 Laura de Seroux recommended that she be retired, but Michael Paulson decided she could race again and turned her training over to Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas.In her first start for Lukas, six months after her injury, Azeri won an unprecedented third consecutive Apple Blossom Handicap.She then lost three races in a row, including the Metropolitan Mile, in which she raced against colts for the first time.