La Verdad took her seven rivals on a merry chase March 29 at Aqueduct, cruising her way to an easy 31⁄2-length victory in the $100,000 Broadway Stakes for state-breds. The daughter of Yes It’s True covered the six furlongs over a sloppy, sealed track in 1:11.55. La Verdad races for Sheila Rosenblum’s Lady Sheila Stable, which acquired the 4-year-old last November. The bay filly was making just her second stakes start in the Broadway, but she first tipped her hand about her talent—a gallant one length defeat in the Barbara Fritchie Handicap (gr. II) Feb. 22 at Laurel Park in Maryland. Prior to that she had won five in a row dating back to April 7, 2013, when she broke her maiden in similar wire-to-wire fashion. After an allowance/optional claiming win May 8, she was off until early November, returning with an 83⁄4-length win over a good track at the Big A. She won two more sprints in New York prior to shipping to Laurel. “She’s a big filly, so we took our time getting started with her,” said winning trainer Linda Rice, who has had the filly since her first start. “Then last summer she got an infection and I had to give her the summer off. But she’s come back with a vengeance. “I was concerned I didn’t have her quite tight enough for today,” she said. “Jose (rider Ortiz) said she was blowing a little bit, but she should be better next time.” Rice mentioned the April 19 Distaff Stakes (gr. II) as her next possible target. La Verdad now has six wins and a second from eight starts and has earned $306,700. Bred by Eklektikos Stable and foaled at Chester and Mary Broman’s Chestertown Farm near Chestertown, La Verdad is one of two winners from two starters out of Noble Fire (by Hook and Ladder). The other winner is speedy Eklektikos homebred N. F.’s Destiny (by Cuvee), a four-time winner and earner of more than $200,000. Noble Fire is a stakes-placed runner bred by the Bromans and also trained by Rice. The trainer purchased Noble Fire as agent for $115,000 at the 2007 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s April sale of 2-yearolds in training. The mare has a 2-year-old filly named Hot City Girl (by City Zip). Noble Fire was bred to Freud last spring. La Verdad’s second dam, Noble Affair, won a pair of stakes in her racing career: the West Virginia F&M National Corporation Cavada Breeders’ Classic Stakes and the My Juliet Stakes. She also placed in two other stakes and retired with 10 victories and earnings of more than $260,000.

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