LUCKY BE A LILY (MD)

Luck Be a Lily, a Maryland-bred Thoroughbred mare, was foaled on April 20, 2005 bred by Mrs Frank P. Wright. She is the offspring of Partner’s Hero and Lilycakes, sired by Allen’s Prospect. Luck be a Lily is a granddaughter of Danzig (February 12, 1977 – January 4, 2006), an American Thoroughbred racehorse who is best known as a leading sire. He was purchased for $310,000 (equivalent to $1.4 million in 2022) by Henryk de Kwiatkowski at the 1978 Saratoga Yearling Sale. The son of Hall of Famer Northern Dancer and the most commercially successful sire of the second half of the 20th century, he won all three of his races during his racing career. Danzig was retired to stand at stud at Claiborne Farm near Paris, Kentucky, where he became one of the world’s most important sires. He led the U.S. sires list from 1991 to 1993 and topped the sire list in Spain and the United Arab Emirates.

Danzig sired 188 graded stakes race winners and 10 champions. His foals have earned more than $100 million in purse money and include Breeders’ Cup winners Chief’s CrownLureDance Smartly, and War Chant as well as European champions Dayjur and Anabaa. Danzig also sired 1992 Preakness Stakes winner Pine Bluff and is the sire of Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee Langfuhr, who in turn sired Canadian Triple Crown winner and Horse of the Year Wando.

Luck be a Lily has participated in 21 races, achieving 2 first-place finishes, 4 second-place finishes, and 4 third-place finishes, accumulating earnings of $27,594. Some of her notable races took place at Los Alamitos Quarter Horse and Golden Gate tracks, as well as Bay Meadows and Santa Anita.