American Classics wins: Belmont Stakes (1914) Luke McLuke (1911 – c. 1929) was a bay Thoroughbred stallion born in the United States.
Luke McLuke's sire was Ultimus, and his dam was an imported mare named Midge, a daughter of the English Thoroughbred Trenton.
[2] Luke McLuke was bred by James R. Keene[3] at Castleton Stud, but was sold, along with the entire stock of the 1911 foal crop, in 1912 as yearlings.
[7] Luke McLuke won the Belmont on June 20, 1914, carrying 126 lb (57 kg) and with Merritt Buxton as his jockey.
[1] The Grainger was a race for three-year-olds and up, at a distance of 1+1⁄4 mi (2.0 km) and was run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.
Luke McLuke carried 100 lb (45 kg) in the race and was ridden by Andy Neylon for the win.
Luke McLuke's race wins in 1914 helped make the elder Schorr the leading owner for 1914, the second time he had earned that title.
[18] Luke McLuke's granddaughter Nellie Flag was, in turn, the dam of Mar-Kell, the 1943 Champion Handicap Mare.
[14] The Chicago Tribune reported the death of Luke McLuke in February 1929, but noted the horse had died suddenly in his exercise paddock at the farm of John Hertz many weeks before the press release.