Two runners trained by Frank Lucarelli placed in two $100,000 Grade 3 races at Santa Anita Park over the final weekend in December.
On Dec. 29, Randall & Rossi LLC’s seven-year-old campaigner Gallant Son finished third in the about 61/2-furlong turf Daytona Stakes. The 2006 Kentucky-bred son of Malabar Gold earned $12,000 for his efforts and now has a $520,075 total, of which $120,000 was earned in 2013.
The following day Erica Gaunt’s Stormy Lucy finished second by a nose to Unbridled’s Note in the Robert J. Frankel Stakes, a nine-furlong turf race. A 2009 Kentucky-bred daughter of Stormy Atlantic-Here Comes Lucinda, multiple stakes winner Stormy Lucy has earned $268,200. On Jan. 3, Gaunt and Lucarelli teamed to win a $20,000 maiden claiming race at Golden Gate with three-year-old Shescurlinmytoes, a Kentucky-bred filly by Curlin out of Café Concerto.