TDN's #BreedersCup40 Celebration continues today with ASHADO and ROUND POND 💝 Both winners of the GI breederscup Distaff, GI Kentucky Oaks winner Ashado (Saint Ballado) won the 2004 edition by 1 1/4 lengths, while 2005 GI Acorn S. winner Round Pond (Awesome Again) pulled away to win by 5 1/2 lengths in the 2006 edition of the Distaff. Ashado would go on to pick up three more Grade I wins before retiring at the end of 2005 with a record of 21-12-4-3 (seven Grade I victories) with $3,931,440 in career earnings. Multiple Grade I winner Round Pond raced twice more after her Breeders' Cup victory, later retiring with a record of 13-7-2-3 and earnings totaling $1,998,700. As luck would have it, the Distaff winners now reside together at Darley America’s Gainsborough division. Both were purchased by John Ferguson on behalf of Darley - Ashado for $9 million–then a world record–at the 2005 Keeneland November Sale and Round Pond for $5.75 million at Fasig-Tipton's fall sale in 2007. Successf...