Alamosa
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Handsome Ransom

Female Family

Like Red Ransom’s sire Roberto, Handsome Ransom’s dam-sire Mill Reef was also a winner of the Epsom Derby. A precocious two-year-old that trained on to win 12 of his 14 starts, Mill Reef forged an outstanding career at stud that saw him produce 62 stakes winners from just 282 runners, a record that has subsequently placed him as one of the major pedigree influences worldwide.

Mill Reef’s success in the broodmare sire role has been truly outstanding, his daughters leaving over 120 stakes winners. Two of these stakes winners - Pentire and Last Tycoon - have proven hugely influential in Australasia. Last Tycoon is the sire of Champion New Zealand Sire O’Reilly, while Pentire continues to prove himself as one of New Zealand’s leading sires, his versatility demonstrated in leaving Group One winners from 1200m to 3200m.

As the damsire of Handsome Ransom, Mill Reef is the headline act in what has proven to be an internationally proven female family. Handsome Ransom’s dam Bianca Lancia hails from the stakes winning mare Barbara Conti, a grand-daughter of the Italian mare Buontalenta, dam of four stakes winners including Bonconte Di Montefeltro, winner of the Gr.1 Derby Italiano and Champion 3YO in Italy.

  • DAMSIRE - MILL REEF European Horse of the Year. 12 wins-5 at 2-from 5f to 1½m, £315,263, Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, Gr.1-twice, Ascot King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S., Gr.1, The Derby, Gr.1, Longchamp Prix Ganay, Gr.1, Newmarket Dewhurst S., Gr.1, Sandown Eclipse S., Gr.1, Epsom Coronation Cup, Gr.1, Royal Ascot Coventry S., Gr.2, York Gimcrack S., Gr.2, Newbury Greenham S., Gr.3, Kempton Imperial S., L, 2d The Two Thousand Guineas, Gr.1, Maisons-Laffitte Prix Robert Papin, Gr.1. Champion GB/Ire. Sire in 1978, 1987, third in 1983. Champion GB/Ire. Sire (AEI) in 1978, 1987, second in 1981. Champion French Sire (AEI) in 1978, 1989, second in 1983, 1984. Second on French Sire List in 1989. Third on USA Sire List (AEI) in 1984. Sire of winners of over $14 million - 62 stakes winners, inc. ACAMAS, REFERENCE POINT, SHIRLEY HEIGHTS, LASHKARI, BEHERA, PARIS ROYAL, IBN BEY, STAR LIFT, GLINT OF GOLD, DIAMOND SHOAL, etc. Maternal sire of winners of over $66 million - 123 stakes winners, inc. LAST TYCOON, PENTIRE, CATCHASCATCHCAN, MILL NATIVE, TAJOUN, WAKI RIVER, FLY TO THE STARS, VEREVA, VALANOUR, WEMYSS BIGHT, etc.
1st Dam
  • BIANCA LANCIA, by Mill Reef. Unraced. Half-sister to BOLESLAO IL ROSSO. Dam of fourteen foals, twelve to race, nine winners, inc:-
    • HANDSOME RANSOM (c. by Red Ransom). Subject horse.
    • DANAJAYA (c. by Danehill). 6 wins-1 at 2-to 1150m, $201,210, VRC Flemington Rose S., L, Schweppes H., VATC Sandown Sprint H., CUB Sprint, Foodworks H., VRC Stegbar H., 3d VRC AR Creswick S.H., L, VATC Sir John Monash S., L, VRC Red Tempo H., 4th VRC Standish H., Gr.3, MVRC Mitchell McKenzie S., L. Sire.
2nd Dam
  • BARBARA CONTI, by Teodoro Trivulzio. 4 wins from 1400m to 1700m, Rome Premio Saccaroa, L, 4th Rome Premio Regina Elena, Gr.2. Sister to Belinda (dam of BUONAMICO), three-quarter-sister to Berengaria (dam of BARRY WINDOW, BELISARIO VINTA). Dam of 11 foals, 8 to race, 5 winners, inc:-
    • BOLESLAO IL ROSSO (Claude). 3 wins at 1800m, 2000m, Rome Premio Albano, L, Premio Secretariat, L, 2d Gran Premio Citta di Napoli, Gr.3.
3rd Dam
