MOHAYMEN FILLY · FOREVER REMEMBERED

Hope
Continually

Her time with us was far too short. The hope she gave us will last forever.

ALWAYS PART OF DUNAMIS

36⅕FIRST CHURCHILL WORK

2PROMISING WORKS

∞A LASTING MEMORY

THE FILLY BEHIND THE NAME

There was always something special about Hope.

Hope Continually was a gray filly by Mohaymen out of the Ghostzapper mare American Angel. She entered our lives as a young prospect, full of possibility, and quickly became far more than a name on a pedigree page.

She was kind, intelligent and easy to love. The barn photographs say as much about her as any clock ever could: Hope leaned into her people, welcomed our family and made each visit feel important.

Wilson, Hope Continually and Adam in Ocala — Wilson, Hope and Adam in Ocala.

A NEW BEGINNING

A gray filly, a strong family and another reason to believe.

Her catalog page listed her as Howthingsworkout, a 2021 filly by Mohaymen. To us, she became Hope Continually—a name that carried the spirit of what we were trying to build.

She had the pedigree to dream on and the presence to make people stop. What mattered most, though, was the horse in front of us and the chance to give her time to become herself.

WHAT WILSON SAW

From an undersized sale filly
to a racing prospect.

I am not sure how he knew, but Wilson saw an undersized filly at the sale and believed she had the potential to grow into a racing prospect. And grow she did. From October to May, Hope looked like a completely different horse.

OCTOBERTHE FILLY AT THE SALE

The undersized Hope Continually with Adam at the October sale — Small, young and full of possibility.

Hope Continually resting in her stall at the October sale — Hope at the sale in October.

SEVEN MONTHS OF GROWTH

MAYA COMPLETELY DIFFERENT HORSE

Hope Continually grown and filled out by May — By May, she had grown into herself.

Hope Continually's head and neck after her development — More frame, more strength and more maturity.

Hope Continually training at Churchill Downs in May — A racing prospect at Churchill Downs.

Hope Continually standing tall outside the Churchill Downs barn — The filly Wilson believed she could become.

THE FAMILY BEHIND HER

Mohaymen
over Ghostzapper.

Hope was by multiple Grade 2 winner Mohaymen and out of American Angel, a daughter of Ghostzapper. Her catalog pedigree joined speed, class and the kind of bloodlines that made her future exciting.

Hope Continually's sale catalog pedigree as Howthingsworkout — Hope’s sale catalog pedigree · Select to view full size

EARLY TRAINING DAYS IN OCALA

Learning the job.
Growing into the horse.

Ocala gave Hope the time and foundation Wilson believed she needed. The daily work was not glamorous—it was patient, steady and essential. With every lesson, her body strengthened and her confidence grew.

Hope’s early training days in Ocala.

Hope Continually under tack during early training in Ocala — Learning her lessons under tack.

Hope Continually getting early work in Ocala — Hope getting early work in Ocala.

Hope Continually standing for a conformation look in Ocala — Taking shape in Ocala.

Hope Continually looking out from her Ocala stall — Between lessons at the barn.

Hope Continually growing and filling out in Ocala — Growing and getting stronger.

Hope Continually relaxing in her stall after training — Rest and recovery between training days.

Hope Continually being groomed in Ocala — The daily care behind her progress.

A HORSE THE FAMILY LOVED

Before the stopwatch, there was this.

The quiet moments mattered: a smile at the stall, a kiss on the nose, a bath after training. Hope was part of the family before she ever had the chance to race.

Shelby spending time with Hope Continually in her stall — Shelby with Hope.

A young family member growing up with Hope Continually at Churchill Downs — Growing up at Churchill.

Hope Continually getting a bath at Churchill Downs — Barn life at Churchill.

THE NEXT CHAPTER

Arriving at
Churchill Downs.

The filly Wilson first saw in October arrived at Churchill ready for the next step. This was the place we had dreamed about—and now Hope was walking into Eddie Kenneally’s barn to begin proving she belonged.

Hope arriving at Churchill Downs.

DERBY WEEK AT CHURCHILL

At the center of
racing’s biggest week.

During Derby week, Churchill Downs feels unlike anywhere else in racing. Hope was there in Eddie’s barn—growing, learning and looking every bit like she belonged.

Hope — Derby Week at Churchill.

WITH EDDIE KENNEALLY AT CHURCHILL

She blossomed.

At Churchill Downs, Hope began to show us what had been there all along. Under Eddie Kenneally’s care, she settled into the rhythm of the barn, moved forward in her training and gave everyone around her reason to be excited.

Her first recorded three-furlong work at Churchill was 36⅕. Her second work went just as well. The dream was beginning to feel close enough to touch.

Two works. A world of promise. A filly doing everything we asked.

Hope Continually beginning to blossom at Churchill Downs — Hope beginning to blossom at Churchill.

Hope Continually working at Churchill Downs — Another promising morning at Churchill.

36⅕THREE FURLONGS
AT CHURCHILL

THE HARDEST PART OF THE STORY

Then everything changed.

After returning to the barn following her second work, Hope came up lame. Eddie and his team acted immediately and sent her to Hagyard in Lexington. She fought for two days, but despite every effort, the kindest decision became the hardest one.

After a two-week wait, the necropsy gave us an answer: an artery between her heart and lung had ruptured. Dr. Hunt at Hagyard compared it to a 35-year-old man suffering a heart attack—possible, but extraordinarily uncommon. It was not something anyone could have predicted.

She did nothing wrong. Her people did nothing wrong. Sometimes the answers do not make the loss any easier.

“

But I will hope continually,
and will yet praise thee more and more.

PSALM 71:14

HER LASTING GIFT