As retirement looms, Knicks Go chasing history in Pegasus

Knicks Go is retiring and his final race is Saturday at Gulfstream Park. He's the 6-5 morning-line favorite. Chess Chief is 10-1. Life Is Good is 7-4. Both horses have a Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile win on their record. The horse that won the Classic last year was injured and was taken off the Triple Crown trail. It was a 3-year-old colt called Life is Good. His trainer, Brad Cox, is rooting for him. "It's going to be a great matchup. I think it's great for racing and I'm interested in seeing it myself."

Knicks Go has earned $8.7 million in career. The rest of the field has combined career earnings of $5.2 million.

Knicks Go was foaled on Jan. 29, 2016, so he turns 6 on Saturday.

Knicks Go spent a few days in the fall at Taylor Made Farm in Kentucky. He will stand stud for the relatively modest price of $30,000.

Colonel Liam is the early favorite in the Grade 1, $1 million Pegasus Turf. Regal Glory is morning-line favorite out of 11 entrants in Grade 3, $500,000 Pegasus Filly And Mare Turfi.

10-1 shot Practical Move beats Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert in Los Alamitos Futurity. Trainer Tim Yakteen trained Taiba and Messier from B Affert's stable in this year's Kentucky Derby. Frankie Dettori plans to retire from the saddle at the end of 2023. The weather is expected to be cold in South Florida this weekend. The high temperatures at Gulfstream Park are not expected in the upper 50s. It will be 20 degrees cooler than it was for last year’s Pegasus running. There will also be rain.