Early Voting – Forever Changed filly

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We purchased this attractive, good-moving NY-bred 2-year-old filly by Early Voting out of the stakes-placed mare Forever Changed for $80,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in Training Sale on May 18th. We couldn’t help but be attracted to her pedigree. Her sire Early Voting (link to BloodHorse stallion page) is on fire. At the 2-year-old sales this spring, his sales average is a cool $222,000, a median of $140,000. At the Fasig Midlantic sale, five juveniles by Early Voting brought the following: $190,000, $150,000, $80,000 (that’s us), $65,000, and $60,000. That tells you that they all vetted to buyers’ satisfaction.

Early Voting won the 2022 Preakness Stakes in only his fourth start (link to video). On Thoro-Manager Speed Figures, he ran a “4” in the Wood Memorial (G2), a “3” in the Preakness (G1), a “4” in the Jim Dandy (G2). His dam is the Tiznow mare Amour d’Ete, a ½-sister to champion sprinter Speightstown. A terrific race record on top of an excellent pedigree.

This daughter of Early Voting was produced from a durable young New York racemare named Forever Changed. She went to the post 21 times, earned $247,655, and was at her best when she ran a pair of “7’s” on Thoro-Manager (when placing in the Union Avenue Stakes at Saratoga and winning an Aqueduct allowance). Forever Changed is the dam of a 3-year-old 1/2-sister to Hip #203 by 4-time Leading New York sire Central Banker, as well as a Central Banker yearling colt and a Central Banker filly of 2026.

This is a very “live” family. Sired by Tapit’s G2-winning son Flashback, Forever Changed is herself a 1/2-sister to $470,748 stakes winner Classic Lady, the dam of a $175,000 Maxfield yearling colt in 2025. Classic Lady has a 2025 colt by champion Cody’s Wish, and she was bred to Into Mischief’s well-regarded son Life is Good for 2026.

Forever Changed’s trainer Rudy Rodriguez immediately recalled her when we saw him at the Fasig sale. “An honest racemare,” he summed her up with a compliment. Those types produce honest racehorses, in our experience. The filly is at Merryland Farm for a brief spell before heading to trainer Mike Trombetta’s barn to prepare for her racing debut. Mike keeps a string at Saratoga for the summer, so we’ll be pointing her for a NY-bred maiden race up there.