Moore lauds Bricks and Mortar

HONG KONG – Ryan Moore has seen enough of Bricks and Mortar. He finished second behind him in the Pegasus World Cup Turf when riding Magic Wand and was third to Bricks and Mortar aboard Hong Kong Vase hope Anthony Van Dyck in the Breeders’ Cup Turf.

Bricks and Mortar – retired and set for a Japanese stallion career – is sure to win an Eclipse Award as champion turf horse of 2019 and has the inside track on Horse of the Year. Some might view him as a default candidate for that award. Moore feels otherwise.

“Probably, people don’t quite realize what a good horse Bricks and Mortar really was,” Moore said.

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In the BC Turf, Moore had Anthony Van Dyck positioned just inside Bricks and Mortar most of the race.

“He was outside me the whole way,” Moore said. “I had to go inside. It was the only way I was going to beat him. I wasn’t going to beat him if I had to cover ground. He was outside me, he was keen and he never dropped the bit, and he still accelerated very, very well. I think he was a really good horse.”