Looking Back on Career of Two-Time Pegasus Turf Winner Colonel Liam

January 20th, 2023

Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. shares the love with Colonel Liam after his repeat win in the Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Stakes in January 2022. The career earner of $1.8 million has been retired. (Eclipse Sportswire)

Two-Time Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Stakes winner Colonel Liam was retired from racing Jan. 19, 2023, with a sparkling record of seven wins from 12 starts and career purse earnings of $1,812,565.

A talented Thoroughbred racehorse and a fan favorite, Colonel Liam’s five stakes wins also included an unforgettable dead heat with Domestic Spending in the Grade 1 Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic Stakes on the 2021 Kentucky Derby undercard at Churchill Downs.

Read more at BloodHorse about Colonel Liam’s upcoming second career as a stallion at Ocala Stud in Florida, and enjoy the video and slideshow below featuring the career highlights of this striking gray 6-year-old by Liam’s Map.

Colonel Liam won seven of 12 starts and earned $1,812,565 over three seasons on the racetrack. (Eclipse Sportswire)

Colonel Liam earned his first stakes win in the Tropical Park Derby in December 2020 at Gulfstream Park. (Gulfstream Park/Ryan Thompson)

Colonel Liam earned his first stakes win in the Tropical Park Derby in December 2020 at Gulfstream Park. (Gulfstream Park/Lauren King)

Colonel Liam winning the 2021 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Stakes at Gulfstream Park. (Eclipse Sportswire)

Colonel Liam after winning the 2021 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Stakes at Gulfstream Park. (Eclipse Sportswire)

Colonel Liam winning the Muniz Memorial Classic Stakes at Fair Grounds in his first start after the 2021 Pegasus World Cup Turf. (Lou Hodges, Jr. /Hodges Photography)