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MIKE LUZZI

MIKE LUZZI
Birthdate - Oct. 27, 1969
Birthplace -Wilmington, DE
Height - 5 feet, 3 inches
Weight - 113 pounds
Family - Wife Tania, son Lane, daughter Larue

2017 RECORD

347 - 29, 34, 42 

$1,530,343

2017 NYRA RECORD

310 - 21, 31, 34

$1,242,817

NEW YORK RIDING TITLES

* 2003 Aqueduct spring, 34 victories

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

* Won the 2015 George Woolf Award

* Won his 3,000th career victory aboard Too Tough Pete at Belmont Park on May 17, 2008

* Eclipse Award as 1989’s Top Apprentice

INTRODUCTION TO RACING

* Grandfather Buddy Raines was a trainer, and older brother John was a jockey

FIRST WINNER

* Tis A Sir, Nov. 4, 1988, Laurel Park

NEW YORK STAKES WINS

Aqueduct: Snake Mountain (2003); Mighty Magee (1996)

Bay Shore: Blissful State (1995)

Beaugay: Delta Princess (2003)

Bed o’ Roses: Carmandia (2007); Dixie Flag (1998)

Best Turn: Da Hoss (1995)

Bold Ruler: Shake You Down (2003)

Bouwerie: Rodeo Licious (2004)

Brooklyn: Timely Warning (1991)

Busanda: Captivating Lass (2012)

Busher: Ammy Hils (1995)

Cigar Mile: Daaher (2007)

Coaching Club American Oaks: Jilbab (2002)

Comely: Touching Beauty (2010)

Correction: She’s Zealous (2004); Jill Miner (1994)

Count Fleet: Sonny’s Bruno (1993)

Cowdin: Twilight Time (1999)

Damon Runyon: Smooth Bert (2012)

Dearly Precious: Evil’s Pic (1995)

Distaff: Carson Hollow (2003)

First Flight: Dixie Flag (1997)

Fort Marcy: Five Iron (2014); Wised Up (1999)

Frizette: Sutra (2006)

Gallant Fox: Navesink River (2005); Coyote Lakes (2001-02)

Garland of Roses: Singlet (2012)

Go for Wand: Spun Sugar (2006)

Gravesend: City Attraction (2007); Don Six (2004); Shake You Down (2003)

Joseph A. Gimma: Sunny Shamrock (1994)

Hempstead: Critical Eye (2001)

Hill Prince: Van Minister (2002)

Hollie Hughes: Papua (2004)

Interborough: Seeking the Sky (First Div., 2000); Go Again Valid (Second Div., 2000)

Iroquois: Ice Cool Kitty (2008); Seeking the Ante (2005); Princess Dixie (2003)

Jerome: The Lumber Guy (2012); Daaher (2007)

Kelso: Ashkal Way (2006)

Kings Point: Accountforthegold (2007)

Knickerbocker: Kiri’s Clown (1994)

Ladies: Critical Eye (2002)

Long Island: Market Booster (1994)

Mike Lee: Willy Beamin (2012)

Mohawk: Top C Jim (1999)

Nassau County: Seeking the Ante (2005)

Next Move: Weathered (2009); Indian Vale (2007);

Restored Hope (1995); Groovy Feeling (1994)

NYSS: Lovely Syn (Park Ave. 2013); Lady On the Run (Staten Island, 2011); Park Ave., 2011); Like a Rose (Park Ave., 2008); Haggs Castle (Cormorant, 2002); Laken (Park Ave. 2000); Bon Fearless (Fifth Ave., 2000)

Paumonok: Esteemed Friend (1999); Secret Odds (1994)

Prioress: I’m Brassy (2000)

Queens County: Researcher (2008)

Rare Treat: Weathered (2009); Restored Hope (1995); Groovy Feeling (1994)

Ruthless: Valid Affect (1997); Evils Pic (1995)

Schenectady: Common Objective (1999)

Sheepshead Bay: Critical Eye (2001)

Shuvee: Cowgirls Don’t Cry (2008)

Stuyvesant: Accountforthegold (2006)

Stymie: Snake Mountain (2003); Manchurian (2006)

Sword Dancer Invitational: Kiri’s Clown (1995)

Top Flight: Dixie Flag (1997)

Tremont: Gold Joy (2004)

True North: Shake You Down (2003)

West Point: Excellent Tipper (1994)

Westchester: Utopia (2007); Mr. Shawklit (1995)

Whirlaway: Summer Doldrums (2007); Watch the Bird (1998)

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