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Del Mar FuturityDEL MAR, CALIFORNIA MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2009 DEL MAR FUTURITY$300,000, Grade I, 2-y-o, 7 f GARRETT GOMEZ (Lookin At Lucky) – “In these big races, you’ve got to take what they give you. I was down inside and I didn’t have much choice. I had to ride it the way it came up. I did have a little flashback to yesterday (when he was stuck down inside in the $1-million Pacific Classic with Colonel John and never got a good chance to get out). I wasn’t liking my position. But if you have a good horse, you can do a lot of things. If you sit down inside there long enough, something is going to happen for you. And I waited and waited and then I was able to push my way out and get him loose. He’s a good horse and good horses can make you look good.” TYLER BAZE (Make Music for Me) – “We didn’t have the best of trips. There was some bumping going on. But he came running. He put in a good one. I still think he’s one of the best 2-year-olds I’ve ever been on. Watch out when we go up to Santa Anita. Norfolk and Breeders’ Cup. Watch out.” MARTIN GARCIA (Smiling Tiger) – “He ran a terrific race. He ran with the best horses on the grounds and he was right with them. He’s a nice horse and he’ll like it when they go farther.” RAFAEL BEJARANO (Sterling Outlook) – “A good race for him. But he tried hard. You can’t complain.” MICHAEL BAZE (Champagne d’Oro) – “We’ll get ‘em next time.” BOB BAFFERT (Lookin At Lucky) -- Reminded that he had won his fifth Grade I of the meet: “It’s like the good old days. This horse was in tight most of the way and he learned a lot today. He’s quite a horse. I wasn’t worried about drawing the rail. He has the speed to get himself in a good place. He’s right there with Midshipman (last year’s winner of the Del Mar Futurity, who went on to win the B.C. Juvenile and be named champion 2-year-old colt) in that sense.” What’s next? “We go to the Norfolk [October 4 at Oak Tree at Santa Anita].” FRACTIONS: :23.00 :46.01 1:10.25 1:22.85 The stakes win was the fifth of the meet for Garrett Gomez and his third in the Del Mar Futurity. He now has 32 stakes wins at Del Mar all told. The stakes win was the sixth of the meet for Bob Baffert, five of them in Grade I races. (He also won five Grade I races at Del Mar in 1999.) This was his ninth victory in the Del Mar Futurity, the most by any trainer. He now has 86 stakes wins total at the track, adding to his record for conditioners in that regard. The owners of Lookin At Lucky are Mike Pegram, Kathy Watson and Paul Weitman. Watson and Weitman are from Tucson, AZ, while Pegram has homes in Del Mar and Scottsdale, AZ. |
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