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Lookin at Lucky doing well following Futurity win

Last updated: 12/20/09 8:15 PM

Lookin at Lucky made winning the Futurity look easy

(Benoit Photos)

Trainer Bob Baffert reported Sunday from Santa Anita that LOOKIN AT LUCKY

(Smart Strike), winner of the CashCall Futurity (G1) at Hollywood Park Saturday,

and a large supporting cast of rising two-year-old stars all returned in good

shape.

"They all looked great," said Baffert after recording the first Hollywood

Park quadruple of his career with Lookin At Lucky and three other two-year-old

colts. "We exposed some real stars."

Baffert began his stellar day when sending out Quiet Invader (Songandaprayer)

to capture the 2ND race and saw his next winner, Tiz Chrome (Tiznow), dominate

the Stuka S. by four lengths. Clutch Player (Malibu Moon) rounded out the

silver-haired conditioner's first three when winning the 7TH race by four

lengths, and Lookin at Lucky added the finishing touch in the CashCall Futurity.

"It feels good to see a nice horse become a millionaire," Baffert said after

a record fifth victory in the Grade 1 test.

Lookin at Lucky entered the CashCall Futurity having suffered his only loss

when a troubled head second in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) on November 7. In

winning the 1 1/16-mile test, the bay colt accomplished something none of

Baffert's other four Futurity winners -- Real Quiet, Captain Steve, Point Given

and Pioneerof the Nile -- did. He became only the fourth horse to sweep the

three biggest two-year-old stakes on the Southern California calendar: the Del

Mar Futurity (G1), the Norfolk S. (G1) at Santa Anita and the CashCall Futurity.

Lookin at Lucky became the first horse to sweep the coveted triple in 17

years, since River Special in 1992. The others were Roving Boy in 1982 and Best

Pal in 1990.

"Lookin at Lucky won't run again until March," said Baffert, planning to give

the likely two-year-old champion two starts before the Kentucky Derby (G1).

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