(2019 dark bay/brown mare by Gormley out of What Am I Gonna Do, by Partner’s Hero)
Originally sold for $33,000 as a short yearling, One That Got Away was bought for $60,000 later that fall and then returned to the ring to bring $78,000 as a 2YO in-training at Timonium. She went on to race seven times as a 3YO, breaking her maiden in a maiden special weight going 6 furlongs at Presque Isle, and also finishing 2nd in a pair of allowance races. She earned a total of $38,788. We acquired her at the end of 2023 carrying her first foal.
Her appeal as a broodmare comes from the fact that she is a member of our favorite local female family, that of R. Larry Johnson’s foundation mare Ran’s Chick (the 4th dam of One That Got Away).
One That Got Away is a half-sister to the black-type winners Great Soul (a $220k broodmare prospect buy) and Valued Notion (a $120k yearling buy), in addition to winners Magic Soul (a $95k juvenile in-training buy), Phone Eats First (a $110k yearling buy), and ’25 winner Holy Synergy.
Her 2nd dam, the black-type placed What Do I Do, also produced multiple black-type winners Heaven Knows What (dam of ’24 black-type winner Whenigettoheaven) and Doing Great, plus black-type placed winner That’sthequestion and another seven winners.
What Do I Do is a half-sister to the black-type winner What It Is (dam of black-type placed And A Cherry Tree), to the black-type placed winner Not What I Do (dam of black-type winner Do What I Say and black-type placed Heros Image), to the black-type placed winner Dowhatisay, and to the winners Kelly’s Question (dam of black-type winners Harbingerofthings (in turn the dam of G2W/G1P Tell Your Daddy and ’24 G3W Dynadrive) and A Lover’s Question, plus black-type placed Day the Music Died and Mr. Magician) and Dowhatyouwanttwodo (dam of multiple black-type winner and G3-placed Partners Due).
One That Got Away’s 3rd dam is the 11-time winner Whatwouldhappenif, a daughter of the aforementioned Ran’s Chick.
One That Got Away delivered her first foal in 2024, a colt from the first crop of True Valour. She was bred back to Blofeld, but unfortunately slipped her pregnancy during the latter half of 2024. She returned to Blofeld once more in 2025 and is due early in ’26.
You can see more photos of One That Got Away here.
