{{Short description|American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Leallah | image = | caption = | sire = Nasrullah | grandsire = Nearco | dam = Lea Lark | damsire = Bull Lea | sex = Filly | foaled = 1954 | country = United States | colour = Bay | breeder = Charlton Clay | owner = Charlton Clay | trainer = MacKenzie Miller | record = 20: 10-2-2 | earnings = US$152,784 | race = Alcibiades Stakes (1956)<br>Lassie Stakes <br>Astoria Stakes (1956)<br>Colleen Stakes (1956)<br>Falls City Handicap (1957) | awards = | honours = DRF & TSD American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (1956) | updated= }} '''Leallah''' (foaled February 7, 1954 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse won seven of her eight starts in her first year of racing<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nichols |first=Joseph C. |date=1957-06-26 |title=Outer Space Beats Wana by Three Lengths at Belmont; FAVORITE SCORES 4TH TIME IN ROW Boland Guides Outer Space to Easy Victory--Bonnet Triumphs in Sprint |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/06/26/archives/outer-space-beats-wana-by-three-lengths-at-belmont-favorite-scores.html |access-date=2025-04-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and was voted the 1956 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly by ''Daily Racing Form'' and Turf & Sports Digest.<ref>[http://www.bloodhorse.com/eclipsewinners/pdf/History_Charts.pdf ''The Bloodhorse.com'' Champion's history charts] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904120526/http://www.bloodhorse.com/eclipsewinners/pdf/History_Charts.pdf |date=2012-09-04 }}</ref>
==Racing career==
===1956: two-year-old season=== Leallah was conditioned for racing by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee MacKenzie Miller.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wall |first=Maryjean |date=1995-09-13 |title=Hall Of Fame Trainer Miller, 73, Is Retiring |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lexington-herald-leader-hall-of-fame-tra/169820560/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |work=Lexington Herald-Leader |page=C1 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> She made her racing debut on June 12, 1956, with a win under Eddie Arcaro at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nichols |first=Joseph C. |date=1956-06-12 |title=Red Hannigan Beats Summer Tan in Sprint at Belmont; SCORE IN FEATURE IS 4TH FOR ARCARO He Rides Red Hannigan to a -Length Victory, Spoils Summer Tan Comeback Triumphs With Leallah |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/06/12/archives/red-hannigan-beats-summer-tan-in-sprint-at-belmont-score-in-feature.html |access-date=2025-04-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> She and Arcaro won another non-stakes race a week later on the same track, then went to Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey, where she equaled the track record for five furlongs with a time of one minute, four seconds flat in winning the Colleen Stakes.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nichols |first=Joseph C. |date=1956-07-01 |title=Leallah Equals Monmouth Park Record in Capturing $25,200 Colleen Sprint; 19-10 CHOICE FIRST BY 4 LENGTHS PLUS Leallah Defeats Marullah in 1:04, Ties Track Mark for Five Furlongs and Half Lead Captured at Turn |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/07/01/archives/leallah-equals-monmouth-park-record-in-capturing-25200-colleen.html |access-date=2025-04-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> After winning the July 7th Lassie Stakes under Bill Hartack at Chicago's Arlington Park,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shevlin |first=Maurice |date=1956-07-08 |title=Leallah and Hartack Win $95,180 Lassie |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-leallah-and-hartack-win/169820876/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |work=Chicago Tribune |page=37 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Leallah then came back to Long Island, New York and won the Astoria Stakes at Jamaica Race Course. Reporting on the race, the July 19, 1956 edition of the ''New York Times'' wrote that "Leallah's reputation as the "wonder filly" of the season grew at the Jamaica race track yesterday."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nichols |first=Joseph C. |date=1956-07-19 |title=Leallah Beats Marullah in $22,100 Astoria Stakes at Jamaica for Fifth Straight; UNDEFEATED FILLY PAYS $2.70 FOR $2 Ahead Almost From Start, Leallah Captures Sprint by Nearly a Length Leallah Spurred by Challenge Oh Johnny Wins by Head |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/07/19/archives/leallah-beats-marullah-in-22100-astoria-stakes-at-jamaica-for-fifth.html |access-date=2025-04-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
