A Ransom Wins $400,000 Feature at Los Alamitos
A Ransom won the $400,000 Champion of Champions quarter horse race at Los Alamitos Race Course Sunday night.
The 4-year-old gelding ran his 2000 record to five wins in five starts, nearly assuring him the title of World Champion. Ridden by Carlos Bautista, A Ransom broke cleanly from the second post position and ran a perfect race, crossing the wire a half-length in front of Robert Gentry’s Deelish.
Willie Wanta Dash, at 20-1, prevailed over champion Separatist for third.
Sent off as the 3-5 favorite, A Ransom returned $3.40 to win.
In 19 of the previous 28 runnings of the Champion of Champions, the winner has been named World Champion. A Ransom has made a solid case for that title, winning the California Breeders Sprint Championship, Vessels Maturity and Los Alamitos Championship this year to go along with his Champion of Champions victory.
The gelding has earned $380,393 this season, and $445,276 in his lifetime.
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