Bred by renowned horsewoman Liz Whitney Lunn, Sherluck was out of the British mare Samminiato, a daughter of the 1945 Epsom Derby winner, Dante, who in turn was a son of the great Nearco.
His sire, Correspondent, was a winner of the 1953 Blue Grass Stakes and the 1954 Hollywood Gold Cup.
At age three, Sherluck's win in the Blue Grass Stakes under future Hall of Fame jockey Braulio Baeza made him a legitimate contender for the 1961 Kentucky Derby.
[2] With Braulio Baeza again on board, Sherluck won October's Lawrence Realization Stakes[3] at Belmont Park, beating Carry Back again.
The following month, jockey Bill Shoemaker rode him to victory in the Roamer Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack[4] Retired to stud duty in the United States, Sherluck was not successful, and in 1970 was sent to breeders in France and then to Denmark in 1975.