No Parole Named 2020 Louisiana Horse of the Year
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Photo: Skip Dickstein
No Parole wins the 2020 Woody Stephens at Belmont Park
The Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association announced July 16 the selection of Woody Stephens Stakes Presented by Claiborne Farm (G1) winner No Parole as its 2020 Louisiana Horse of the Year.
After breaking his maiden in his only start as a juvenile in 2019, No Parole won a Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots allowance race by 13 1/4 lengths in his first start at 3, followed by a 6 1/2 length victory in the Louisiana Premier Night Prince Stakes at Delta Downs. Then, after an unsuccessful bid around two turns in the Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park, he resumed sprinting, winning an allowance optional claiming race in Arkansas before his triumph in the Woody Stephens at Belmont Park.
He finished the year with a ninth-place finish in the H. Allen Jerkens Stakes Presented by Runhappy (G1) at Saratoga Race Course and a sixth in the Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix Stakes (G2) against older horses at Keeneland.
His year-end earnings of $270,866 were the highest of any Louisiana-bred runner last year.
Trained by Tom Amoss and owned solely by Maggi Moss for his initial starts, he raced for most of 2020 owned by Moss and Greg Tramontin.
"So grateful to No Parole—and all involved, a La bred winning a grade 1 and happy to announce he is back in training and doing great!" Moss tweeted Friday.
No Parole is 1-for-3 this year at age 4, last running April 10 at Oaklawn, where he finished seventh in the Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (G3).
Coteau Grove Farms bred the colt, a son of Violence out of the Bluegrass Cat mare Plus One . He was bought by Moss for $75,000 at the 2018 Keeneland September Yearling Sale from Select Sales, agent for Coteau Grove Farms.
Along with overall Louisiana Horse of the Year, the following were named 2020 Louisiana champions:
2020 2-Year-Old Accredited Louisiana-Bred Filly
Breeder: Tom Curtis & Wayne Simpson
Owner: Valene Farms
Trainer: Dallas Stewart
2020 2-Year-Old Accredited Louisiana-Bred Colt or Gelding
Breeder: Larry Romero & Cradle Song Farm
Owner: Andrus J. Pellerin
Trainer: Keith G. Bourgeois
2020 3-Year-Old Accredited Louisiana-Bred Filly
Breeder: Tri-Star Racing
Owner: Tri-Star Racing
Trainer: Joseph M. Foster
2020 3-Year-Old Accredited Louisiana-Bred Colt or Gelding
No Parole
Violence—Plus One
Breeder: Coteau Grove Farms.
Owner: Maggi Moss and Greg Tramontin
Trainer: Thomas M. Amoss
2020 4-Year-Old and up Accredited Louisiana-Bred Filly or Mare
Greeley's Galaxy —Black Mariah
Breeder: Margie K. Averett
Owner: Riley Blanchet and Todd Matte
Trainer: Victor Arceneaux
2020 4-Year-Old and up Accredited Louisiana-Bred Male
Custom for Carlos —Sarah's My Angel
Breeder: Val C. Murrell
Owner: Ivery Sisters Racing
Trainer: Ron Faucheux
2020 Louisiana Broodmare of the Year
Into Mischief —Fast Laner
Owner: Brett Brinkman and P. Dale Ladner
2020 Andrew L. "Red" Erwin Stallion of the Year
Owner: Brittlyn Stable
2020 Louisiana Leading Breeder by Breeders Awards
Brittlyn Stable
2020 Louisiana Leading Breeder by Percentage of Stakes Winners
Adcock's Red River Farm & Montgomery Equine Partnership
Champion Accredited Louisiana-Bred runners, as well as Broodmare of the Year, were selected by LTBA membership votes. Louisiana Horse of the Year is selected by the LTBA board of directors. Statistics were used to determine all remaining category winners.