LUCKY BID

LUCKY VEGA was owned by Mr. Zhang Yuesheng that that trained by Mrs. John Harrington with 2 wins, 3 seconds and 1 third in 8 starts which all ridden by Shane Foley, winning distance at 1200M. He landed G1 Phoenix Stakes at age 2 at Curragh and 2nd in Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket. After turning 3YO, he ran on for 4th in Irish 2000 Guineas, 3rd in 2000 Guineas and 2nd in St James's Palace Stakes that all over 1600M. The LOPE DE VEGA’s colt entered stud at Irish National Stud and shuttled to Yulong Stud Australia with 4 black type contest winner. His fee in 2025 among Southern Hemisphere is AUD$ 38,500 and EUR€ 12,500 in Northern Hemisphere in 2026.LUCKY BID was sold at NZD$ 80,000 in 2024 NZB Ready To Run Sale as he finished 200M breeze up run in 10.34s. He was trained by Kurtis Pertab in New Zealand and took part in 2 barrier trials where he sat handy but failed to quicken for 5th in an 800M section (1st Apr 2025) on good going, then jumped well to lead and kept on well to win an 800M trial (29th Apr 2025) on heavy ground. Most same sire runners prefer sprint events while some could handle farther as THAT’S GOLD landed 2100M G2 Avondale Guineas. His dam OLDER THAN TIME was trained by Gai Waterhouse with 5 wins from 1200M to 1900M, 1st runner up in 3200M Sydney Cup and one of her foals won at 1800M. The bay gelding should be fine to handle 1600M or upper in distance.