Ron Pierce put the pedal to the metal with Mustang Art right from the word 'go' in Thursday’s $30,000 Delaware Special at Dover Downs, and that proved to be the winning move for the Jim McGuire trainee.

Mustang Art shot to the top from his pole position perch and led the field through fractions of :26.2, :54.2 and 1:22.1 before using a :28.4 closing panel to seal the deal by three-quarters of a length over race favourite Rustys All In. Fancyfreeshark was parked every step of the mile and finished third. Time for the mile was 1:51.

Sent off at odds of 3-1, Mustang Art improved this year’s record to 2-2-1 from 10 trips to the track. Max Walton of Newark and Greg Papaleo of Rehoboth Beach, DE share ownership on the 21-time winner who now boasts lifetime earnings of $307,270.