Major races: Malibu Stakes (2017), Triple Bend Stakes (2018), Oaklawn Handicap (2018), Pegasus World Cup (2019), Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (2018)

Awards: Champion Older Male Horse (2018)

Post Career: After the Pegasus World Cup, City of Light was retired to stud at Lane's End Farm

May 7 - City of Light

This handsome son of Quality Road was both a Breeders' Cup winner as well as the Pegasus Cup winner. I had painted for William Warren 16 or 17 years ago when I painted his Horse of the Year Saint Liam.

The question would be which race to paint; I figured it would be the Breeders' Cup (which I thought I would have preferred because the Breeder’s Cup was on a sunny beautiful day, the Pegasus was in one of those South Florida monsoons that turns Gulfstream Park into the Everglades.) Then we decided to do two paintings of him. I was sure we would paint both of those races but nope, Mr. Warren had me paint the Pegasus twice. He kept one and gave the other to trainer Mike McCarthy.

Mr. Warren is one of the ultimate class acts in our industry. When he gets his calendar each year or any correspondence over the years, I will always get a letter back on his stationery with the most sincere and gracious message.

I get told that my artistic talent is a blessing, but my blessing is that because of my art, I get to meet some of the most amazing people and in the process, I get rewarded by painting some really cool horses along the way.