When Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas loaded up the horse van in Kentucky and pointed it toward Saratoga Race Course, the truck had some precious cargo. Lukas is set to unleash another one on Saratoga in Naughty Gal , owned by Holy Cow Stable. She’ll run in the Aug. 7 $200,000 Adirondack (G3), the second of three stakes races for 2-year-old fillies.
Naughty Gal, a daughter of Into Mischief —Conway Two Step by Spanish Steps , was bred in Florida and purchased for $350,000 at the 2022 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training. In her second career start, July 4 at Churchill Downs, she mowed down 10 rivals and to win by 9 1/4 lengths. It could have been more. “She was just cruising,” Lukas said.