| Horsename: | Just F Y I |
| Sire: | Justify |
| Grandsire: | Scat Daddy |
| Dam: | Star Act |
| Damsire: | Street Cry |
| Sex: | Filly |
| Foaled: | April 13, 2021[1] |
| Country: | United States |
| Breeder: | George Krikorian |
| Owner: | George Krikorian |
| Trainer: | William I. Mott |
| Record: | 6: 3 - 2 - 0 |
| Earnings: | $1,711,250[2] |
| Race: | Frizette Stakes (2023) Breeders' Cup wins: Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (2023) |
| Awards: | American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (2023) |
| Updated: | 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. 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]
Just F Y I debuted on August 26 in 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.
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 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."[4] The victory earned her a fees-paid berth to the November 3 $2 million Grade I Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Santa Anita Park.[4]
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.[5]
The filly was awarded an Eclipse Award as the Champion Two-Year-Old Filly for 2023.[6]
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.
| Date | Distance | Race | Grade | Track | Odds | Field | Finish | Winning Time | Winning (Losing) Margin | Jockey | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 - two-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| 6 furlongs | Maiden Special Weight | Saratoga | 3.75 | 10 | 1 | 1:11.06 | head | [7] | ||||
| 1 mile | Frizette Stakes | I | Aqueduct | 4.80 | 6 | 1 | 1:37.59 | [8] | ||||
| miles | Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies | I | Santa Anita | 7.00 | 12 | 1 | 1:44.58 | neck | [9] | |||
| 2024 - three-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| miles | Ashland Stakes | I | Keeneland | 4.63 | 8 | 2 | 1:43:85 | (3 lengths) | [10] | |||
| miles | Kentucky Oaks | I | Churchill Downs | 3.57* | 14 | 2 | 1:50.83 | (lengths) | [11] | |||
| miles | Acorn Stakes | I | Saratoga | 3.10 | 8 | 6 | 1:49.02 | (22 lengths) | [12] |