Lucky Score Storms to Victory in Vigil
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Lucky Score wins the Vigil Stakes at Woodbine
Domenic Liscio and Danny Iandoli's Lucky Score arrived at the Sept. 25 CA$180,000 Vigil Stakes (G3) without a stakes win on his stat sheet. On a rainy afternoon at Woodbine, the Willie Armata trainee netted his milestone victory in impressive fashion.
Under jockey Leo Salles, Lucky Score was unhurried early, trailing the field behind a quarter in :22.77 and half-mile in :44.96. As the field turned for home, 15-1 shot Rockcrest opened a 1 1/2-length lead. There was a lot of work left to do for Lucky Score, who was steered six-wide into the final turn.
Rolling down the stretch, the son of Lookin at Lucky collared a game Rockcrest and drew away for a 1 1/4-length win in a time of 1:08.63 for the six furlongs on the synthetic main track.
Rockcrest was a neck ahead of Secret Reserve , who edged Clayton by a nose for third.
Lucky Score ($14.70) collected his fifth win from 12 starts and increased his earnings to CA$291,737.
"I've been involved in horse racing for maybe four or five years," Liscio said. "The bottom line is I want to thank Leo (Salles), but if there's one guy I want to thank the most, it's (trainer) Ralph Biamonte. He picked this horse out, we had him with him, and he did a lot of work as a baby with him. No disrespect to Willie, but wherever Ralph left off, Willie has continued to do a fantastic job."