Breaking Lucky Returns to Louisiana for Stud Duty

Grade 3 winner Breaking Lucky  , who will be a freshman sire in 2023, has returned to Louisiana after two years standing in Florida, Blue Star Racing announced Sept. 27.

The 10-year-old son of Lookin At Lucky   started his stallion career at Blue Star Racing near Scott, La., and then stood for two seasons at Pleasant Acres Stallions near Ocala, Fla.

"After many breeders' requests, we're excited to bring Breaking Lucky back to the bayou state," said Dex Comardelle of Blue Star Racing. "It's no secret Louisiana is one of the most lucrative breeding programs in the country, and with the recent passage of sports betting and Historical racing, we expect Louisiana purses to increase exponentially over the coming years. Now is the time to double down on Louisiana breeding."

As a racehorse, Breaking Lucky raced initially for Gunpowder Farm and delivered a victory in the 2015 Prince of Wales Stakes—the second leg of Canada's Triple Crown—at Fort Erie and placed in the Ontario Derby (G3). At 4, he won the Seagram Cup Stakes (G3) at Woodbine and placed in four other stakes, including a second in the Clark Handicap (G1).

At 5, Gunpowder joined with partners West Point Thoroughbreds, Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, Eric Young, and R.A. Hill Stable and added two more place finishes in grade 1 company—finishing third in the Whitney Stakes (G1) and Stephen Foster Handicap (G1). He retired with a 4-6-6 record from 27 starts and earned $1,196,376.

Breaking Lucky hails from an active family. He is out of grade 1-placed winner Shooting Party  (Sky Classic), who is the dam of the War Chant  winner Quake Lake, who in turn is the dam of 2019 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) winner Country House   (also by Lookin At Lucky) and Gallorette Stakes (G3) winner Mitchell Road  (English Channel). Shooting Party also is the second dam of Canadian stakes winner Gun Society  (Society's Chairman ).

Lookin At Lucky, who stands at Ashford Stud, was a champion at 2 and 3. As a juvenile, he won the Norfolk Stakes (G1), Del Mar Futurity, and CashCall Futurity (G1) and was second in the Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1). At 3, he won the Preakness Stakes (G1), Izod Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1), and the Indiana Derby (G2). He is now among the top 15 active North American sires by number of career Northern Hemisphere graded stakes winners with 16. He also has been the leading sire in Chile and has sired 70 black-type winner worldwide and eight champions.