She did everything perfect all winter long, so we had high hopes for her. She trained down great and didn’t have any funky quirks. “She’s been great since we brought her back in. “She was just a totally different horse,” Essig said. While the filly struggled last year, at Pinehurst, Essig observed a different horse training down. Swanya is a full-sister to $500,000 winner Whata Swan, whose 1:50.3 mark is a Hoosier Park track record.ĭean Gillette Swanya (John DeLong) winning The Mya Tri series final on Wednesday at Harrah’s Hoosier Park. Her mother, Yaichbin Bluegrass, is a sister to a pair of Indiana Sires Stakes final winners, B L Sugar An Spice and Yadubist Bluegrass. The Swan For All filly is out of the Lou’s Legacy mare Tanya’s Legacy. Swanya sold for $25,000 at the 2021 Hoosier Classic Sale, purchased by Essig’s mother, Jackie Beeman. Obviously, she has a great family, so we just turned her out and hoped that she would come back a good 3-year-old like her big brother.” We brought her back in December when we went to Pinehurst. “She was just mentally and physically not there. “Swanya just couldn’t get it all together as a 2-year-old,” Essig said. Eight days after that first start, she would run again in a qualifier. Ten days later, she would make her pari-mutuel debut, racing off the pace early before breaking. The Swan For All lass qualified last July, winning in a time of 2:01.2. With Swanya, Essig said the filly just couldn’t put it all together to race successfully as a freshman. “If they’re showing that they are not ready and you’re going to do more damage than good, we would just rather turn them out and let them grow.” “We have more luck turning 2-year-olds out and bringing them back at 3,” Essig said.

The two are pointed to Indiana Sires Stakes competition in late May. Another Essig charge, sophomore Helpfirstedition, captured the $18,000 final of the Cardinal Series that same night in similarly impressive fashion.

Now 3, Swanya returned to action in The Mya Tri series, completing a sweep Wednesday (April 19). Trainer Missy Essig turned the immature freshman out and pointed to 2023. Last season, trotting filly Swanya made one start at Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing and Casino, breaking stride during the mile and finishing eighth.

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