LOUISIANA DOWNS, Bossier City, LA
| 1 | Regal Ransom | Margin: 1¼ | BRIS: 106 | TrueNicks: A+ | $450,000 |
2006 | Dark Bay or Brown Horse | Distorted Humor - Kelli's Ransom, Red Ransom
Sire: Distorted Humor , Chestnut, 1993. Raced 3 years. 23 starts, 8 wins, $769,964. Lifetime: 460 yearlings sold, median $150,000.
Broodmare Sire: Red Ransom, Bay, 1987.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Florida Select 2-Year-Olds in Training 2008, $675,000.
| 2 | Blame | Margin: 3¼ | BRIS: 105 | TrueNicks: A | $150,000 |
2006 | Bay Colt | Arch - Liable, Seeking the Gold
Sire: Arch , Dark Bay or Brown, 1995. Raced 2 years. 7 starts, 5 wins, $480,969. Lifetime: 385 yearlings sold, median $50,000.
Broodmare Sire: Seeking the Gold, Bay, 1985.
| 3 | Massone | Margin: 5 | BRIS: 101 | TrueNicks: A++ | $82,500 |
2006 | Chestnut Horse | Menifee - Stoneleigh's Hope, Damascus
Sire: Menifee, Bay, 1996. Raced 2 years. 11 starts, 5 wins, $1,732,000. Lifetime: 156 yearlings sold, median $30,000. In 2009: 1.56 AEI.
Broodmare Sire: Damascus, Bay, 1964.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky 2007 Select Yearling Sale, $40,000.
Others: Soul Warrior, $45,000; Red Lead, $22,500; Uno Mas; Electric Alphabet.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Regal Ransom | Richard Migliore | Saeed bin Suroor |
| 2 | Blame | Jamie Theriot | Albert M. Stall, Jr. |
| 3 | Massone | Garrett K. Gomez | Ronald L. McAnally |
| 4 | Soul Warrior | John R. Velazquez | Steven M. Asmussen |
| 5 | Red Lead | Francisco C. Torres | Brandon M. Bridges |
| 6 | Uno Mas | Shane J. Sellers | Steven M. Asmussen |
| 7 | Electric Alphabet | Donald Edward Simington | Cecil P. Borel |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regal Ransom | Richard Migliore | $4.60 | $3.00 | $2.80 | |||||||
| Blame | Jamie Theriot | $3.20 | $2.80 | ||||||||
| Massone | Garrett K. Gomez | $2.60 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (4-5) | $14.20 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (4-5-3) | $52.80 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (4-5-3-2) | $109.20 | ||||||||||
Al Stall, Jr. and wife Nicole at the Alibi Breakfast discuss Departing, the Preakness, and Blame.
View Arch and several of his progeny who have had careers on the race track. View this feature in the March 23, 2013 issue of The Blood-Horse.
Bernie Sams, bloodstock manager at Claiborne Farm, discusses the farm's stallion Arch, who is profiled in the March 23 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine.
The Keeneland January sale serves as a benchmark for new stallions, as mares in foal to stallions who will have their first foals in 2013 are offered and sires who have their first yearlings look to make their mark.
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
Top local handicap horse Forest Mouse had his consistency rewarded with the most lucrative win of his career in the $218,120 Zia Park Distance Championship Dec. 2 at the Hobbs, N.M. track.
Sunday, December 02, 2012
Global Stage and Forest Mouse, the first two finishers in the Veteran Stakes at Zia Park, head the field for the $200,000 Zia Park Distance Championship Dec. 3, the richest Thoroughbred race of the season at Hobbs, N.M.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
A neck injury suffered earlier this season has prompted jockey Casey Chavez to retire from racing.
Monday, October 29, 2012
Bourbon Courage, under a head of steam for jockey Leandro Goncalves, blew past Master Rick at mid-stretch to win the $500,000 Super Derby (gr. II) in a romp for the colt's first stakes victory Sept. 8 at Louisiana Downs.
Saturday, September 08, 2012
California-based Blueskiesnrainbows, who won the grade II Swaps Stakes in the Golden State last time out, will take on eight rivals in the Super Derby at Louisiana Downs.
Wednesday, September 05, 2012
Barretts' paddock sale at Del Mar in Southern California offers a twist to the usual horses of racing age sale.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Barbara Hunter's multiple graded stakes-winning mare Snow Top Mountain, in foal to Blame, has been retired from racing with earnings of $525,303.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Mr. Commons took a big step on what his connections hope will be a special campaign when he rallied from off the pace to win the $150,000 Arcadia Stakes (gr. II) on turf Feb. 4, his second graded win of the Santa Anita meet.
Saturday, February 04, 2012
The first foal by champion Blame arrived Jan. 13 in Pennsylvania.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Though he has never had much success on the Santa Anita Park main track, Tres Borrachos is the likely favorite for the $150,000 San Pasqual Stakes (gr. II) Jan. 7.
Wednesday, January 04, 2012McKenna's Justice, a 17-1 longshot, rallied in the stretch to catch Red Lead at the wire for a nose victory in the $217,000 Zia Park Distance Championship at Zia Park in New Mexico Dec. 4.
Monday, December 05, 2011
Kettle Corn, glued to the rail by jockey Garrett Gomez, slipped by favored Tres Borrachos in deep stretch and held on tenaciously for a half-length victory in the $100,000 Native Diver Handicap (gr. III) at Hollywood Park.
Saturday, December 03, 2011
Zayat Stables' Prayer For Relief did not get on the plane from California the morning of Nov. 1 after spiking a fever and will miss the Nov. 5 Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I).
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Regal Ransom, a graded stakes winner in North America and a group winner the United Arab Emirates, has been retired from racing and will stand at Darley America near Lexington in 2012.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011Claiborne Farm's Cease, a contender for the 1 3/4-mile Breeders' Cup Marathon (gr. II) on at Churchill Downs Nov. 5, breezed four furlongs in :47 2/5 Sunday morning at Keeneland.
Sunday, October 23, 2011War Front, second on the second-crop sires' list by progeny earnings, will stand in 2012 for $60,000, a jump of $45,000 from his 2011 fee of $15,000.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Jerry and Ann Moss, owners of 2010 Horse of the Year and three-time champion older mare Zenyatta, relayed her story to an audience of racing fans and equine enthusiasts Sept. 14.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Zayat Stables' Prayer for Relief held off Populist Politics and Awesome Bet in the stretch to win the $500,000 Super Derby (gr. II) in wire-to-wire fashion Sept. 10 at Louisiana Downs.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Jason, Tom and Evan from TwinSpires.com handicap the Super Derby from Louisiana Downs and the Kentucky Cup Turf S. at Kentucky Downs.
Three-year-olds from all over the country compete in the Super Derby (gr. II) at Louisiana Downs. Will it be a shipper, or a local favorite?
Led by grade II winners Alternation and Prayer for Relief, a well-rounded field of nine was drawn for $500,000 Super Derby (gr. II) Sept. 10 at Louisiana Downs.
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
You don't witness it very often, but one of those cheering the loudest for D. Wayne Lukas and Oxbow in the final quarter mile of the May 18 Preakness Stakes (gr. I) was one of his opponents in the race. [More]