While National Treasure’s next start has yet to be determined, the four-year-old son of Quality Road’s future is considerably brighter on and off the track in the aftermath of his impressive victory in the face of adversity at Gulfstream Park in Saturday’s $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) presented by Baccarat.

“He’s just going to get better and better. We were thinking, ‘Where do we run? Do we go to Saudi? Do we go here? We thought, let’s keep him here and be a good horse in America,’” Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert said following National Treasure’s courageous effort in the headliner of Saturday’s 13-race program that also featured the $1 million 1/ST BET Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1) and $500,000 TAA Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf Invitational (G2) and four other graded stakes.

A record $47,320,906 was wagered on the 13-race card. On the following day, which featured a Mandatory Rainbow Six payout, $18 million was wagered. The Rainbow 6 paid a whopping $1.8 million.

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