Arrest Me Red

Arrest Me Red, a 3-year-old Pioneerof the Nile colt owned and bred by Roy and Gretchen Jackson’s Lael Stables, broke his maiden impressively at Laurel Park on Aug. 27, 2020, winning a 5 ½-length turf sprint by 4 ½ lengths. He made three more starts as a juvenile and won the six-furlong Atlantic Beach  Stakes on turf at Aqueduct in November.

The Jacksons moved Arrest Me Red from trainer Arnaud Delacour to Wesley Ward for his 3-year-old campaign, and he did not make his debut until Aug. 11, when he won the 5 ½-furlong Mahony Stakes at Saratoga by a neck. His next start came in the $200,000, Grade 3 Belmont Turf Sprint Invitational Stakes on Oct. 2. With Irad Ortiz Jr. in the irons, Arrest Me Red took over the lead soon after the start. He maintained that advantage into the stretch, shook off a brief challenge from Pulsate, and remained clear to post an impressive one-length win, his first in a graded stakes.

Arrest Me Red made his next start in the Aqueduct Turf Sprint Championship Stakes on Nov. 27. He broke on top, and encountered steady pressure while on the lead. In the stretch, he continued to fend off his rivals and held on to win by a diminishing head. 

Arrest Me Red made his 4-year-old debut in the Silks Run Stakes March 19, 2022, at Gulfstream Park, where he split horses while rallying for third, beaten by a length. He regained his winning form in his next start when he edged clear in the stretch to post a 1 3/4-length victory in the Grade 2 Twin Spires Turf Sprint Stakes presented by Sysco on the May 6 Longines Kentucky Oaks undercard.

A berth in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint was on the line in Arrest Me Red’s next start, the “Win and You’re In” Jaipur Stakes June 11 at Belmont Park. Favored at 1.85-1 odds against a tough field of 12 other horses, he led late in the stretch but was outfinished by 2021 Jaipur winner Casa Creed in the final yards, losing by a half-length.

Arrest Me Red is out of the winning Medaglia d’Oro mare Maraschino Red, and is a half-brother to stakes winner Hidden Treat. His dam is a half-sister to Grade 1 winners Spun Sugar and Daaher.