Sire Lookin At Lucky aims to continue strong run

Less than a decade after he was a classic winner himself, Lookin At Lucky hopes to get lucky in next week’s Belmont Stakes as the broodmare sire of the enigmatic Gronkowski – and is looking ahead to a big summer after closing May with a bang.

Lookin At Lucky has had four individual runners earn Beyer Speed Figures of 100 or higher through the month of May – tying him with perennial leading sire Tapit atop Daily Racing Form’s exclusive sire lists in that regard. The Coolmore stallion’s top Beyer of the year was the 111 posted by Accelerate in the Grade 1 Gold Cup at Santa Anita – with runner-up Dr. Dorr completing the exacta for their sire.

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Accelerate and Dr. Dorr’s performances in the Gold Cup keyed a major weekend for Lookin At Lucky, also recently represented by Money Multiplier, who won the Grade 2 Monmouth Stakes for the second time.

Lookin At Lucky now looks ahead, starting with the Belmont Stakes, where Gronkowski, forced to miss the Kentucky Derby due to illness, will attempt to win his fifth straight race. The Lonhro colt is out of the unraced Lookin At Lucky mare Four Sugars.

One week after the Belmont, Lookin At Lucky’s classic-placed millionaire son Lookin At Lee is expected to start in the Grade 1 Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs. The stallion also has an intriguing runner waiting in the wings for a summer campaign in unbeaten Chilean champion Wow Cat, who is preparing for her U.S. debut. The filly has been working steadily at Belmont for trainer Chad Brown, most recently going five furlongs May 28 in company with Grade 2 winner Pacific Wind, who is bound for the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps on the Belmont Stakes undercard.