Luscious Lonna winding down

Saturday’s victory in the Miss America Stakes may have been Luscious Lonna’s final race at Golden Gate Fields. Trainer and co-owner Nick Sloan said he does not anticipate running her next year and that he is not interested in the breeding end of the business, so he will probably sell her.

Sloan said he might run her one more time this year, possibly in Southern California.

The 6-year-old mare went gate to wire under Pedro Terrero to defeat Central Heat by three-quarters of a length in the Miss America, a 1 1/16-mile turf race.

Luscious Lonna, who has won the Golden Poppy at Golden Gate Fields twice, prepped for the Miss America with a third-place finish in an allowance race on Sept. 11. That gave her the conditioning she needed to win on Saturday, Sloan said.

“I can’t keep her fit just training, but her second off a layoff is always pretty impressive,” Sloan said.