A 'Special' Flightline Foal at Machmer Hall

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00:00Special Me has already proven to be the broodmare of a lifetime for Carrie and Craig Brogden,

00:07but at the age of 18, she still has plenty more in the pipeline.

00:11This year, she has a yearling by Twirling Candy, a filly pointing to the Keeneland September

00:15sale, and another filly at her side from the first crop of Flightline.

00:21It's kind of amazing that she was actually named Special Me and she became so special.

00:26I mean, she's paid for everything.

00:29Basically, they paid for us to have a house in Lexington and for our kids' school and

00:34my daughter's college and my son's college.

00:37And, I mean, you know, she's the giving tree.

00:40Special Me is the dam of two Grade 1 winners and two Grade 2 winners.

00:45Grade 1 winner Gift Box, who is the stallion that stands at Lane's End.

00:49And then she's also the dam of current Grade 1 winner Gina Romanica, who just ran third

00:53in another Grade 1 at Saratoga.

00:56And then she's the dam of the Candy Ride, Grade 2 winner.

01:01And then she's the dam of Stone Tastic, who is also a Grade 2 winner by Miz and Mast.

01:08We had Gina Romanica, and then she had a Curlin filly that unfortunately was killed in a freak

01:14paddock accident.

01:16And then, she's never been barren.

01:18She aborted a Quality Road baby.

01:21That's the only year she's ever missed.

01:24Pullmore bought her now two-year-old for $1.2 million, and he was a full brother to

01:29Gina Romanica.

01:30And we did that mating before Gina became a Grade 1 winner.

01:33And then we bred her back to Twirling Candy, obviously to repeat the Gift Box breeding.

01:38She definitely has some traits of Twirling Candy, and she definitely has some traits

01:43of Embroidered Song.

01:45So, she is cataloged in Book 1, Keeneland, September.

01:48Big, strong filly, correct.

01:50Mira always throws correct.

01:52Never had a crooked horse.

01:53No matter who we bred her to, she's never had a crooked horse.

01:58Then, we went to Flightline and have the resultant filly here.

02:02And then, we bred her back to Into Mischief, and she's pregnant back to Into Mischief,

02:07now carrying a full sibling to Gina.

02:10When the Flightline filly, we knew it was coming.

02:14And of course, I told Craig, I said, do not tell me when that mare is getting ready to

02:18fold, because I will be puking until it's born.

02:21So, all we got in the middle of the night at like 2.30 in the morning was like, it's

02:25a filly!

02:26And, I mean, from this kind of mare, what else can you ask for?

02:30The Flightline filly, if I had imagined the best case scenario of what we could have possibly

02:37gotten from this mare, it would be what this filly is times two.

02:41Right now, she's really saucy.

02:43I don't know if she's saucy because the guys are like afraid of her, because she's like

02:48worth so much money.

02:50But that both of them are going to be really hard to sell, because at some point, we know

02:56it'll be retirement for her.

02:58But it's hard to put into words something that you just can't believe you actually have.

03:03I think she must give something to her foals, like some tenaciousness or toughness.

03:09I mean, the reason that they've been so sound and successful, I would assume.

03:15I can't predict the genetics.

03:17But obviously, there's something special going on.

03:21She's a heart, though.

03:22Gosh, she has a heart the size of Texas.

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