Chilukki
Chilukki (1997–2007) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse, who during her racing career set two track records at Churchill Downs. She was bred in Kentucky by Dr. R. Smiser West and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer MacKenzie Miller. Background Chilukki was out of the mare Song of Syria, a daughter of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Damascus. Sired by Cherokee Run, winner of the 1994 Breeders' Cup Sprint. The name Chilukki is taken from the Cherokee language term used by the Cherokee nation to describe themselves as dog people. Purchased by Bob McNair's Stonerside Stable at the 1999 Fasig-Tipton Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale in Florida, Chilukki was conditioned for racing by Bob Baffert. Racing career The filly had a brilliant two-year-old racing season, in which she set a Churchill Downs track record for 4.5 furlongs on April 28, 1999. Her multiple wins that year included two Grade I stakes and she went into the 1999 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies undefeated. However, she finished second to the 33-1 long-shot Cash Run. Despite this loss, Chilukki was voted the Eclipse Award as the American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly. In 2000, the three-year-old Chilukki continued to win and set another new track