Hailing from the Jeff Bonde stable and owned by Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Williams, this son of Lucky Pulpit turned out to be a sprinter like his dad was.

But where the two differed was that the son won at longer distances while the sire never won past five and one-half furlongs.

There was also one major difference between the two. Lucky Pulpit did not compile a record that led to a divisional championship of any sort. But his son did.

Able to win by taking the early lead or staying near the pace, Bookies Luck fought his way to the top of state-bred juvenile division in 2017.

After a third in the slop and then another show spot in his next outing at Santa Anita, Bookies Luck was a maiden no more when he tried the main oval on Huntington Drive for a third time after getting the early lead. That was good enough for a try against stakes company, only it would be down south in San Diego County.

Fading to an off the board result in Del Mar's Graduation Stakes, Bookies Luck rebounded nicely with a good win in the I'm Smokin Stakes at six furlongs to finish the summer meet on a high note. Del Mar proved good to him once more in 2017, for he battled with a rival for part of the seven-furlong Golden State Juvenile Stakes before holding off another to win on the Breeders' Cup Saturday undercard.

Asked to go a mile in the King Glorious next time out at Los Alamitos, Bookies Luck could not get the distance, finishing off the board for the first time since the summer. But his season finale did not alter his overall record in the eyes of voters. With a record of three wins and two thirds in seven starts as a juvenile, Bookies Luck was named California's Top-Two-Year-Old Male for 2017. Though he sprinted for just about the entire season, he won at five, six and seven furlongs while taking stakes wins at both Santa Anita and Del Mar to put together a fine juvenile campaign.

Bookies Luck only made one start in 2018, which came early in the year at Santa Anita. Making his first and only attempt on the hillside turf course, he led for part of the California Cup Turf Sprint before fading in the stretch to miss the minor awards.

Even so, Bookies Luck still found success and earned his way to being called a champion. And he did so with the ability to handle different sprints and tracks, and showed class with a couple of stakes wins.

He might have had the word "luck" in his name, but Bookies Luck achieved everything through effort. And it paid off for him.