race also will be 1 1/8 miles on dirt.
--Jim Freer
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