La Verdad wins the 2014 Iroquois Stakes.
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La Verdad wins the 2014 Iroquois Stakes.
Photo: Coglianese Photos
La Verdad wins the 2014 Iroquois Stakes.
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La Verdad wins the 2014 Iroquois Stakes.
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La Verdad wins the 2014 Iroquois Stakes.
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La Verdad wins the 2014 Dancin Renee Stakes.
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La Verdad wins the 2014 Dancin Renee Stakes.
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La Verdad wins the 2014 Dancin Renee Stakes.
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La Verdad wins the 2014 Dancin Renee Stakes.
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La Verdad wins the 2014 Critical Eye.
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La Verdad wins the 2014 Distaff Handicap.
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La Verdad wins the 2014 Distaff Handicap.
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La Verdad wins the 2014 Distaff Handicap.
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La Verdad wins the 2014 Distaff Handicap.
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La Verdad wins the 2014 Distaff Handicap.
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La Verdad wins the 2014 Distaff Handicap.
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La Verdad wins the 2014 Distaff Handicap.
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La Verdad wins the 2014 Distaff Handicap.
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La Verdad wins the 2014 Distaff Handicap.
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La Verdad wins the 2014 Distaff Handicap.
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Lady Sheila Stable's La Verdad found her way back to the Belmont Park winner's circle Oct. 18, landing the $150,000 Iroquois on Empire Showcase Day for her fifth stakes score of the year.
Four times a runner-up in stakes races this season, including a second-place finish to Palace in the Forego (gr. I), Big Business will try to secure the first stakes win of his career in the Hudson Handicap Oct. 18.
Needing the entire length of Belmont Park's sandy stretch, heavily favored Artemis Agrotera got up to nail La Verdad on the wire to take the Gallant Bloom Handicap (gr. II) by a head.
Chester and Mary Broman's Ballerina Stakes (gr. I) winner Artemis Agrotera will face five rivals as she looks to continue her winning ways in the $300,000 Gallant Bloom Handicap (gr. II) Sept. 20 at Belmont Park.
Better Lucky, a dual grade I winner on turf who won her first start on dirt in more than two years last month at Saratoga Race Course, returns to the upstate New York oval for the $500,000 Ballerina Stakes (gr. I) Aug. 23.
R Free Roll pulled a mild upset July 28 at Saratoga Race Course when shooting straight to the lead and holding firmly in the stretch to take the $200,000 HRTV Honorable Miss Handicap (gr. II) for filly and mare sprinters.
Speedsters La Verdad, Red Velvet, R Free Roll, and Merry Meadow will ensure a prompt pace in the Honorable Miss at six furlongs at Saratoga July 28.
The classy sprinter La Verdad handled an increase in distance to take the Critical Eye Stakes, and 3-year-old filly Isabelle went wire-to-wire in the Bouwerie Stakes May 31 at Belmont Park on New York Showcase Day.
La Verdad seeks her first win beyond six furlongs as she heads a group of nine New York-bred fillies and mares in the $200,000 Critical Eye at one mile. Earlier on the card, Flipcup heads $125,000 Bouwerie.
Sheila Rosenblum, owner of Lady Sheila Stable, May 27 announced a new endeavor in the horse racing industry as manager of a syndicate that will rely significantly on female investors.
Front-running La Verdad left her rivals behind leaving the turn en route to her initial graded stakes win, a 3 3/4-length romp in the $200,000 Distaff Handicap (gr. II) at Aqueduct Racetrack April 19.
Todd Pletcher-trained filly makes first start in nearly nine months in six-furlong test at Aqueduct Racetrack April 19.
My Wandy's Girl missed taking last year's edition of the Barbara Fritchie (gr. II) by three-quarters of a length at Laurel Park, but this season she would not be denied.
Lady Sheila Stable's La Verdad is the 9-5 morning-line favorite in the rescheduled $300,000 Barbara Fritchie Handicap (gr. II) set for Saturday, Feb. 22 at Laurel Park.
Winning Image has won eight stakes during six seasons, but connections of the 7-year-old mare hope she can add a graded victory to her ledger in the $300,000 Barbara Fritchie Handicap (gr. II) Feb. 15 at Laurel Park.
| Trainer | Linda Rice |
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| Jockey | Irad Ortiz, Jr. |
| Owner | Lady Sheila Stable |
| Breeder | Eklektikos Stable LLC |
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