Lookin at Lucky, Vale of York share Experimental high weight

Lookin at Lucky, Vale of York share Experimental high

weight

Champion two-year-old colt

LOOKIN AT LUCKY

(Smart Strike) and Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) hero

VALE OF YORK

(Ire) (Invincible Spirit) share the high weight assignment of 126

pounds on the 2009 Experimental Free Handicap, released Thursday by The Jockey

Club and available at jockeyclub.com.

The filly division is headed by multiple Grade 1 winner

BLIND LUCK

(Pollard's

Vision) and champion two-year-old filly

SHE BE WILD

(Offlee

Wild) at 123 pounds.

The Experimental Free Handicap, published annually by The Jockey Club since

1935, is a weight-based assessment of the previous year's leading two-year-olds,

with the weights compiled for a hypothetical race at 1 1/16 miles on dirt. This

year's weighting committee of racing secretaries was composed of Ben Huffman of

Churchill Downs, P.J. Campo of the New York Racing Association and Thomas S.

Robbins of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club.

The committee weighted a total of 93 males and 82 fillies. Eligible for

weighting were all two-year-olds of 2009 that finished among the top four in

graded or other unrestricted races with an added value of at least $75,000, run

in the continental United States.

Lookin at Lucky won five of his six starts last year, with his lone setback

being a close second in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, for earnings of $1,243,000.

Owned by Karl Watson, Michael Pegram and Paul Weitman, Lookin at Lucky won the

CashCall Futurity (G1), Norfolk S. (G1), Del Mar Futurity (G1) and Best Pal S.

(G2). He was bred in Kentucky by Gulf Coast Farms.

Godolphin's Vale of York scored a head decision over Lookin at Lucky in his

only North American start. Bred in Ireland by Stock Vale Ltd., Vale of York won

three of his six races in 2009 for earnings of $1,151,186.

The 126 pounds assigned to Lookin at Lucky and Vale of York is the standard

impost for top Experimental colts and equivalent to the assignment on last

year's high weight, Midshipman (Unbridled's Song).

Lookin At Lucky and Vale of York are weighted two pounds higher than

NOBLE'S

PROMISE (Cuvee), a winner of three of his six starts in 2009, including the

Breeders' Futurity (G1) and the Fitz Dixon Jr. Memorial Juvenile S. He earned

$733,500 for owner Chasing Dreams Racing 2008.

Kingfield Stables'

BUDDY'S SAINT

(Saint Liam), winner of the Remsen S. (G2)

and Nashua S. (G2) by a combined 16 3/4 lengths, is weighted at 123 pounds. He

won two of three starts on the year and earned $218,600.

At 122 pounds are Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G2) victor

POUNCED (Rahy) and

Kentucky Jockey Club S. (G2) winner

SUPER SAVER (Maria's Mon).

In the filly division, the 123 pounds assigned to Blind Luck and She Be Wild

is the standard impost for top Experimental fillies and one pound less than the

assignment on last year's high weight, Stardom Bound (Tapit).

Bred in Kentucky by Fairlawn Farm, Blind Luck's four victories from six

starts last year included the Hollywood Starlet (G1) and Oak Leaf S. (G1). She

also finished third by three-quarters of a length to She Be Wild in the

Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1). She earned $709,050 for her owners Mark DeDomenico, John Carver and Jerry Hollendorfer.

Nancy Mazzoni's homebred She Be Wild won four of her five starts in 2009 and

earned $1,311,040. In addition to her score in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, the

Kentucky-bred lass won the Arlington Washington Lassie S. (G3) and was beaten a

half-length when second in the Alcibiades S. (G1).

Blind Luck and She Be Wild are weighted two pounds higher than Grace Stables'

HOT DIXIE CHICK (Dixie Union). Hot Dixie Chick's three wins from four starts

included the Spinaway S. (G1) and Schuylerville S. (G3). She earned $285,685.

At 120 pounds are Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies and Spinaway runner-up

BEAUTICIAN (Dehere) and Alcibiades winner

NEGLIGEE (Northern Afleet).

Among sires of Experimental horses, Bernstein tops the list of colts and

geldings with five representatives, while Tiznow heads the fillies' list with

four representatives. Combining the two lists, Roman Ruler is the leading sire

with six representatives. Of the 175 juveniles weighted, 108 were bred in

Kentucky, 34 in Florida and five each in California and Pennsylvania.