  • BONIFACIA, by Botticelli. Placed at 3 in Italy. Half-sister to BONCONTE DI MONTEFELTRO, BRACCIO DA MONTONE, BAIAMONTE TIEPOLO, BELLA BE (dam of BARTOLOMEO COLLEONI), Desdemona, Beatrice Smith (dam of BELENOS), Berengaria (dam of BARRY WINDOW, BELISARIO VINTA). Dam of 5 foals, 4 to race, all winners, inc:-
    • BARBARA CONTI (Teodoro Trivulzio). 4 wins. See above.
    • Barbara Zapolia. Winner at 2, 4th Rome Premio Ceprano, L. Dam of-
      • Babita (Habitat). Winner at 2, Newmarket Philip Cornes Nickel Alloys S., 3d Newmarket Cherry Hinton S., Gr.3, 4th Newmarket Cheveley Park S., Gr.1. Producer.
      • Bernabo’ Visconti (Tennyson). Winner, 2d Rome Premio Mediterraneo, L.
    • Belinda. Unraced. Dam of-
      • BUONAMICO (St Paddy). 13 wins from 1800m to 2250m, Gran Premio Citta di Napoli, Gr.3, Florence Premio Cascine, Gr.3, Rome Premio Villa Borghese, L, Premio Viminale, L, 2d Rome Premio Viminale, L, Premio Corriere dello Sport, L. Sire.
4th Dam
  • BUONTALENTA, by Zuccarello. 3 wins in Italy. Dam of 9 foals, 8 to race, 7 winners, inc:-
    • BONCONTE DI MONTEFELTRO (Charlottesville). Champion 3YO in Italy in 1969. 6 wins from 1600m to 2400m, Derby Italiano, Gr.1, Milan Gran Premio d’Italia, Gr.1, Rome Premio Parioli, Gr.2, Milan Premio del Sempione, L, Rome Premio Ellington, L, 4th Longchamp Prix Royal Oak, Gr.1, Coppa d’Oro di Milano, Gr.3. Sire.
    • BRACCIO DA MONTONE (Vandale). Second top 3YO in Italy in 1963. 3 wins from 2000m to 2400m, Derby Italiano, Gr.1, Rome Premio Botticelli, L, Premio Lazio, L. Sire.
    • BAIAMONTE TIEPOLO (Ballymoss). 10 wins from 1500m to 2250m, Naples Premio UNIRE, Gr.3, Rome Handicap d’Autunno, L, 2d Rome Premio Villa Borghese, L, 4th Premio Roma, Gr.1. Sire.
    • BELLA BE (Star of Gujrath). Third top 2YO filly in Italy in 1960. 5 wins-2 at 2-from 1000m to 2250m, Naples Criterium Partenopeo, L, 2d Milan Criterium Nazionale, Gr.3, Premio Triennale Italiano (2YO), L, 3d Gran Premio Citta di Napoli, Gr.2. Dam of-
      • BARTOLOMEO COLLEONI (Vandale). 4 wins from 1600m to 2250m, Gran Premio Citta di Napoli, Gr.2, Naples Premio Mostra d’Oltremare, L, 3d Rome Premio Viminale, L. Sire.
    • Desdemona (Partenio). 11 wins-2 at 2-from 1100m to 2800m, 3d Milan Premio dei Tre Anni, L, Rome Premio Villa Borghese, L, 4th Rome Premio Minerva, L. Dam of-
      • Duflidas (Le Haar). 3 wins at 1950m, 2000m, 2d Rome Premio Cavaliere del Lavoro Giuseppe Tudini, L. Dam of-
        • DAMOCLE (Charlottesville). 34 wins from 1400m to 2250m, Rome Premio Tor di Valle, L-twice, 2d Rome Premio Campoleone, L.
        • DIOSCURO (Bazille). 5 wins-1 at 2-from 1700m to 2100m, Naples Premio Pietro Palmieri, L, 4th Gran Premio Citta di Napoli, Gr.3.
      • Delfina. 7 wins from 1600m to 2000m in Italy. Dam of-
        • DELFINO BLU (Accrale). 15 wins-5 at 2-from 1000m to 2600m, Turin Premio Principe Amedeo, Gr.2, Naples Premio Nastro d’Argento, L, 3d Milan Premio Boschetti, L, Rome Premio Conte Felice Scheibler, L, Premio Alfonso Doria, L, 4th Italian St Leger, Gr.2, Rome Premio Rumon, L, Livorno Criterium Labronico, L.
    • Beatrice Smith. 4 wins in Italy. Dam of-
      • BELENOS (On Your Mark). 6 wins-4 at 2-from 1500m to 1800m, Milan Premio Campobello, L, 2d Milan Premio Merano, L.
    • Berengaria. Unraced. Dam of-
      • BELISARIO VINTA (Dance in Time). 19 wins-3 at 2-from 1000m to 1750m, Rome Premio Divino Amore, L, Premio Montecitorio, L. Sire.
      • BARRY WINDOW (Top Ville). 4 wins in GB and France, Longchamp Prix Salverte, L.