Spirit of St. Louis: The NY-Bred Champion Triumphs at the Pegasus World Cup Turf!

Spirit of St Louis is a six-year-old gelding from New York. He is by the impressive stallion, Medaglia d’Oro. Recently, he achieved his first graded win at the $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

Trained by Chad Brown and ridden by Tyler Gaffalione, Spirit of St Louis won the race by a narrow neck, finishing with a time of 1:44.50 for 1 1/8 miles on the firm turf. This time was just shy of the track record of 1:44.45, which was set by last year’s champion, Warm Heart.

Here are some quick details about Spirit of St Louis:

• Color: Dark bay/brown
• Owner: Madaket Stables LLC, Michael Dubb, Richard Schermerhorn
• Breeder: Chester Broman & Mary R. Broman (NY)
• Trainer: Chad C. Brown
• Jockey: Tyler Gaffalione

Chad Brown has a successful history with this race; he won it for the first time in 2019 with Bricks and Mortar, who later became Horse of the Year. Spirit of St Louis is gathering attention, and many are excited to see what he will accomplish next.