Pegasus Wind breaks his maiden at Saratoga with Rafael Bejarano’s urging. (Sarah K. Andrew)

The weekend of the Champagne Stakes I was waxing nostalgic for my even more green days and thinking about last year’s Champagne.

Pegasus Wind showed in the Champagne and I wondered what happened had to him. Here’s what I found out.

Google uncovered that he prepping for the Southwest Stakes but sustained an ankle injury in his allowance prep race.

I also asked the question at Dan Illman’s Form Blog (he’ll answer all reasonable questions, fyi… a great and very generous resource). He had a post about the current disabled list, discussing horses that have been out awhile and the speculation if we’d see them again. He confirmed that there was no real news other than what I had found.

Here’s the conversation:

Me:

Speaking of sidelined, the Champagne got me thinking about last year’s Champagne.

Any word on Pegasus Wind, who showed last year? I found an item about an ankle injury keeping him from the Southwest Derby but that was it. Thx!

dana

Dan Illman:

Haven’t heard a thing. He was beaten 20 lengths in his lone start this year at Oaklawn on January 27, then worked on February 2 before injuring his ankle. He hasn’t worked since. I’ll put him on the disabled list, but I’m not convinced that he’ll come back.

So there you have it… only time will tell.