Coolmore America Handbook 2017

BEL AIR BEAUTY Boundary Alysheba Gr.2 DOMINUS Lord At War Affirmed Gr.2 EYE OF THE SPHYNX Vice Regent Forum Gr.2 FAMILY TREE Giant's Causeway Gold Fever Gr.2 MAY BE NOW Winning Sharp-Eyed Quillo Gr.2 NASHOBA'S GOLD Caerleon Crystal Palace Gr.2 PAPA CLEM Belong To Me Lord Avie Gr.2 SHOAL WATER Pleasant Colony Danzig Gr.2 SMART BID Danzig Caveat Gr.2 SMOKING SUN Caerleon Shirley Heights Gr.2 STRIKE A DEAL Dixieland Band Wavering Monarch Gr.2 STRIKE SOFTLY Wild Again Vice Regent Gr.2 STRIKING DANCER Danehill Affirmed Gr.2 TENPINS Deputy Minister Nodouble Gr.2 TUNGSTEN STRIKE Generous Explodent Gr.2 UTLEY Nureyev Lord At War Gr.2 MATING SUGGESTIONS: Lookin At Lucky was a remarkable juvenile as he became the first horse in America in 22 years to win three Grade 1 races at 2 years, despite being a May 27 foal. He then went on to become the first colt in 31 years to be an Eclipse Champion at both 2 & 3 years. Lookin At Lucky is one of the best sons of Smart Strike and is bred on a similar Mr. Prospector/Danzig cross to the leading sire Distorted Humor. He is now transferring his excellence, ranking among the leading first-crop sires of 2014, second-crop sires of 2015 and third-crop sires of 2016. Lookin At Lucky is just one of several sons of Smart Strike with Graded stakes winners to their credit, others being Curlin, English Channel and Square Eddie. Smart Strike had 7 SW’s, headed by Curlin and Tenpins, from daughters of DEPUTY MINISTER . Lookin At Lucky’s Gr.2 winner Accelerate has a dam by AWESOME AGAIN and he also has a SW with a dam by DEPUTY MINISTER . Judging by the record of the similarly-bred Distorted Humor, Lookin At Lucky will do well with mares from the SEATTLE SLEW line. Two of Distorted Humor’s best sons, Funny Cide and Any Given Saturday, are out of grand-daughters of SEATTLE SLEW . Curlin’s classic winner Exaggerator has a dam by VINDICATION . Lookin At Lucky has the Gr.2 winner Madefromlucky from a daughter of PULPIT , and Gr.1-placed One Lucky Dane is from a mare by BOSTON HARBOR . Distorted Humor’s record suggests that Lookin At Lucky will suit the SADLER’S WELLS line. Distorted Humor’s foals out of Sadler’s Wells mares feature the Gr.1 winners Cursory Glance, Pathfork and Aesop’s Fables while Travers winner Flower Alley has a second dam by Sadler’s Wells and another of his Gr.1 winners, Bit of Whimsy, is out of a mare by EL PRADO . Smart Strike also enjoyed Gr.1 success with Sadler’s Wells, via Minorette. Smart Strike has four Graded stakes winners out of STORM CAT mares, including a Gr.1 winner, and Curlin has a Gr.2 winner with a STORM CAT dam. Lookin At Lucky’s first Graded winner, Lucky Player, has a dam by STORM CAT . A GIANT’S CAUSEWAY mare mated with Lookin At Lucky has already produced the Gr.1-placed Maybellene. Smart Strike worked well with mares from the NIJINSKY line and Lookin At Lucky has a Graded-placed stakes winner out of a SKY CLASSIC mare. Smart Strike enjoyed considerable success with DANZIG line mares. He has Graded winners out of daughters of six different sons of Danzig. Lookin At Lucky is suited by more MR PROSPECTOR . His Gr.2 winner Madefromlucky is out of a mare inbred to MR PROSPECTOR . One of his Gr.1 performers has a dam by UNBRIDLED’S SONG and a Gr.2 winner has a second dam by UNBRIDLED .

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