Back in January 2020, a 3,000-acre ranch located in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley captured the racing world’s attention when Exchange rate mare Foreign partner give the first pony to the 2018 Triple Crown champion Evenly .
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Photos of the newborn baby quickly surfaced on social media, making Audley Farm stand out as the Purebred industry buzzed with excitement. Two years later, that pony, later named So cute lives up to the halo of expectations surrounding her birth with a decisive win coming out on September 17 at Pimlico racetrack.
“It’s amazing. I can’t tell you how happy the whole team at Audley is. You would think we won the Grand Prix or something,” Audley Farm manager Jamie McDiarmid said one day. after the brilliant debut of How Lovely.
As adorable as a pony with her damn Foreign Lover at Amaroo Farm
How Lovely was born in Kentucky on Amaroo Ranch in Lexington. The cove with a large white flint, like her famous father, failed to meet her reserves twice, the first was during weaning at the Fasig-Tipton Fall Kentucky 2020 Mixed Sale and once again a yearning at Keeneland’s September 2021 Sale. She raced in her breeder’s silk on Saturday.
McDiarmid said: “When she walked into the shoal, I was amazed at her. “I probably haven’t seen her in three months, and in the last three months she’s done so well and she looks amazing. She’s so well behaved, I can’t believe it, she She had a very good soul. She had a head crash and got a little lost, but when (racer Victor Carrasco) asked her, she found another device, very nice. very pleased.”
Despite her rough start, How Lovely regrouped from the back of the herd and began rolling over the horses into the far turn. Long shot between opponents for extended periods of time, a stormy 6-1 hit that ended up front 1 1/2 in time: 59.25 for five feather padding on the court.
Justify’s children have enjoyed rapid success on the pitch, a surface the undefeated Triple Crown champion has never set foot in any of his six starts. Justify, responsible for 13 2-year-old winners from his first to date, boasts four individual winners on the lawn. Scat Daddy’s son caused quite a stir in Europe, with his two children, Statue and Aspen Grove Landing Airlie Stud Stakes (G2) and Newtownanner Stud Irish EBF Stakes (G3) respectively at Curragh of Ireland.
How Lovely’s winning connections in winner’s circles
“(Justify is) doing great,” McDiarmid said. “Of course, we wanted to be the first winner for him, but we decided to give him more time. She was not broken until January of this year.
“(It’s adorable) was bred to walk on grass. However, she also performs very well on land. We thought we’d have her run on grass this time to give her a race on the grass. there, but after looking at her yesterday, I don’t think we would change anything. I think yesterday she liked grass a lot.”
Audley Farm bought a cover of How Lovely, Foreign Affair, for Justify at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Mixed Sale in 2019 for $385,000. The youngest of the mare, a foal weaned by Not this time , which is expected to hit the market in the upcoming Keeneland November Sale. Foreign companies are in Realistic jokes but McDiarmid said there’s a good chance she’ll be brought back to Justify in 2023.
“We enjoyed mating when we bought the mare, so it was really exciting when it came to fruition,” McDiarmid said.
Farm Audley, breeder of the first-place Bodemeister, has only three horses in training, all with Fair Hill Training Center Arnaud Delacour balm.
“They are three 2-year-olds,” McDiarmid said. “It was quite exciting. And they all went to the Arnaud’s house together and trained together, it was amazing. So hopefully we will have a few more athletes in the not too distant future. .”
Regarding How Lovely’s future, McDiarmid laughs and says that the responsibility is in Delacour’s hands.
“He’s a very good coach,” McDiarmid said. “We’ve raised horses with him for the past 10 years. He does a great job with this filth.”
Justify topped its first season at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud in Kentucky in 2019 for a promotional fee of $150,000. He stood the spawning season last year for $100,000.
