Gimme Da Lute (March 13, 2012 – November 6, 2015) was a racehorse and graded stakes winner.
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Career
Gimme Da Lute won his first race in his second start. After that he won the Echo Eddie stakes. He followed that up with 2 3rd-place finishes including the Chick Lang Stakes. But got his first big stakes victory in the Affirmed Handicap, following that he won the Los Alamitos Derby the biggest victory in Gimme Da Lute's career. He only ran 2 more times after that with wins in the real good deal stakes, and the El Cajon.
Death
After he won the El Cajon, he suffered a hind leg fracture while working out at Santa Anita Park. A week later he underwent surgery that at first seemed to be successful. However, Gimme Da Lute fractured his leg again coming out of surgery, and had to euthanized.
Honors
In February 2016 Gimme Da Lute was posthumously awarded the title of California-bred Horse of the Year.