(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) and Phone Eats First (a $110k yearling buy), and a ’22 colt by Holy Boss named 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.
You can see more photos of One That Got Away here.
