Ambassador of Luck

Ambassador of Luck
Sire What Luck
Grandsire Bold Ruler
Dam Detente
Damsire Dark Ruler
Sex Mare
Foaled 1979
Country United States
Colour Bay
Breeder C. Thomas Fuller
Owner 1) Richard Ransom
2) Envoy Stable (Richard Ransom & Stephen D. Peskoff)
Trainer 1) William Carelli (1981)
2) Flint S. Schulhofer (1982)
3) Mitchell C. Preger (1983)
Record 23: 14-4-3
Earnings US$489,583
Major wins
Martha Washington Stakes (1982)
Duchess Stakes (1982)
Molly Pitcher Handicap (1983)
Maskette Stakes (1983)
Ballerina Stakes (1983)
Awards
American Champion Older Female Horse (1983)

Ambassador of Luck (1979–1994) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was voted the 1983 American Champion Older Female Horse. In her Championship season, she broke the stakes record in winning the Molly Pitcher Handicap at Monmouth Park Racetrack and equalled the stakes record when she won the Ballerina Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.

When her racing career was over Ambassador of Luck served as a broodmare, producing eight foals. One of her colts, Alydavid, sold as a weanling for $400,000. Ambassador of Luck died on February 9, 1994 as a result of foaling complications.

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