On March 13, at the Grade 2 Rebel Stakes, Lookin At Lucky made his debut race in the three-year-old division. For the first time the two-year-old champion colt was also racing on dirt. It wouldn’t end up being a problem for him, as he overcame being checked down the backside to win by a head over Noble’s Promise.

After breaking from post 2, Lookin At Lucky settled in near the back early in the Rebel. He was forced to check after bumping with Noble’s Promise, then moving out down the backside and heading into the final turn. Lookin At Lucky was undeterred, however, and began to pass horses. In the end with his sixth win in seven races, it was Lookin At Lucky.

Noble’s Promise would finish immediately behind Lookin At Lucky as the race marked the third consecutive time. Noble’s Promise second to Lookin At Lucky’s first at both the Grade 1 CachCall Futurity Stakes and Grade 2 Rebel Stakes and finished third to Lookin At Lucky’s second at the Grade 1 Breeder’s Cup Juvenile.

Lookin At Lucky (Garrett Gomez), Noble’s Promise (Robby Albarado), Dublin (Corey Nakatani), Uh Oh Bango (Glenn Corbett), Cardiff Giant (Christian Santiago-reyes), Pleasant Storm (Jon Kenton Court), and Royal Express (Perry Compton) is the order of finishers of the seven horses (and jockeys) who participated in the race.

In Hot Springs, Arkansas, at Oaklawn Park racetrack, The Rebel is held annually in March. It is raced on a dirt track that is 1 1/16 miles and it is open to three-year-olds. The purse is $300,000. With the first being the Southwest Stakes and the third being the Arkansas Derby, It is the second leg of the Oaklawn three-year-old stakes program.