For the Reporter

Already a triple stakes winner at the meet, So Lucky heads a list of 2-year-olds nominated to the $65,000 Gottstein Futurity on Sunday, Sept. 11.

To be run at 1 1/16 miles, the Gottstein is the 28th and final stakes of the 2016 season and the traditional closing day feature race.

So Lucky is among a handful of runners being considered for Horse of the Meeting and several other year-end honors. A Washington-bred by Coast Guard, So Lucky is undefeated in four starts including stakes wins of 3, 5¼ and 9 lengths. He put up Beyers of 71 in the Emerald Express, and 79 in both the WTBOA Lads and Washington Cup – easily the top three figures of any horse nominated to the Gottstein.

With the exception of Assets Included, none of nominees have raced farther than six furlongs. A British Columbia-bred son of Rosberg, Assets Included is 2-for-2 and scored a three-quarter-length victory in the 6½-furlong BC Cup Nursery last month at Hastings Racecourse.

Three fillies are nominated, Afleet Hope, No Talking Back and Barbara Shinpoch Stakes winner Blazinbeauty. In its 78-year history, only 12 fillies have won the Gottstein including Smarty Deb (2007) and Talk to My Lawyer (2011) at Emerald Downs.

$65,000 Gottstein Futurity, Sunday, Sept. 11
2-Year-Olds, 1 1/16 Mile
Horse, owner, trainer
Afleet Hope (2f-KY) David Thorner, Tom Wenzel
Ask Not (2-WA) I.M. Gorasht-J Merriman-Cohen, Terry Gillihan
Assets Included (2-BC) Peter Redekop BC Ltd., Blaine Wright
Blazinbeauty (2f-KY) Darrin Paul, Frank Lucarelli
Keller’s Gold (2-WA) Swag & 20/10 Stables, David Martinez
Max the Kitty (2-ORE) Warlock S, Floyd & Edwards, Jeff Metz
Mixo (2-WA) Oakcrest Farm LLC, David Martinez
Mysterious Man (2-KY) Highlander Racing Stable, Jeff Metz
No Talking Back (2f-WA) One Horse Will, Stenslie & Hubbird, Chris Stenslie
Sharkzilla (2-CAL) John E. Parker, Candi Tollett
So Lucky (2-WA) Pegasus Too & Rising Star Stable, Howard Belvoir
Warspite (2-NY) A A A n W Racing Club, Chris Stenslie