La Verdad (horse)
| La Verdad | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Yes It's True |
| Grandsire | Is It True |
| Dam | Noble Fire |
| Damsire | Hook and Ladder |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 2010 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Eklektikos Stable |
| Owner | Lady Sheila Stable (Sheila Rosenblum) |
| Trainer | Linda Rice |
| Record | 25: 16-3-0 |
| Earnings | $1,563,200 |
| Major wins | |
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Distaff Handicap (2014, 2015) Vagrancy Handicap (2015) Gallant Bloom Handicap (2015) Interborough Stakes (2016) |
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| Awards | |
| American Champion Female Sprint Horse (2015) | |
| Last updated on 1 February 2016 | |
La Verdad (foaled 29 April 2010) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse. She was bred in New York by Eklektikos Stable and is owned by Sheila Rosenblum's Lady Sheila Stable. A winner of 16 races from 25 starts, she won the Eclipse Award as American Champion Female Sprint Horse for her accomplishments in 2015.
La Verdad was trained by Linda Rice and primarily ridden by jockey Jose Ortiz.
The phrase "la verdad" means "the truth" in Spanish. La Verdad's sire is Yes It's True, a multiple graded stakes winner who placed in 15 stakes races during his career, including victories in the Grade 1 De Francis Dash, Grade 2 Riva Ridge and six Grade 3 events. Her mother, Noble Fire, was sired by Hook and Ladder, a two-time graded stakes winner in Florida.
La Verdad began her racing career at the age of three against New York-breds. She broke her maiden in her second lifetime start at Aqueduct on April 7, winning a six furlong sprint by 6 3/4 lengths under the colors of her breeder Eklektikos. After winning her next start in restricted allowance company at Belmont Park on May 8, she was laid up until November, winning another restricted allowance at Aqueduct by 8 3/4 lengths.
La Verdad was then purchased privately by Sheila Rosenblum at the suggestion of the horse's trainer, Linda Rice. "There was a little bit of a delicate situation with the owner and I was asked to come in and kind of save the day," Rosenblum said, adding that she decided to go out on a limb and "go for it" with regards to the purchase.
La Verdad's final start of the year, on December 19 at Aqueduct, was her first race against open company. After yielding the lead midway through the six furlong race, she came back at the top of the stretch and drew clear to win by two lengths.
After winning her 2014 debut against a short field at Aqueduct on January 17, La Verdad was entered to compete in her first graded stakes race - the Barbara Fritchie at Laurel Park - which would also be her first race at seven furlongs. Going off as the second choice, La Verdad established the lead early, but could not hold off the stalking My Wandy's Girl, losing by a length.
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