Itsmyluckyday set for Cigar Mile as final start

Hallandale Beach, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – Itsmyluckyday, winner of this summer’s Woodward Stakes, is probable to start in the $500,000 Cigar Mile at Aqueduct on Nov. 29.

Trained by Eddie Plesa, Itsmyluckyday finished third in his last start in the one-mile Kelso Handicap at Belmont Park on Sept. 27.

“He’s going to run in the Cigar Mile on the 29th of November. Then, he’ll probably go to Spendthrift,” said Plesa.

The 4-year-old colt, co-owned by Trilogy Stable and Laurie Plesa, is scheduled to stand at stud at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Kentucky in 2015.

“He’s an unbelievable horse as far as I’m concerned,” the trainer noted. “We’re looking forward to seeing what he can do at stud. He’s certainly brought my family, my partners and myself and the people who work with him an unbelievable amount of excitement. We’re really, really going to miss him.”

Itsmyluckyday posted his biggest victory in the Woodward at Saratoga on Aug. 30. It was his fourth victory of the season to go along with wins in the Best of the Rest Stakes, Majestic Light and Salvator Mile Stakes. He was second to Moreno in the Whitney four weeks before the Woodward.

“I’ve been doing this a long time, and I can’t think of a horse race that’s been more gratifying to me for all the reasons you can imagine,” Plesa said about the Woodward victory

Last year, Itsmyluckyday had victories in the Gulfstream Park Derby and Holy Bull Stakes, and was second in the Florida Derby before finishing 15th in the Kentucky Derby. He was injured during the running of the Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park and did not finish.

Itsmyluckyday has earned $1,702,600 with nine wins, four seconds and two thirds in 20 lifetime starts.

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