Dorothy Crowfoot made an auspicious career debut with a dominating 6½-length victory over maiden special weight foes at Hawthorne on Sunday, becoming the first winner for WinStar Farm's Florida Derby (G1) winner Audible.
Trained by Larry Rivelli and ridden by Julio Felix, Dorothy Crowfoot, the prohibitive favorite, took command at the break and won the 4½-furlong race under a hand ride in the fast time of :51.39, not far off the track record of :50.54 set in 2009. Owned by Carolyn Wilson and bred in Kentucky by Farfellow Farms, Dorothy Crowfoot was a $500,000 acquisition out of the Top Line Sales consignment at this year's OBS March Two-Year-Olds In Training Sale where she breezed an eighth in :10 at the sale's under-tack preview.
Consigned by her breeder to the 2022 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, Dorothy Crowfoot sold originally as a yearling to Rosalie Bloodstock for $220,000. The bay filly is produced from the Midnight Lute mare Enjoy This Moment, a half sister to multiple graded stakes winner Sum of the Parts and graded stakes winner Rocket Heat out of the multiple graded stakes winner and Grade 1-placed Enjoy the Moment.
Audible, a son of perennial leading sire Into Mischief, was one of the most consistent 3-year-olds of his generation. With his undeniable talent and versatility, Audible emerged as a formidable contender on the 2018 Kentucky Derby (G1) trail for owners WinStar Farm, China Horse Club, Starlight Racing, and Head of Plains Partners and trainer Todd Pletcher.
In his seasonal and stakes debut at 3, following a pair of wins at two, Audible recorded an emphatic victory in the $350,000 Holy Bull (G2) at Gulfstream Park. Facing Grade 1 winner Free Drop Billy, Audible powered home to win by an impressive 5 ½ lengths, clocking the fastest time in the race since 2013, completing 1 1/16 miles in 1:41.92.
Building on his Holy Bull success, Audible continued his winning ways in the $1-million Florida Derby (G1), registering an eye-catching three-length victory over subsequent multiple Grade 1 winners Catholic Boy and Promises Fulfilled. In demonstrating his versatility in winning the 1 1/8-mile Florida Derby—his fourth consecutive win—Audible rallied from far back after winning the Holy Bull with a pace-stalking trip.
Audible headed into Churchill Downs on the first Saturday in May ranked third on the Road to the Kentucky Derby Leaderboard with 110 points. After being repeatedly blocked and altering course in the stretch of the Derby, he bravely rallied along the rail and finished a determined third to eventual undefeated Triple Crown winner Justify. Audible returned in November and won the inaugural running of the seven-furlong Cherokee Run Stakes at Churchill Downs by a comfortable two lengths with a bold five-wide move. An earner of $2,130,520, Audible retired having won or placed in eight of 10 lifetime starts.
A $500,000 Fasig-Tipton March sale graduate, Audible was bred by Oak Bluff Stables and hails from a deep female family that traces directly to multiple Grade 1 winner and graded stakes producer Classy Cathy, who won the Alabama (G1), Ashland (G1), and Gazelle Handicap (G1) during her outstanding racing career.
Audible saw first yearlings in 2022 command up to $725,000, $675,000, $575,000, etc., and his first 2-year-olds this year sold for up to $535,000, $500,000, $425,000, etc.
For more information on Audible, contact Liam O'Rourke, Olivia Desch, or Ben Hanley at (859) 873-1717, or visit WinStarFarm.com.
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