Unbridled's Song

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Unbridled's Song


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sire = Unbridled
grandsire = Fappiano
dam = Trolley Song
damsire = Caro
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1993
country = United States flagicon|USA
colour = Gray
breeder = Mandysland Farm
owner = Paraneck Stable
trainer = James T. Ryerson
record = 12: 5-4-0
earnings = $1,311,800
race = Breeders' Cup Juvenile (1995)
Florida Derby (1996)
Wood Memorial (1996)
Olympic Handicap (1997)
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honours =
updated= August 22, 2007

Unbridled's Song (foaled 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1990 Kentucky Derby winner Unbridled out of the Caro mare, Trolley Song.

As a two year old, Unbridled's Song may be most noted for his near record time in the 1995 Breeders' Cup Juvenile. Trained by James T. Ryerson and ridden by Mike E. Smith, it was only his third time on the racetrack as he battled Hennessy down the stretch for a time of 1:41:60.

The next spring, after placing second in the Peter Pan Stakes and the Fountain of Youth Stakes, he beat the 1996 U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt Skip Away, along with Louis Quatorze and Editor's Note in the Florida Derby.

Then, a couple of weeks before the Kentucky Derby, he won the Wood Memorial, but in doing so, he hit himself in the left forefoot, causing a "quarter crack", or cracked hoof, requiring a special bar shoe and acrylic patch.

He was the favorite for the 1996 Kentucky Derby but placed a troubled fifth behind Grindstone. The forefoot injury from the Wood Memorial kept him out of the rest of the Triple Crown races.

Lightly raced at four, he won the Olympic Handicap.

Retirement

Unbridled's Song was retired to stud in 1997. He has become one of the most successful sires in America and abroad, with Grade I winners and $1 million winners. He currently stands at Taylor Made Farms for a fee of $200,000 live foal.

Some of his most famous offspring are graded stakes race winners Octave, Splendid Blended, Breeders' Cup Distaff winner Unbridled Elaine, Domestic Dispute, Grey Song, Political Force, Eurosilver, and Eight Belles.

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/unbridleds+song Pedigree & Partial Stats]
* [http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/stallion-directory/stallion.aspx?stallion_no=1392779 TB Times Stallion Directory Unbridled's Song]