Mott will take a look at Flower Bowl for Harmonize

Stretching out in distance to earn her first victory since the Grade 1 Del Mar Oaks in August of 2016, Larkin Armstrong's Harmonize has emerged from her neck victory in the Grade 3, $200,000 Glens Falls on Saturday at Saratoga in fine fettle, Hall of Fame conditioner Bill Mott reported Sunday morning.

"She [Harmonize] had quite a wide trip without a doubt, but she won in spite of it," said Mott. "Three-wide on all the turns and she was still good enough to get up and win. It turned out to be a good race. I guess it proved she can win going that far."

Mott said he was still undecided on whether the 4-year-old daughter of Scat Daddy will rejoin Grade 1 competition in the $500,000 Flower Bowl Invitational on October 8 at Belmont Park, a Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" qualifier for the Filly & Mare Turf, or wait for another race later in the fall. 

"We'll have to take a look at it [the Flower Bowl]," said Mott. "It's potentially setting up to be a very tough race. I'm not sure, or we might look for something easier."

Grade 3 Saranac runner-up Yoshida also exited his race in good order after finishing a neck behind Voodoo Song, said Mott, who conceded the Japanese-bred Heart's Cry colt may not have had the best of racing luck in his two starts at the Spa. That effort followed a close second this summer to Bricks and Mortar in the Grade 2 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame on August 4. 

"He had to steady a little bit on the turn, causing him [Irad Ortiz, Jr.] to wait a minute to tip him out. It could've cost him a neck. He ran well, he ran hard, but you have to give the winner his credit. He's been second twice and you can make some excuses for him but the fact was he was second and didn't win. At the end of the day, you need the perfect trip to win sometimes and he just didn't get that."