Do you like horses with amazing suspension at the trot who show great dressage potential? Do you like chunky TBs that look like Quarter Horses (reminding us that QHs have lots of TB blood)? Do you like playful and friendly young geldings with lots of personality? Do you appreciate how great Speightstown and Bernardini bloodlines are for sport horses? Then stop up for Lucky Banker! Lucky Banker has had only three races, all in the month of July of this year. In his last race at the end of July he showed early speed and then stopped running in the homestretch while bearing in and out. This prompted his conscientious trainer to have him thoroughly checked out by their vet, and Lucky Banker has what we were told is a 30% tear in his left front tendon. The vet says his prognosis is very good; we were told that the vet said he can go on to do almost any discipline, including jumping and eventing – the only discipline the vet did not recommend is barrel racing. He does not need stall rest, he can be turned out, but the vet recommends that you give him some time to grow up and fully heal before putting him into regular work. SInce he is a young 4 yo right off the track, you would want to give him some turn out time before putting him into retraining anyway – keep him fully eligible for the 2025 RRP by giving him some down time and then starting him up in December. They are happy to put you in contact with the vet who did the ultrasounds and evaluation to answer your questions. Lucky Banker’s handler (the trainer’s daughter who is also the contact person) says he is a playful and slightly mouthy young horse, without a mean bone in his body, who loves people giving him attention. We saw this firsthand as Lucky nuzzled at her outstretched hand, appreciating the attention. ON the day we photographed him, it had been a week since his last race and in that time he had just walked the shedrow, so he was happy to be outside to jog, with his tail up like a flag as he looked at horses on the nearby racetrack. Although he was feeling good, he was very respectful of his handler, and while she could not let him tort out fully, he displayed an amazing collected trot with jaw dropping suspension that had us thinking of upper-level dressage movements. Lucky Banker is sired by Central Banker, a son of Speightstown from the Gone West sire line, who is know for siring athletic and good brained ammy friendly horses who are enjoying new careers in many sporting disciplines. Lucky Banker’s dam, Lucky Sunset, is by the great Bernardini, an AP Indy son whose offspring are sought out by eventers and dressage riders. Lucky Sunset is from a great female family that has produced many top racehorses, so there is great quality in this pedigree. This handsome guy offers great potential to the right patient person who can just give him a bit of time before restarting him for his new career.
Price: $5000 negotiable
Contact: Adrianne D’Alessandro 585-281-1810 (text preferred; calls OK)
Racing record: https://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=10763457®istry=T&rbt=TB