On August 14, 1956, on a very muddy track for the Princess Pat Stakes at Washington Park Racetrack in Chicago, Leallah lost for the only time during her two-year-old season when she slogged home fourth to winner Splendored.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1956-08-14 |title=Princess Pat Stakes Won By Splendored |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-princess-pat-stakes-wo/169820986/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |work=The Baltimore Sun |page=15 |via=Newspapers.com |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> Leallah was scheduled to run in late August in the Spinaway Stakes at Saratoga Race Course, but after heavy rains resulted in a sloppy track, her trainer made the decision not to run. She then won a non-stakes sprint at Belmont Park in late September before closing out her 1956 campaign with her seventh win in the October 13 Alcibiades Stakes at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Boenzi) |first=The New York Times (by Neal |date=1956-10-14 |title=Dedicate Defeats Summer Tan in $129,850 Gold Cup Handicap at Hawthorne; 9-TO-5 FAVORITE SCORES IN PHOTO Dedicate, Boland Up, Holds On Gamely to Triumph-- Find Finishes Third Hasseyampa Is Fourth Erb Rides Summer Tan Leallah First at Keeneland |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/10/14/archives/dedicate-defeats-summer-tan-in-129850-gold-cup-handicap-at.html |access-date=2025-04-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
Leallah was voted the Champion two-year-old filly by the New York Morning Telegraph / Daily Racing Form<ref>{{Cite news |date=1956-11-28 |title=Swaps Top Horse Of Year In Poll |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-swaps-top-horse-of/169821063/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |work=The Los Angeles Times |page=69 |via=Newspapers.com |agency=United Press}}</ref> and the Turf and Sport Digest.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1956-12-19 |title=Magazine Tabs Swaps Top Horse |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-magazine-tabs-swap/169821236/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |work=The Los Angeles Times |page=C4 |via=Newspapers.com |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> The rival Thoroughbred Racing Association award was won by Romanita.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 7, 1955 |title=Sweep for Swaps |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hTtUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aDoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5404,1082821&dq=romanita&hl=en |accessdate=2012-07-14 |work=Leader-Post |page=39 |via=Google News Archive |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
===1957: three-year-old season=== Although at age three in 1957, Leallah did not match her 1956 performances, during the latter part of the year she returned to top form. On October 10, she set a track record at Keeneland Race Course of 1:09 flat for six furlongs on dirt.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1957-10-11 |title=SAFE MESSAGE SCORES; 13-1 Shot Ties Six-Furlong Track Mark at Keeneland |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/11/archives/safe-message-scores-131-shot-ties-sixfurlong-track-mark-at.html |access-date=2025-04-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and on November 3, she won the important Falls City Handicap at Churchill Downs.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1957-11-03 |title=LEALLAH SCORES EASILY; Captures Falls City Handicap at Churchill Downs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/03/archives/leallah-scores-easily-captures-falls-city-handicap-at-churchill.html |access-date=2025-04-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
==Broodmare== Leallah's impeccable breeding and on-track performances made her a very valuable broodmare. She was retired after her three-year-old campaign to stand at her olwners Marchmont Farm on Winchester Road near Paris, Kentucky. Bred to important stallions such as Round Table, Swaps, Sir Ivor, Vaguely Noble, Herbager,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leallah Offspring |url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/progeny/leallah |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=www.pedigreequery.com}}</ref> her best foal to race was Go Marching by Princequillo who was sold to Warner L. Jones, Jr. as an unnamed two-year-old colt in a May 1967 Fasig-Tipton sale at Belmont Park for a record $210,000.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1967-05-16 |title=Unnamed Colt Brings $210,000 In Fasig-Tipton Sale at Belmont |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/05/16/archives/unnamed-colt-brings-210000-in-fasigtipton-sale-at-belmont.html |access-date=2025-04-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
==Pedigree== {{Pedigree |name = Leallah |f = Nasrullah |m = Lea Lark |ff = Nearco |fm = Mumtaz Begum |mf = Bull Lea |mm = Colosseum |fff = Pharos |ffm = Nogara |fmf = Blenheim |fmm = Mumtaz Mahal |mff = Bull Dog |mfm = Rose Leaves |mmf = Ariel |mmm = Arena |ffff = Phalaris |fffm = Scapa Flow |ffmf = Havresac |ffmm = Catnip |fmff = Blandford |fmfm = Malva |fmmf = The Tetrarch |fmmm = Lady Josephine |mfff = Teddy |mffm = Plucky Liege |mfmf = Ballot |mfmm = Colonial |mmff = Eternal |mmfm = Adana |mmmf = St. James |mmmm = Oval |}}
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == * [http://www.pedigreequery.com/leallah Leallah's pedigree]
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