Chilukki

Chilukki
Sire	Cherokee Run
Grandsire	Runaway Groom
Dam	Song of Syria
Damsire	Damascus
Sex	Mare
Foaled	1997
Country	United States
Colour	Dark Bay/Brown
Breeder	Dr. R. Smiser West & MacKenzie Miller
Owner	Stonerside Stable
Trainer	Bob Baffert
Record	17: 11-3-0
Earnings	US$1,201,828
Major wins
Churchill Downs Debutante Stakes (1999) Del Mar Debutante Stakes (1999) Kentucky Breeders' Cup Stakes (1999) Oak Leaf Stakes (1999) Sorrento Stakes (1999) Churchill Downs Distaff Handicap (2000) Monmouth Regret Stakes (2000) El Encino Stakes (2001)
Awards
American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (1999)
Honours
Chilukki Stakes at Churchill Downs

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.

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.

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.

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