Hall of Fame coach Bill Mott was extremely pleased on January 29 with the way Bruce Lunsford’s Art collector my 15-1 exit upset win in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) in Gulfstream Park Yesterday.
“He’s happy. He’s bright, alert and seems to feel pretty good about himself,” Mott said.
Art Collector, who has established himself as a solidly classified bet performer with more than $2.3 million in his previous 20 starts, had the best record of his career at The Pegasus World Championship is 1 1/8 mile long.
Mott said: “It’s weird. I know he did a great job in the race. I feel like he trained well, but you really can’t predict the outcome in a race like that. “. “There are some beautiful horses in there and you don’t know much about the rest. I know our horse is doing well. Did it exceed expectations? I won’t say that because I don’t know the thing. what will happen.”
Art Collector, who won Woodward Stakes (G1) in 2021 and consecutive Charles Town Classics (G2) while setting pace, gave a good assessment of the controversial initial pace in Pegasus before passing three. round to take the lead under Junior Alvarado on the way to a 4 and a half win difference.
“Yesterday we made the wise decision not to let him stumble and see if he could do it that way, and it went well,” Mott said. He’s had a good year already,” Mott said.
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