Where Luck Lives

Six days after Decisive Win made light work of his first two-turn test en route to 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard honors at Santa Anita, Flying Dutchmen Breeding & Racing's Where Luck Lives (f, 3, Nyquist--Holiday Soiree, by Harlan's Holiday) made all the running to take a salty first-level allowance Thursday evening at Churchill Downs to also earn 'Rising Star' laurels. Exiting a defeat of next-out 'Rising Star' Movie Night (Speightstown) in a sloppy Keeneland maiden Apr. 3, the $725,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga purchase caught a flyer from gate five...

Making her first start since finishing a close fourth at live odds in a single juvenile appearance at Churchill Downs last June, Flying Dutchmen Breeding and Racing's Where Luck Lives (Nyquist) was speedy enough to clear all of the traffic to her inside and ran home determinedly in the final furlong to make her sophomore debut a winning one Friday afternoon at Keeneland. A half-sister to Grade I winner Vahva (Gun Runner, $2,289,010), the $725,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga acquisition was last in, but first out and she methodically worked her way...

4th-CD, $120,000, Msw, 2yo, f, 5f, 2:23 p.m. Flying Dutchmen's WHERE LUCK LIVES (Nyquist) gets a start for trainer Brian Lynch. A $725,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select yearling purchase, the dark bay is out of SW and GISP Holiday Soiree (Harlan's Holiday). The mare, who sold for $300,000 at Keeneland November in 2023, is already responsible for Grade I scorer Vahva (Gun Runner), who most recently won the GII Chicago Stakes at this venue last weekend in addition to GSP Signal From Noise (Arrogate). TJCIS PPs