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00:00Just a few days after her filly Torpedo Anna won the Kentucky Oaks, it was back to business
00:05as usual for breeder Judy Hicks.
00:08She took a break from her work at Brookstown Farm to introduce us to Torpedo Anna's
00:12dam, Sotavius, and a few other family members.
00:15Fortunately, three days before the Oaks, my last mare foaled, so that was a relief.
00:23It's been surreal, it's been, I mean it had to be business as usual, I think Saturday
00:29morning I had to take a mare to the breeding shed.
00:31The reality, I don't think, has still sunk in.
00:36And having the mare and a baby and a half-sister makes it even that much more exciting for
00:43what's to come with the whole family, not just with Anna.
00:47You know, Sotavius was born here.
00:49Sotavius was very, very premature and very small.
00:53We were not sure if her lungs were even going to function.
00:57And she took several years to grow up.
01:01And as you see, she's got body of Uncle Mo, but legs of a pony.
01:06Her first foal was Charlie O, by tourist.
01:10Her second foal was Torpedo Anna.
01:14This is her fourth foal, the known agenda.
01:17After the storm, I've already named her.
01:19Torpedo Anna, as a foal, was very difficult.
01:23She had a mind of her own, and she didn't want her feet trimmed.
01:28She didn't want to have vaccinations.
01:30She was pretty opinionated.
01:33And I sold her at the sale.
01:34That's where Kenny bought her.
01:35I went over to him and thanked him for buying her.
01:39And I said, I didn't think I wanted to sell her, because I think she was a good one.
01:42Can I stay in?
01:43And he said, sure.
01:45Her very first start, he called me and said, are you going to be at Keeneland?
01:50And I go, sure.
01:51He said, well, you better be, because she's going to win, and she's going to probably
01:54win going away.
01:57Her fourth race was the Fantasy.
01:59I had commitments here at the farm with my clients, folding mares, so I chose not to
02:04go.
02:05You could have heard me screaming in Versailles when she won in the Fantasy.
02:09And then, of course, the Oaks kind of speaks for itself.
02:12The way she ran, it was hard to contain myself.
02:15And my tears were flowing, but it was unbelievable.
02:19It was unbelievable, because we know how good she is.
02:22A typical day, I live in the middle of my farm.
02:25I live and breathe the horses.
02:27I kind of close the gates and everything.
02:29I leave everything behind me, because, as we all know, the thoroughbred business can
02:32be tough.
02:35And I just enjoy my life.
02:37I enjoy my animals.
02:39I work very hard, and I take every mare myself to the breeding shed.
02:45People say, when are you going to retire, Judy?
02:46I said, what would I do then?
02:49I feel that I run a good operation.
02:52It's not fancy, but it does seem to work.
02:57Now, walking outside and having this feeling of fulfillment, because what I've done.
03:03But I don't feel it's like anything out of the ordinary.
03:06It just happened.
03:08And I'm still having to just, hey, get it in your head that this really happened, and
03:14it's special.
03:15And it'll be an occasion I will remember for the rest of my life.