Itsmyluckyday to skip BC, point for Cigar Mile
Sept 30, 2014 23:51:15 GMT -5
Post by Evelyn on Sept 30, 2014 23:51:15 GMT -5
Good decision?
Itsmyluckyday to skip Breeders' Cup, point for Cigar Mile
Brisnet
Woodward winner Itsmyluckyday, third as the 3-5 favorite in Saturday's Kelso Handicap at Belmont Park, will not ship to Santa Anita for the Breeders' Cup. Rather, it was announced Monday that the Eddie Plesa Jr. trainee will aim for the November 29 Cigar Mile at Aqueduct.
"#Itsmyluckyday will not be racing in the #BreedersCup14," Gulfstream Park tweeted Monday morning. "Headed to Cigar Mile at Aqueduct."
Not originally nominated for the Breeders' Cup, Itsmyluckyday could have been supplemented for $100,000 according to the terms of the "Horses of Racing Age Nomination Program." That one-time fee would have made him Breeders' Cup eligible for the rest of his racing career.
But the four-year-old son of Lawyer Ron is due to enter stud at Spendthrift near Lexington, Kentucky, in 2015, so connections would have been paying just to run in this year's Breeders' Cup.
Owned by Trilogy Stable and Laurie Plesa, Itsmyluckyday captured last year's Holy Bull and Gulfstream Park Derby, and finished second in both the Florida Derby and Preakness, before sustaining a pelvic fracture. The dark bay was sidelined for the remainder of his sophomore campaign, but has recovered to become among the nation's top older males this season.
Itsmyluckyday has won or placed in six of seven outings in 2014, his lone unplaced effort being a tiring fourth in his comeback in the March 8 Gulfstream Park Handicap. He then reeled off three straight stakes wins in the April 26 Best of the Rest at Gulfstream, the May 24 Majestic Light and the July 6 Salvator Mile, the latter two at Monmouth.
Runner-up to Moreno in the August 2 Whitney at Saratoga, Itsmyluckyday gained revenge with a hard-fought verdict over Moreno in the August 30 Woodward back at the Spa. He was perhaps still feeling the effects of that slugfest during his third in the Kelso, where he also chased the demanding pace, and the victorious Vyjack rallied from midpack.
Itsmyluckyday to skip Breeders' Cup, point for Cigar Mile
Brisnet
Woodward winner Itsmyluckyday, third as the 3-5 favorite in Saturday's Kelso Handicap at Belmont Park, will not ship to Santa Anita for the Breeders' Cup. Rather, it was announced Monday that the Eddie Plesa Jr. trainee will aim for the November 29 Cigar Mile at Aqueduct.
"#Itsmyluckyday will not be racing in the #BreedersCup14," Gulfstream Park tweeted Monday morning. "Headed to Cigar Mile at Aqueduct."
Not originally nominated for the Breeders' Cup, Itsmyluckyday could have been supplemented for $100,000 according to the terms of the "Horses of Racing Age Nomination Program." That one-time fee would have made him Breeders' Cup eligible for the rest of his racing career.
But the four-year-old son of Lawyer Ron is due to enter stud at Spendthrift near Lexington, Kentucky, in 2015, so connections would have been paying just to run in this year's Breeders' Cup.
Owned by Trilogy Stable and Laurie Plesa, Itsmyluckyday captured last year's Holy Bull and Gulfstream Park Derby, and finished second in both the Florida Derby and Preakness, before sustaining a pelvic fracture. The dark bay was sidelined for the remainder of his sophomore campaign, but has recovered to become among the nation's top older males this season.
Itsmyluckyday has won or placed in six of seven outings in 2014, his lone unplaced effort being a tiring fourth in his comeback in the March 8 Gulfstream Park Handicap. He then reeled off three straight stakes wins in the April 26 Best of the Rest at Gulfstream, the May 24 Majestic Light and the July 6 Salvator Mile, the latter two at Monmouth.
Runner-up to Moreno in the August 2 Whitney at Saratoga, Itsmyluckyday gained revenge with a hard-fought verdict over Moreno in the August 30 Woodward back at the Spa. He was perhaps still feeling the effects of that slugfest during his third in the Kelso, where he also chased the demanding pace, and the victorious Vyjack rallied from midpack.
