Some nice 2007 foals hit the track as two year olds in 2009 and among the best are those nominated for Eclipse awards in the 2 year old division.
The top nominations for colts are Lookin at Lucky, Noble’s Promise and Vale of York while the top fillies nominated are Blind Luck, Hot Dixie Chick and She Be Wild.
Lookin’ at Lucky brings some strong credentials to the table and is among the early hard looks for the Kentucky Derby. A son of Smart Strike out of the Belong To Me mare Private Feeling, he has the classic connections of Mike Pegram (owner) and Bob Baffert (trainer) along with breeding that can get the job done. He went into the Breeder’s Cup Juvenile undefeated with two G1 wins and a G2 win following his maiden win. He ran second in the Juvenile to Vale of York but bounced back with another G1 win in the CashCall futurity at a mile and 1/16 and has earned serious consideration for the award based on performance.
Godolphin Racing’s Vale Of York has little to shrug at. The son of Invincible Spirit out of Red Vale by Halling did win the Juvenile. That wasn’t all he’d done, winning twice before then in stakes class in addition to a second in a G1, 3rd in G2 and 5th in G3 races.
Noble’s Promise was second his first out then broke his maiden in his second race. He put together three wins including a G1 before his third place run in the Breeders Cup Juvenile and second to Lookin’ at Lucky in the CashCall Futurity. The Cuvee son is out of the Clever Trick daughter The Devil’s Trick.
This is a talented trio of colts not to be outdone by the fillies. Talent is deep here as well.
She Be Wild won the Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies while putting together her resume for top 2 year old filly. By Offlee Wild out of the Seeking The Gold mare Trappings, the dark colored filly had a wild run down the stretch to finish in front of Beautician and Blind Luck. She’s had three wins and G1 second.
Blind Luck, out of the Best of Luck mare Lucky One by Pollard’s Vision, won a stakes, second in the Del Mar Debutante G1 before winning the G1 Oak Leaf, third in the Juvenile fillies then bouncing back to win the G1 Hollywood Starlet.
Dixie Union daughter Hot Dixie Chick was runner up her first out, figured out winning her second out before winning the G3 Schuylerville and G1 Spinaway. Out of an In Excess mare she took some time off at the end of the year so didn’t start after September.
Often the top award goes to the winners on Breeders Cup day – stay tuned to see who wins this year.
Keywords: Blind Luck, Dixie Union, Eclipse Award, Lookin' At Lucky, Noble's Promise, She Be Wild, two year old champion, Vale of York
