Champion Female Sprinter La Verdad Dies Due to Colic
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La Verdad was named the champion female sprinter of 2015
La Verdad, champion female sprinter of 2015, was euthanized May 10 due to complications from colic, according to a release from owner Sheila Rosenblum's Lady Sheila Stable.
The 10-year-old daughter of Yes It's True delivered a healthy colt by Into Mischief May 4 at Edition Farm, but came down with colic in the following days.
"It is with a heavy heart that Lady Sheila Stable must announce the passing of La Verdad," the owner's statement said. "It is always difficult to lose a horse, whether a beloved backyard pet or a professional investment, or in this case, an accomplished athlete and famous personality.
"La Verdad was not only a racehorse. She was a symbol. She represented women in racing as a mare (and) as a horse trained by Linda Rice and owned by Sheila Rosenblum. And she represented our state and our tracks, as a New York-bred bred never hesitating in the face of competition."
La Verdad with her first foal, the Medaglia d'Oro filly La Kara Mia
Bred by Eklektikos Stable out of the Hook and Ladder mare Noble Fire, La Verdad took Rosenblum on a whirlwind adventure. A private purchase along with her yearling half sister, Hot City Girl, she turned in impressive campaigns in 2014 and 2015, racking up 10 black-type victories during that period. She won the consecutive renewals of the Distaff Handicap (G2), the Gallant Bloom Stakes (G2), and the Vagrancy Stakes (G3), finished a game second in the 2015 TwinSpires Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) at Keeneland just one week after winning the Iroquois Stakes at Belmont Park for a second consecutive year, and went out a winner in January of 2016 with a score in the Interborough Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack.
In all, La Verdad earned $1,563,200 with 16 wins and three seconds from 25 starts.
From the victories to the Eclipse Award to becoming the reason Rosenblum started breeding Thoroughbreds, "this mare has shown Sheila more areas of the Thoroughbred industry than most owners get to see, and all in a positive light," the statement read. "Her legacy lives on in four foals—three fillies and the recent colt."
La Verdad's first foal is a 3-year-old unraced daughter of Medaglia d'Oro named La Kara Mia, currently in training with Linda Rice at Belmont Park. The filly was a $775,000 RNA from Eaton Sales' consignment to the 2018 edition of The Saratoga Sale, Fasig-Tipton's select yearling sale in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. La Verdad's second foal is a Tapit filly sold to Whisper Hill Farm and Three Chimneys Farm for $800,000 at the 2018 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. Her third foal, a daughter of Curlin , was a $600,000 RNA from the 2019 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale.
"She was more than my champion mare, who was full of class," Rosenblum said. "She was more than a horse to me. I loved her. I am brokenhearted."