New track with big purses! New grandstand and lots of fans! arabians were received royally, and we had a great time racing at Eureka Downs, Kansas! wma Madjic Slippers won one race and ran second in the other!
WMA GIFT CARD: 2024 FILLY BY RB WILD CARD X GIT IT CS.
Texas accredited FOR BONUS MONEY RACING! She'll be ready for the early 2027 races! RB WILD CARD PRODUCES WINNERS!
WMA MINUTE MAID, FILLY BY RB WILD CARD WINS THE GILLESPIE MAIDEN STAKES 2026! 5TH WIN FOR WMA BRED ARABS IN 2026! 4 OUT OF 5 WERE SIRED BY RB WILD CARD! CONGRATULATIONS TO THEIR OWNERS ANND TRAINERS!
RB WILD CARD: RACE WINNER IN DELAWARE AND TEXAS, Our main sire of race and endurance winners, INCLUDING 2026 WINNER WMA WILD KISSES! Excellent fertility, very good disposition and easy to ride and handle- an endurance prospect himself ,now available for sale. SEE MORE ON OUR STALLIONS PAGE!
WMA JAMMIN, Coming two year old colt by rb Wild Card x DJELFA CS, BY Virgule al Maury daughter, producer of winners. texas acc for bonus money racing. Available for racing.
MAJD STORM: NOW RACING! MAJD EL ARAB SON, FUTURE SIRE!
WMA STARBURST: 2026 COLT BY COUNTRY STAR X SLUFFYS GIZMO: AVAILABLE ONLY TO A RACE HOME! TEXAS ACCREDITED.
2025 big COLT WMA DAYLIGHT: WMA LIGHT HOUSE X RB DIVA. TEXAS ACC. FOR RACING. FOR SALE.
WMA COUNTRY STAR WINS WITH WMA GRAND FINALE A VERY CLOSE SECOND! BOTH BRED AND RAISED AND TRAINED BY WELCOME ARABIANS! COUNTRY STAR NOW STANDING AT STUD!
RITA AND LARRY DELEON
contact us for further information at email: welcomearabiansranch@gmail.com or ritaandarrydeleon@gmail.com
WMA BIG BABY: DARLEY CHAMPION OLDER MARE Twice!! SHE 'WAS ALSO NOMINATED FOR DARLEY AWARDS as a 3 year old and as a 4 year old! bred, trained and owned by WELCOME ARABIANS! recent 2025 winner of the Yellow Rose stakes on Turf 1 mile and 1/16! Then placed 4th, missing third by a nose, in the UAE Presidents cup!
DARLEY CHAMPION MARE USA! WMA BIG BABY: filly by KASIH, bred, raised, and trained by Welcome Arabians. Winner of the grade 1 stallion stakes 2022, and winner 2023 of the WATHBA CUP OPEN ALLOWANCE, AND SECOND PLACE IN THE GRADE 2 STALLION STAKES! Darley nominee for 3 and again for 4 year old filly of the year. USA DARLEY CHAMPION MARE 2023! In 2025, at age 7, winner of the Yellow Rose turf stakes at a mile!
WMA SMOKE SIGNAL COMING DOWN THE HOME STRETCH AT THE PRESIDENTS CUP STAKES $130,000 AT GULF STREAM PARK FLORIDA DECEMBER 2024!
2024 racing season ended with a big bang, as wma SMOKE SIGNAL WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP CLAIMING STAKES AT LONE STAR PARK! He is by KASIH, out of Sand Tiki Special daughter. Next he nearly won the Presidents Cup, +$100,000 stakes, but was passed at the wire to earn third. Congratulations to Carlos Moore on purchasing him and winning two in a row at SHRP in 2026!
WMA SMOKE SIGNAL BY KASIH won the 2024 claiming CHAMPIONSHIP at LONE STAR PARK! BREEDER, OWNER AND TRAINER RITA DELEON OF WELCOME ARABIANS.
WMA COUNTRY STAR WON THE ARABIAN DERBY IN 2023! This was one of three races in a row that he won, this one at a mile and a 16th! He also won the open allowance and set a track record at a mile in 1:48.41.
WMA COUNTRY STAR WON THE ARABIAN DERBY AT A MILE AND A 16TH LAST SUMMER! A FEW WEEKS LATER HE WENT ON TO WIN HIS THIRD RACE IN A ROW, THE LAST ONE BEING A MILE IN 1:48, BREAKING THE TRACK RECORD! HE WAS NOMINATED FOR DARLEY 4 YEAR OLD COLT OF THE YEAR 2023. HE WON AT 6 FURLONGS, ONE MILE, AND A MILE 1/16TH! NOW AT STUD AT WELCOME ARABIANS!
Welcome Arabians breeders, and Rita deLeon, trainer, brought wma COUNTRY STAR to his Darley nomination as a 4 year old colt. His first crop of foals were in 2025!
DARLEY NOMINEE RITA DELEON FOR BREEDER OF THE YEAR 2023!
WELCOME ARABIANS RITA DELEON ALSO RECEIVED A DARLEY NOMINATION FOR BREEDER OF THE YEAR, 2022, 2023 and 2024!