Regally bred Adeera won her debut race May 31 at Churchill Downs to give 2020 champion 3-year-old male and Horse of the Year Authentic his first winner as a stallion.
Two-year-old Adeera won the $116,625 maiden special weight race in gate-to-wire fashion, drawing off to win by 3 3/4 lengths for rider Keith Asmussen and trainer Steve Asmussen. The final time for 5 1/2 furlongs was 1:04.95 on a fast dirt track.
Adeera was a $300,000 purchase for owners L&N Racing and Jerry Caroom from Taylor Made Sales Agency’s consignment at the 2023 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. She was bred in Kentucky by Town & Country Horse Farms.
Adeera’s dam, the grade 3-placed Majestic Warrior mare Majestic Presence , has clicked incredibly with Authentic’s sire Into Mischief , producing this year’s Santa Anita Handicap (G1) winner Newgate and 9 1/4-length Beaumont Stakes (G2) winner Denim and Pearls , from just five foals of racing age.
Bred in Kentucky by Peter E. Blum Thoroughbreds, Authentic is out of the winning Mr. Greeley mare Flawless. He was a $350,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase in 2018 for SF Bloodstock and Starlight West.
Trained by Bob Baffert, Authentic won six of eight starts in 2019-20, and was never worse than second. His five graded victories included the 2020 Haskell Stakes (G1) and Kentucky Derby (G1), and a track record-setting win in the 2020 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Keeneland. Retired to co-owner Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Authentic stands for $50,000 in 2024.
