Just F Y I
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| Just F Y I | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Sire | Justify |
| Grandsire | Scat Daddy |
| Dam | Star Act |
| Damsire | Street Cry |
| Sex | Filly |
| Foaled | April 13, 2021 (age 4)[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Bay |
| Breeder | George Krikorian |
| Owner | George Krikorian |
| Trainer | William I. Mott |
| Record | 6: 3 - 2 - 0 |
| Earnings | $1,711,250[2] |
| Major wins | |
| Frizette Stakes (2023) Breeders' Cup wins: Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (2023) | |
| Awards | |
| American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (2023) | |
| Last updated on June 8, 2024 | |
Just F Y I (foaled April 13, 2021) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old filly, she won the Grade I Frizette Stakes and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies at Santa Anita Park and was named the 2023 Champion Two-Year-Old Filly.
Just F Y I is a bay filly who was bred and owned by cinema mogul George Krikorian.[2] She was bred in Kentucky. Just F Y I is out of stakes-placed dam and also bred and owned by Krikorian, Star Act, by Street Cry, who has produced three winners from three starters. Star Act is a daughter of Starrer, a two-time Grade 1 (Santa Maria Handicap and Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap) winner for George Krikorian.[3] Her sire is the 2018 American Triple Crown winner, Justify. She is from Justify's second crop and was his first Breeders' Cup winner.[3] Justify will stand the 2024 season for US$200,000 at Ashford Stud near Versailles, Kentucky.[3]
Just F Y I is trained by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer William I. Mott.[2]
Racing career
2023: two-year-old season
Just F Y I debuted on August 26 in The Bacchus, a maiden special weight event for fillies at Saratoga. From post nine in a field of ten, she was five wide down the backstretch, then tucked three wide through the turn. She swung three to four wide into upper stretch, dug in under a drive, and wore down the leader, Shop Lifting, to win by a head in a time 1:11.06.[4]
Connections next placed Just F Y I in the Grade I Frizette Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack. On October 7, in a small field of six, she started as third favorite at odds of nearly 5/1. In the one-mile event with a purse of US$400,000, she raced off of the pace before swooping to the lead in the stretch on the sloppy and sealed racing surface, winning by 3+3⁄4 lengths in a time of 1:37.59. "This is very exciting, I've never had a single day where I've had two grade 1 winners before," owner Krikorian said. "That's pretty special, for sure. And Just F Y I is a horse I bred, so that makes it extra special."[5] The victory earned her a fees-paid berth to the November 3 $2 million Grade I Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Santa Anita Park.[5]
For the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, Just F Y I drew post 12 under jockey Junior Alvarado, and stayed close while pressing the 4/5 odds-on favorite Tamara, the early leader, through a half-mile in :46.60 before turning up the pressure through six furlongs in 1:10.95.[3] Just F Y I took command inside the three-sixteenths pole as Tamara faded. After opening a clear advantage, she held off Matron Stakes winner Jody's Pride, by a neck with GI Alcibiades Stakes winner Candied a half-length away in third. The winning time was 1:44.58.[3]
A couple days after the event, trainer Bill Mott indicated that the next destination for Just F Y I likely would be the Payson Park Thoroughbred Training Center in Florida, where she would get time off before kicking off her 3-year-old campaign in 2024.[6]
The filly was awarded an Eclipse Award as the Champion Two-Year-Old Filly for 2023.[7]
2024: three-year-old season
Just F Y I started her three-year-old with a second in the Grade I Ashland Stakes at Keeneland beaten by 3 lengths to Leslie's Rose.[8]