Showing no ill effects whatsoever from the foot bruise that temporarily halted his training earlier this week, OMAHA BEACH went a smooth five furlongs this morning over a fast Gulfstream Park surface, passing under the wire in 1:00.42 before galloping out in 1:14.35 and 1:28.63, according to Daily Racing Form clocker Mike Welsch.

The breeze was the first of two scheduled for Omaha Beach leading into the $3 million Pegasus World Cup, the Jan. 25 race for which the colt is expected to be a solid favorite.

“Went nice,” said his Hall of Fame trainer, Richard Mandella. “He missed a few days last week, missed a work, but no big deal. We’ll get another one next week, in six or seven days, and I think we’ll be ready to go.”

Julien Leparoux was aboard for the solo work and likely will be aboard again when Omaha Beach has his final pre-race work next weekend, said Mandella. Mike Smith will ride in the Pegasus.

“To me, he looks very nice, very smooth,” said Leparoux.

Omaha Beach, owned by the Fox Hill Farms of Rick Porter, is one of about nine or 10 older horses likely for the 1 1/8-mile Pegasus. The 4-year-old son of War Front won three Grade 1 races last year, ending with the Dec. 26 Malibu at Santa Anita.

Early splits for the work were 23.92 and 35.77, with the final quarter-mile of 24.65 coming in a fairly strong head wind, according to Welsch.