D. Wayne Lukas
Hall of Fame trainer Darnell Wayne Lukas grew up outside a small farming community in Wisconsin. He earned a Master's Degree in Physical Education at the University of Wisconsin. He began training horses in South Dakota, and then settled in California in 1972. He trained quarter horses there for six years, then began training Thoroughbreds in 1978. He is the most successful trainer in the history of the Breeders' Cup, has trained a record 22 Eclipse champions, has won four leading trainer Eclipse awards, and has saddled the winners of more than 550 graded stakes. He has won 13 Triple Crown races and was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1999. Like many basketball coaches and their assistants, many of his former aides have gone on to successful training careers, including Todd Pletcher, Dallas Stewart, Kiaran McLaughlin, and Mark Hennig. He has won four Kentucky Derbys, tied for second with H. J. Johnson and behind only six-time winner Ben A. Jones, and has started a record 41 horses in the race.
Jose Valdivia Jr.
Valdivia, 30, is a native of Peru. He family came to the States in 1989. His uncle, Fernando Toro, was a successful rider on southern California circuit in the '70's and '80's. His father was the first jockey to win 1,000 races in South America. He began exercising horses in 1994 for trainer P. G. Johnson. He has ridden in New York, Florida, Kentucky, and California. Won the Breeders' Cup Mile in 2001 on Val Royal, currently rides on the southern California circuit. He rode Castledale to a 14th place finish in the 2004 Derby.
Robert and Beverly Lewis
Bob, a native of Minneapolis, Minn., and Beverly, a San Francisco, Calif. native, met in 1946 when they were attending the University of Oregon - they were married a year later. They are residents of Newport Beach, Calif., where Bob is in the beverage distributing buisness. The Lewises were recipients of an Eclipse Award of Merit in '97 for their unyielding committment and support of racing. They owned (solely or in partnership) champions Serena's Song, Timber Country, Silver Charm and Charismatic in addition to major stakes winners Orientate and Hennessy.
John O'Meara, Charlie Goldberg and Rischard Rosse (KY)
John O'Meara is the owner of the 165 acre Milestone Farm, located near Lexington, Kentucky. O'Meara and his two partners bred Going Wild, and O'Meara prepped the colt as a yearling on the farm.
05.06.05 - Spanish Chestnut Due In Saturday Morning 05.01.05 - Sunday Barn Notes 04.30.05 - Saturday Barn Notes 04.29.05 - Friday Barn Notes 04.28.05 - Thursday Barn Notes 04.09.2005 - Bellamy Road Crushes His Competition With 17-Length Wood Memorial Win 04.05.2005 - Going Wild Ships East On Road To The Kentucky Derby 03.05.2005 - Declan's Moon Remains Undefeated With Santa Catalina Win 02.05.2005 - Going Wild Stretches His Speed To Wire Field In The Sham
Finished two lengths behind the promising Kirkendahl
10.16.04
Maiden allowance @ Belmont
2nd
Game finish but could not hang on
9.25.04
Maiden allowance @ Belmont
3rd
Early race duel definitely a learning experience
Recent Workouts
Date
Track
Distance
Time
Rank
4.18
Churchill Downs (fast)
5 furlongs
1:01.40 B
3/29
4.03
Churchill Downs (fast)
5 furlongs
1:00.00 B
9/26
Four-time Kentucky Derby-winning trainer D. Wayne Lukas sends this son of Golden Missile into the Kentucky Derby for owners Robert and Beverly Lewis, who have a pair of Kentucky Derby victories to their credit with Silver Charm (1997) and Charismatic (1999). He comes into Derby 131 off a pair of lopsided losses in the Wood Memorial (GI) and Coolmore Lexington (GII), but Lukas remains encouraged by his training at Churchill Downs. Going Wild will be ridden by jockey Jose Valdivia, who makes his Kentucky Derby debut. The colt has a record of 3-3-1 in nine races with earnings of $229,670.
Going Wild is a son of the Adena Springs stallion Golden Missile, who is also the sire of the leading three-year-old filly In the Gold. Golden Missile is a son of 1992 Horse of the Year A. P. Indy. He was a slow developer, racing only once at two and five times at three. He did, however, win the Cumberland Stakes in his sophmore year. He blossomed in his four and five year old campaigns, winning four stakes, including the Pimlico Special (GI) and Stephen Foster Handicap (GII), as well as finishing third in the Breeders' Cup Classic (GI). He wrapped up his career with nearly $2.2 in earnings, hitting the board in 21 of 25 starts. In the Gold comes from his first crop of racing age, and to date he has had two stakes winners: Going Wild and Inspiring. As of this writing, Golden Missile ranks in the top five of second crop sires.
Going Wild is out of Pola, who is also the dam of the stakes placed Bola Soup. Her third and final foal is also a multiple winner, but was exclusively a sprinter. Pola, who ran in the colors of the late Allen Paulson, raced only twice, winning once in a maiden sprint. She's a daughter of another Paulson horse, Strawberry Road, who was a champion in both Australia and Germany. He also ran second in the Breeders' Cup Turf (GI), and descends from the classic distance influence Nijinsky, winner of the 1970 English Triple Crown. Going Wild is also related to 1998 Derby winner Real Quiet Meadow Blue and 1969 Derby winner Majestic Prince through their fourth dam Gay Hostess.
Dosage Index: 1.91
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