COMIC STRIP was the most expensive of 71 yearlings sold by his sire Red Ransom in 1996. Comic Strip looked the part as a $300,000 yearling and proved that the selection of a superior pedigreed, good looking individual is a great plus when it is time to go to the races. As a two year old Comic Strip was able to win a 5 ½ furlong maiden race at Belmont Park and a 1 1/16 mile allowance race at Churchill Downs. In his next 18 starts at 3 and 4 he recorded 8 wins, 5 seconds and 3 thirds. In short he seldom ever ran poorly in his entire life. His race record shows that he could run short or long, on the dirt or on the grass, and over any racetrack. He was in the Triple Crown picture when he won the Louisiana Derby thus demonstrating he was one of the best dirt horses in America. As a 4 year old, Comic Strip demonstrated his versatility by winning turf stakes at various tracks including Saratoga. Half of his ten wins came in stakes races as did half of his six second place finishes. To that add three third place finishes in stakes races and you have a true consistent top class graded stakes competitor.

Comic Strip represents a new trend in stallion management whereby a a stallion is co-owned and stands his first few years at stud in a few different markets. California is the beneficiary of this trend with this first class stallion prospect who will stand his third years and fourth years at stud on America’s west coast.

Comic Strip is a son of Red Ransom the Saratoga track record setter at 5 furlongs in 56 1/5 seconds and highly successful stallion who has sired stakes horses of great variety of stakes winners. It seems that Red Ransom is capable of producing quality horses from a vast variety of bloodlines and accomplish task without the necessity in a great many cases of inbreeding.

In examining the better runners Graded Stakes Winners by Red Ransom, we see Champion Perfect Sting (dam by Valid Appeal, 2nd dam by Dr. Fager), Champion China Visit (dam by The Minstrel, 2nd dam by Habitat - inbred 4x4 to Nearctic), Intikhab (dam by Crafty Prospector, 2nd dam by Danzig) Bail Out Becky (dam by Naskra, 2nd dam by First Landing - inbred 4x4 to Turn-to), Wandering Star (dam by His Majesty, 2nd dam by Amerigo), Sri Pekan (dam by Son Ange, 2nd dam by Needles) Picoi Teneriff (dam by Mr. Prospector, 2nd dam by Northern Dancer - inbred 4x4 to Nashua, and 4x4 to Nearctic), Stay Sound (dam by Wolf Power, 2nd dam by Proudest Roman), Upper Nosh (dam by Val de l’Orne, 2nd dam by Spy Well), Crystal Symphony (dam by Mr. Prospector, 2nd dam by Tom Rolfe - inbred to Nashua 4x4), Rojo Dinero (dam by Wardlaw, 2nd dam by Prince Chevalier), Petrouchka (dam by Sportin’ Life, 2nd dam by Court Affair), Think Red (dam by Dancing Count, 2nd dam by Cloudy Dawn - inbred to 4x4 to Nearctic), Slew the Red (dam by Seattle Slew, 2nd dam by Alydar) and Shining Hour (dam by King’s Lake, 2nd dam by Timeless Moment - inbred to Damascus 3x4).

The breeding of Comic Strip which is Red Ransom out of a Saratoga Six mare out of a Creme dela Creme mare enables mare owners the continued variety of Red Ransom himself. This ability to mate mares with a great variety of pedigrees easily to Comic Strip is a quality that is getting more difficult in this day and age. When doing a mating with Comic Strip there is no need for the mare owners to worry about traps like inbreeding to Mr. Prospector or other patterns that offer poor results.