The GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational and Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational, presented by EquiTrack, and the GI EquiTrack Florida Derby top a 66-strong stakes schedule for the Championship Meet at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida, the track said in a release Friday afternoon.The Championship Meet will begin on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 26 and will run through Florida Derby day on Mar. 28.Since its inception in 2017, the Pegasus Series has attracted such luminaries as Arrogate, California Chrome, Gun Runner, Bricks and Mortar, National Treasure, City of Light and Mystik Dan. Six of the prior 10 winners of the Pegasus have also won Breeders' Cup races. The Pegasus World Cup Turf has been contested by horses from Japan, Ireland, England, South America and South Africa.Officials at Gulfstream will announce purse money for the three Pegasus races soon.“We are finalizing the purse structure for the 2027 Pegasus World Cup and evaluating a few opportunities around the event that could impact the final purse,” said Mike Rogers, Executive Vice President of 1/ST Racing. “Rather than delay the release of the overall Gulfstream Park stakes schedule, we felt it was better to publish the schedule now and list the Pegasus purses as to-be-determined. We expect to announce the final purses shortly.”The $1-million Florida Derby has produced four of the 11 most recent winners of the Kentucky Derby and 26 overall and completes the Gulfstream series that also includes the GIII Holy Bull Stakes and the GII Fountain of Youth Stakes. The Florida Derby will be one of 10 added-money events on closing day, five of which are at the graded level, with total purses of $2.45 million.The track also offers major prep races on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks, including the GIII Forward Gal Stakes, the GII Davona Dale Stakes and the GII Gulfstream Park Oaks.Opening weekend includes four stakes races for 2-year-olds, the Wait A While Stakes and Pulpit Stakes on Nov. 26 on the turf and the Aventura Stakes and Hallandale Beach Stakes at a mile on the main track.The post Pegasus Races, Florida Derby Highlight Gulfstream Championship Meet appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.