Pretty sure everybody and their brother has heard the story of Sleep Well by now but I don't care. She is my favorite! I purchased her by sheer luck of finding her on the sales page for a meer $5,000 as a yearling. Hard to believe that a filly with her pedigree could be purchased for $5,000 but she was only a 'great gallop' so maybe there wasn't much hope for her. However, there was! I had wanted a Wonder lined filly for a very long time but I had wanted one that had the dam side related to Wonder, not through Awake As I Am, etc. Anyway, she was still great gallop when the year turned over, I believe, she didn't turn until W9 of her 2yo year where she improved to stakes. I had only worked her once so I had to do it again before she could race. She went 5f in 57.49! I had offers to purchase her but that would have been dumb of me, so I obviously didn't sell her. Now here she is, one of the most exciting horses in my barn! I get ridiculously nervous every time she runs but she rarely lets me down
So, see, sometimes you CAN find that diamond in the rough on the sales page!
Sleep Well
Dark Bay Thoroughbred Filly, 15H
[Doc Halladay x Sleepless by I and I]
Breeder: Eric Nalbone
7: 4-1-3 - $684,500
Highest SF: 96
AS A 2 YEAR OLD
1st - Maiden Special Weight - 2yo Fillies - 1 1/16 Miles Dirt - 96 SF
1st - G3 Spirituality Stakes - 2yo Fillies - 1 1/16 Miles Dirt - 86 SF
3rd - G1 Steward's Cup Juvenile Fillies - 2yo Fillies - 1 1/16 Miles Dirt - 78 SF
AS A 3 YEAR OLD
1st - G3 Skyfall Stakes - 3yo Fillies - 1 1/16 Miles Dirt - 94 SF
2nd - G1 Lexington Oaks - 3yo Fillies - 1 1/8 Miles Dirt - 82 SF
10th - G1 Louisville Oaks - 3yo Fillies - 1 1/8 Miles Dirt - 56 SF
1st - G1 Fall Derby - 3yos Open Gender - 1 1/4 Miles Dirt - 91 SF
3rd - G1 Rags to Riches Stakes - 3yos+ Fillies & Mares - 1 1/4 Miles Dirt - 77 SF
3rd - G1 Steward's Cup Distaff - 3yos+ Fillies & Mares - 1 1/8 Miles Dirt - 87 SF
