1. Lucarno was a Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the St Leger in 2007.
11 Facts About Lucarno
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Lucarno is a big, powerful bay horse, standing 16.3 hands high, bred in Pennsylvania by his owner George W Strawbridge, Jr.
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Lucarno was sired by Dynaformer whose other offspring includes Barbaro and McDynamo.
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Lucarno was ridden in most of his races by Jimmy Fortune.
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Lucarno raced on the outside, but was among the leaders throughout the race before taking the lead approaching the final furlong and winning by a lengths from Yellowstone.
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Lucarno raced just behind the leaders before making progress in the straight.
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Lucarno took the lead a furlong out and stayed on to win by a length from Mahler, with Honolulu three quarters of a length away in third place.
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Sixteen days later, Lucarno contested Britain's most prestigious weight-for-age race, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot.
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Lucarno failed to recover his best form in Autumn: he was beaten more than nineteen lengths when finishing fifth in the Grosser Preis von Baden and eighth of ten behind Marsh Side in the Canadian International.
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Lucarno has been primarily marketed as a National Hunt stallion.
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Lucarno died of a heart attack at Longford House Stud in County Tipperary on March 20,2018.