$600,000 Breeders Crown
Two-Year-Old Colt & Gelding Trot
Lucky Chucky
Breeding
Breeder(s)
Owner(s)
Sales Info
Trainer
Driver
2, bay, colt by Windsongs Legacy - Aerobics - Muscles Yankee
Perretti Farms, Cream Ridge, NJ
Charles A Sylvester, Williamstown-Neal B Goldman, Washington TWP-Amy L Stoltzfus,
Williamstown, NJ
$10,000 Harrisburg Yearling Sale
Charles Sylvester
John Campbell
Year
2009
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Starts
9
1st
8
2nd
0
3rd
1
Earnings
$420,864
Mark
2,1:55.1s Wdb
Quotes & Notes
Lucky Chucky charged to a new track and Canadian record for 2-year-old trotting colts on a 7/8’s mile track, as he
scored in 1:55.1 in his C$25,475 Breeders Crown elim
for driver John Campbell. The time shattered the
previous record of 1:56 set by Donato Hanover
(October 2006) and Majestic Son (November 2005).
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“He raced well, but he was not quite as relaxed as I
would liked,” said Campbell. “He was strong, and very
good here, and got over the track fine. Chuck (trainer
Sylvester) changed his shoes as you have to do with
any horse coming from the Red Mile. You have to put
a little more grab on them but a 2-year-old that can
come here and make that adjustment is a good one.”
Lucky Chucky and Campbell charging to victory
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On Oct. 8, Lucky Chucky won his Bluegrass division at the Red Mile by three-quarters of a length over Winning
Fireworks in 1:56.2. The bay colt was second for much of the mile before getting room in the stretch to move to
the front.
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“He was up in the bit pretty good,” Campbell said. “He sat in there good at The Red Mile until he got surrounded
and then he wanted to go, but there was just no place to go. When he got room, he trotted through very strong
and I was happy with the way he raced. We never really got started until we got in the lane, so he trotted home
real spiffy.”
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“We’ve had trouble with him being a little too hyper,” Campbell admitted. “He tries to go too fast and gets out of
kilter with his gait. When he’s relaxed and not trying to go too fast, he’s much smoother gaited. But he’s
exceptionally honest for a 2-year-old and doesn’t want to run. He’ll kind of hitch and hike, but he’s refused to run
so far.
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Lucky Chucky has won divisions of the Harriman, Peter Haughton elims and his Valley Victory qualifier. His only
loss was a third-place finish in the $523,600 Peter Haughton Final on Hambletonian Day at the Meadowlands.
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Chuck Sylvester trains and co-owns Lucky Chucky along with his daughter Stolzfus, and Neal Goldman of New
Jersey. Sylvester, 69, has been training trotters and pacers since the mid-1970s and to date has conditioned 566
winners to the tune of $22,563,096. He is the third leading trainer of Breeders Crown champions, with 12 trophies
and $4,538,699 to his credit from 70 starts, that includes seven runner-ups and eight third-place finishers.
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Sylvester’s Breeders Crown Champions include: Armbro Devona (1985, 3-Year-Old Filly Trot); Armbro Keepsake
(1991, 2-Year-Old Filly Trot); Incredible Abe (1994, 3-Year-Old Colt Trot); Mack Lobell (1986, 2-Year-Old Colt
Trot, 1987, 3-Year-Old Colt Trot, 1988 Aged Trot); Muscles Yankee (1998, 3-Year-Old Colt Final); Paige Nicole Q
(1995, 2-Year-Old Filly Pace); Pine Chip (1993, 3-Year-Old Colt Trot. 1995 Open Trot); Running Sea (1996, 3Year-Old Colt Trot); Winky’s Goal (1992, 2-Year-Old Filly Trot).