Premier Pegasus was seen as one of the best up and coming horses in the world coming into this year. While he is still a horse with a lot of potential, it looks the hopes of his trainer, owner and fans to win the Kentucky Derby will be disappointed.
Premier Pegasus is at 6-1 in Kentucky Derby Odds.
The Kentucky Derby field is thinning out slowly as there are several horses that are affected by injuries. Premier Pegasus is one of the horses that was affected by injury and it looks like the horse will now undergo surgery to try to try correct the injuries that the horse has sustained.
The horse was an early favorite to win the events prior to the Kentucky Derby and many people thought that the horse would come through as the favorite in the Derby. Much of the hype around Premier Pegasus is because of his fantastic win at San Felipe.
The horse was dominant at the San Felipe Stakes and won the race by 7.75 lengths over Jaycito, the second place finisher. The event was a $250,000 event and it was actually the largest margin that any horse had won the race by in 74 years. With that impressive victory the horse had high expectations for the Kentucky Derby.
While expectations were high, the sustained injury left Myung Cho, his trainer, with no choice but to send the horse to surgery. Cho is also the trainer and many people hope that the horse will return to full health and have a career ahead of him with Cho’s training.
Bob Baffert will have a chance to put out a solid horse for the Kentucky
Reigning World Hurdle champion Big Buck recorded an exceptional fourth win in the event subsequent to an easy victory at Aintree. Big Buck is now even-money (from 6/4) with totesport.