Darby Dan Farm's Country House, winner of the 2019 Kentucky Derby, was represented by his first foal when a colt out of the City Zip mare American Values was born on Tuesday, Jan. 25 at Scarteen Stud.
Bred by Mrs. J.V. Shields, the colt hails from the family of graded stakes winner Love's Exchange and his dam, American Values, is a half-sister to multiple graded stakes-placed Wacky for Love and stakes-placed Missgallopinggulch.
Bred by the late Joseph V. Shields, Country House earned more than $2.1 million in his racing career and was campaigned by Shields' widow, Maury, his nephew Guinness McFadden of Blackwood Stables, and LNJ Foxwoods, and was trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott.
Country House made his 3-year-old debut a winning one, breaking his maiden at Gulfstream Park. He then finished a fast-closing second to eventual classic winner War of Will in the Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds. In his final prep before the 145th Kentucky Derby, Country House finished a determined third behind Omaha Beach and Improbable in the G1 Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park.
Country House is by multiple champion and classic winner Lookin At Lucky, a son of two-time champion sire and sire of sires Smart Strike. Country House is produced from the winning War Chant mare Quake Lake, a half-sister to Graded stakes winner and multiple Graded stakes-placed Breaking Lucky, and is a half-brother to Graded stakes winner Mitchell Road, an earner of $619,893.
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