Origin Stories: Raising Good Horses at Don Alberto

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Don Alberto Corp. has stamped its presence in the U.S. since the Solari family purchased a farm in Kentucky over 10 years ago, breeding the likes of Grade I winner Muth and Arcangelo. This year, they are chasing a dream as not only the breeders, but also the co-owners, of Kentucky Derby contender Journalism.

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00:00This was the dream of Miss Liliana Solari and her son Carlos Heller and they wanted to bring

00:19their operation to America from Chile so about 12-13 years ago they bought the farm started

00:25buying mares buying foundation mares and it's stacking a lot of bricks but it's

00:31paid off with some nice runners for us it's tremendous you know we came from a

00:38little country Chile is in the end of the world a little country but the love for

00:46the horses Kentucky is the best place to bring the horses in the world we know

00:51Kentucky when we came to see stallions and we saw this farm and I said wow it's my

00:59dream how it happened we have this farm she came here to stay to see a farm for

01:07the cows okay she was passing by here and so insane I didn't know nothing so he

01:16brought me here he said let's just go to to Kentucky together okay I said I

01:22thought he wants to see the farm for cows but then I was I came in all our

01:30friends came out I said this farm is here he told me our first classic winner was

01:37Archangelo out of one of our foundation mares modeling so that was just huge for

01:43the farm and then obviously Mooth was kind of the next big one out of a young

01:47uncle Moe mare first hole so he was a multiple grade one winner we take care of

01:52him the best we can and I think it's starting to pay off in the results

01:57first prepare good horses good crosses with mares put the best stallion in

02:04Kentucky and then have a good prices in the sale but race these horses race and I

02:11talked with the people here I said we doing well in the sales but now we need

02:16to demonstrate it in the races and this year journalism Scorpio Caldera

02:24sense a parole just at us I remember my petition run with a unique Bella and when

02:33when when when when we see she in the in facing in the in the sales maybe I like

02:38this mare and the dream the mare is here first fall journalism for us it's a dream

02:46stay here wait the Kentucky Derby is a dream dream dream dream dream we're never but

02:55we're hopeful these people here they just love on horses they just love on them all

03:02day and so I think we're raising good horses that are emotionally able to go

03:09on the racetracks and do their job and so I think the success really has just

03:14come from the passion of the horses and that starts with Miss Aline Carlos

03:18I'm very happy with my family and especially my mother she's here and I

03:22she have 85 85 yes and she want to win a Kentucky Derby I have a bad leg but I think if we win I jump

03:36I guess you jump

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