Held For Ransom (USA) Horse

Country

United States

Foal Date

27-Mar-22

Colour

bay

Sire

I'll Have Another

Dam

Hacktivism

Prize Money

49460

Owners

Bunch, Clinton, Hailey, James, Dickerman, David And Burns, Michael

About

Held For Ransom is a 4yo horse from the United States trained by Joel H. Marr. He is by the stallion I’ll Have Another out of the dam Hacktivism. To date, Held For Ransom has secured three victories. On 3 Dec 2025 at Zia Park, he captured his most important win, earning a $22,500 purse.

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Sunland Park 06-Apr-26 1308m FIRM R3 Race 3 (of $12,600) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:14.490, SP: 13.00 crowded and lost path at the start, rushed inside and stalked the pace heading into the turn, gave chase to the quarter pole, could not keep pace into upper stretch and gave way in the lane. 1st Third Street ( R A Vazquez 124 ) 2nd Ham Sandwich ( A Medellin 124 ) 2.50L 3rd Toppers At Seaside ( O A Jr 124 ) 6.25L 6th Held For Ransom ( K S Tohill 124 ) 17.50L See full resultsK S Tohill 56.2kg 17.50L6 (7)
Sunland Park 09-Feb-26 1106m FIRM R3 Race 3 $7,056 (of $11,200) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:04.120, SP: 3.25 led narrowly while vying with an inner pair into the turn, inched clear in upper stretch and held sway. 1st Held For Ransom ( K Tohill 121 ) 2nd Rio Cutie ( J Carreno 124 ) 1.75L 3rd Vols ( A Medellin 124 ) 0.20L See full resultsK Tohill 54.9kg1 (12)
Sunland Park 20-Jan-26 1106m FIRM R3 Race 3 (of $11,200) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:03.470, SP: 2.75 pressed the pace on the inside through the opening stages, continued around the turn in the two path and tired in the lane. 1st Mississippi Man ( L Valenzuela 121 ) 2nd Vols ( A Medellin 124 ) 1.50L 3rd Truckin ( L Negron 124 ) 0.50L 8th Held For Ransom ( A J Jr 121 ) 8.10L See full resultsA J Jr 54.9kg 8.10L8 (10)
Sunland Park 06-Jan-26 1308m FIRM R2 Race 2 $7,245 (of $11,500) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:17.980, SP: 1.73 led the way up the backstretch, continued around the turn in the two path and held clear to the finish. 1st Held For Ransom ( A J Jr 121 ) 2nd Stackers ( L Rodriguez 124 ) 1.50L 3rd Gone Grey ( J Carreno 121 ) 1.50L See full resultsA J Jr 54.9kg1 (7)
Zia Park 03-Dec-25 1210m FIRM R1 Md $14,175 (of $22,500) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:09.050, SP: 1.50 led the way on the outside up the backstretch, continued around the turn in the two path and remained in command to the wire. 1st Held For Ransom ( A J Jr 121 ) 2nd Rail Runner ( A Sigala 123 ) 4.50L 3rd Crossrighthands ( E Gomez 121 ) 1.75L See full resultsA J Jr 54.9kg1 (6)
Zia Park 18-Nov-25 1210m FIRM R4 Md $4,000 (of $20,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:09.840, SP: 2.38 chased the pace setter on the inside through the opening quarter, navigated the bend from the three path and kept on to the wire. 1st Blacksod Bay ( A Arboleda 121 ) 2nd Held For Ransom ( L Fuentes 121 ) 2.75L 3rd Hoser Satrapa ( F S Da 121 ) 1.50L See full resultsL Fuentes 54.9kg 2.75L2 (7)
Los Alamitos Racecourse 07-Jul-25 1310m FIRM R7 Md $500 (of $45,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:17.480, SP: 13.00 broke inward, took a bump early, chased two wide from off the pace, spun four wide into the lane and came up empty. 1st Day At The Track ( W Orantes 118 ) 2nd Jack Fish ( D Herrera 118 ) 0.50L 3rd Ya'll Come ( A Aguilar 118 ) 4.00L 8th Held For Ransom ( K Frey 118 ) 13.50L See full resultsK Frey 53.5kg 13.50L8 (8)