Neolithic 7-Year-Old closing in on $300,000

If Not For Luck has achieved an excellent record in his five years of racing, 8-3-7 in 24 starts with earnings of $271,850. In that time, the 7-year-old son of Neolithic has posted no less than nine Equibase ‘E’ speed figures in the 90s.

The latest score for the $30,000 (twice) OBS purchase came in a $35,000 starter optional claimer at Gulfstream Park in a race at 5 1/2 furlongs over the Tapeta surface. Micah Husbands was in the irons, and If Not For Luck was off last in the field of six. Husbands sent him up five wide on the turn and his charge responded by cruising into the lead, and going on to win by one-half length, clocked in 1:03.17, just 1 1/2 seconds off the course record.

The veteran runner bred by Juan Rodriguez paid $6.60 and earned a check for $20,300.