Bricks and Mortar Constructs Winning Move in Pegasus Turf

[Wandering Eyes]

Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence’s Bricks and Mortar (h, 5, Giant’s Causeway–Beyond the Waves, by Ocean Crest) came flying down the center of the course and strode home a three-length victor of the inaugural $7-million GI Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational at Gulfstream Park Saturday. Sent off at 5-2, the 5-year-old, whose lone 2018 outing was an optional-claiming score over the Gulfstream lawn in December,  settled off the pace as longshot Fahan Mura (English Channel) set the pace through fractions of :22.94 and :47.93. Catapult (Kitten’s Joy) was first to move, surging to the lead midway down the backstretch as Bricks and Mortar was shuffled well back in the field. Bricks and Mortar, angled out four wide, was making rapid progress nearing the stretch and, while Delta Prince (Street Cry {Ire}) was able to forge to a narrow lead in midstretch, the eventual winner was unleashing a powerful late rally and swooped to victory. Magic Wand (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) was second and Delta Prince was third. The final time for the 1 3/16-mile race was 1:54.59.

Bricks and Mortar opened his racing career with four straight wins in 2017, culminating with a 3/4-length victory in the GII Hall of Fame S. He went to the sidelines after narrowly beaten third-place efforts in the GIII Saranac S. and GIII Hill Prince S. In his lone 2018 outing, the dark bay took a one-mile optional claimer over the Gulfstream lawn Dec. 22. A $200,000 KEESEP purchase in 2015, Bricks and Mortar is a son of multiple group placed Beyond the Waves and he is a half-brother to graded stakes winner Emerald Beech (Maria’s Mon). Lifetime Record: 8-6-0-2. O-Klaravich Stables & William Lawrence. B-George Strawbridge, Jr. T-Chad Brown.

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