The first foal of world champion trotting mare Manchego has arrived.
A daughter of Muscle Hill out of Secret Magic, Manchego won 39 of 65 lifetime races and earned more than $3.2 million for owner Barry Guariglia's Black Horse Racing and the training tandem of Nancy & Jimmy Takter.
Manchego is the co-fastest female trotter in history, with a mark of 1:49 established in 2019. She also is the fastest female trotter ever on a five-eighths-mile track, with a time of 1:49.3 set in 2020. She is the only trotter in history to win with a sub-1:50 mile in three different years, which she accomplished in 2019, 2020 and 2021.
On Thursday (Feb. 2), Manchego gave birth to a Walner filly at Kentuckiana Farms. Both mare and foal are reportedly doing well.
Guariglia told Trot Insider that Manchego would be bred back to Walner in 2023.