The primary reported foal by grade 1-placed, grade 3 winner Zozos was born Feb. 6 at Equistar Coaching and Breeding in Pennsylvania, the place the stallion stands.
Barry and Joni Butzow, who campaigned Zozos with coach Brad Cox, bred the bay filly out of the stakes-placed Tapiture mare Isthatyourharley. Equistar proprietor Rodney Eckenrode brokered the sale of the mare to the Butzows.
“She is a very nice mare whose personal dam is a superb producer with a number of stakes horses,” Eckenrode mentioned. Isthatyourharley is a half sister to stakes winner Chilly in Cost (Take Cost Indy ) and stakes-placed winners Chilly Begin (Bounce Begin) and Chilly Sky (Sky Mesa ).
Eckenrode mentioned he was thrilled with this primary foal.
“She is a really good filly and really busy,” he mentioned. “She was on her ft shortly, nursed, and is on the go. She has a pleasant shoulder, brief again, and is long-legged like her sire.”Join BloodHorse Day by day
Zozos is a 7-year-old son of Munnings who received or positioned in three graded stakes whereas racing from 3 to five. In his third begin, he ran second to Epicenter within the 2022 Louisiana Derby (G2). Zozos finally did his greatest operating as a sprinter/miler, occurring to win the 2023 Ack Ack Stakes (G3) at a mile and end an in depth third within the 7-furlong 2024 Churchill Downs Stakes (G1). He retired with a 7-1-1 document from 15 begins and earned $1,011,463.
Zozos stands for $2,500.