Liable (Seeking the Gold–Bound, by Nijinsky II), the dam of GI Breeders' Cup Classic winner Blame (Arch), died July 19 due to the infirmities of old age. She was 29.
A homebred for Claiborne Farm, in partnership with Nicole Perry Gorman, Liable was out of the Grade I-placed Bound, who herself was bred by and raced for Claiborne. Adele Dilschneider later assumed Gorman's place in the partnership prior to Liable's racing career.
Multiple stakes-placed on the track, Liable retired to the Claiborne broodmare band in 2000. Her first foal, Apt (A.P. Indy), is the dam of graded winner Carve (First Samurai) and stakes winners Sloane Avenue (Candy Ride {Arg}) and Apropos (First Samurai).
Liable produced Blame in 2006. The bay won the 2010 GI Whitney Handicap and GI Stephen Foster Stakes before famously capping his career with a narrow victory over Zenyatta in the GI Breeders' Cup Classic. He was named the season's champion older male and his exploits earned Liable the title of broodmare of the year.
Blame now resides as a stallion at Claiborne Farm, where he has sired six Grade I winners and is the broodmare sire of 2022 champion 2-year-old colt Forte (Violence), as well as 2024 graded/group stakes winners Switzerland (Speightstown), Honor D Lady (Honor Code), and Tiny Temper (Arrogate).
Liable is also the dam of multiple stakes winner Tend (Dynaformer). In all, she produced five winners from six total foals.
Claiborne's broodmare band currently includes Liable's daughter Might, a full-sister to Blame, who produced a War of Will filly in 2024.
Liable will be buried in Claiborne Farm's Marchmont Cemetery.
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