La Verdad Foals Curlin Filly at Darley

Sheila Rosenblum, founder and owner of Lady Sheila Stable, announced April 13 that champion female sprinter La Verdad foaled a Curlin  filly April 5 at Darley in Lexington.

A multiple graded stakes winner of 16 races, La Verdad was the dam of last year's filly sales topper at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, consigned by Eaton Sales. Her Tapit  filly lit up the board at $800,000 and was purchased by Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill Farm in partnership with Three Chimneys Farm.

Doug Cauthen, an adviser to Three Chimneys, said, "I saw the filly last month at Whisper Hill in Florida, and she is awesome. We closely followed La Verdad's career as a racehorse as she is by Yes It's True, who stood at Three Chimneys. The mare was an exceptional racehorse who is passing on her good looks to her progeny."

"La Verdad's Curlin filly is an outstanding physical at this stage, very strong with great angles, like her mother," said bloodstock agent Ben McElroy of McElroy Equine. "This is obviously a cross that has worked well with graded stakes fillies Terra Promessa and Valadorna. I'm sure this filly will make the cross look even better."

"We are extremely pleased with the foal and the care she is receiving at Darley. Several prominent horsemen, including Ben, have told me that she is a standout," Rosenblum said. "La Verdad holds a special place in my heart. I am looking to provide every opportunity to have her become as influential a producer as she was a racemare, having bred her to Medaglia d'Oro, Tapit, and Curlin."

The mare is currently booked to be bred back to Into Mischief .