C2 Racing Stable, Prince Faisal bin Khaled bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and Antonio Pagnano's three-time grade 1 winner White Abarrio put in his final breeze Jan. 16 for the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) at Gulfstream Park Jan. 25.
In company with regular workmate Silver Moonlight, White Abarrio went four furlongs in :48.34 over Gulfstream's main track, ranking eighth of 27 horses. It was his second work of 2025 following a bullet half-mile move Jan. 9 in :47.81.
"He worked well," trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. said. "I thought it was a very good work. He did a lot last week so we kept him in hand this time, just a little off the horse inside and he finished up well. We never really let him out today. We were very happy with it."
Silver Moonlight is a 4-year-old Liam's Map filly also owned by C2's Mark and Clint Cornett that has strung together three consecutive wins.
"He's been working (with) Silver Moonlight since before he came back for his allowance race," Joseph said. "He's done well doing it and she's won three in a row doing it, so we're just keeping things the same. It's perfect."
White Abarrio has won six of eight lifetime starts at Gulfstream including the Holy Bull Stakes (G3) and Florida Derby (G1) in 2022.
Joseph's other Pegasus candidate, Daniel Alonso's multimillionaire Skippylongstocking, is scheduled to put in his final work Jan. 17 at Palm Meadows Training Center.
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