Lance Robinson to Be Inducted
in Utah Sports Hall of Fame
November 4, 2010 - Lance K. Robinson, who this year was represented as the
breeder or co-breeder of the winner of Grade 1 events in both American Quarter
Horse and Thoroughbred racing, is to be inducted this month into the Utah Sports
Hall of Fame.
A resident of Spanish Fork, Utah, Robinson bred Ruidoso Futurity winner American
Runaway and Preakness Stakes winner Lookin At Lucky (TB). An earner of $460,473,
American Runaway also finished second in the Grade 1 Remington Park and Rainbow
futurities at Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico and is a qualifier to the $1 million-est.
Texas Classic Futurity (G1). The colt by Ocean Runaway is trained by Paul Jones
and owned by the partnership of Sammy C. and Johnny C. Martinez of Chimayo, New
Mexico, and Bobby D. Cox of Fort Worth, Texas.
Robinson bred Lookin At Lucky in partnership under the name Gulf Coast Farms
LLC. Trained by former Quarter Horse trainer Bob Baffert, Lookin At Lucky is a
Smart Strike colt owned by Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman and is
expected to compete in the November 6 Breeders' Cup Classic at Churchill Downs.
Robinson and four others will be inducted November 16 into the Hall at the Utah
Sports Hall of Fame Foundation banquet at the Energy Solutions Arena in Salt
Lake City.