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{{Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
{{About|the racehorse}}
{{Short description|American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}

{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Unbridled
| horsename = Unbridled
| image =
| image =
| caption =
| caption =
| sire = Fappiano
| sire = [[Fappiano]]
| grandsire = [[Mr. Prospector]]
| dam = Gana Facil
| dam = Gana Facil
| damsire = Le Fabuleux
| damsire = [[Le Fabuleux]]
| sex = [[Stallion (horse)|Stallion]]
| sex = [[Stallion]]
| foaled = March 5, 1987<ref name="pedigree">{{cite web|url=https://www.equineline.com/Free-5X-Pedigree.cfm/Unbridled?page_state=DISPLAY_REPORT&reference_number=1108188&registry=T&horse_name=Unbridled&dam_name=Gana%20Facil&foaling_year=1987&include_sire_line=N|title=Balmont pedigree |publisher=Equineline }}</ref>
| foaled = 1987
| death_date = {{dda|2001|10|18|1987|3|5}}
| country = USA (Florida)
| country = United States
| colour = [[Bay (color)|Bay]]
| color = [[Bay (horse)|Bay]]
| breeder = [[James H. Binger#Tartan Farms|Tartan Farms]]
| breeder = [[James H. Binger#Tartan Stable|Tartan Stable]]
| owner = Frances Genter
| owner = [[Frances A. Genter]]
| trainer = [[Carl Nafzger]]
| trainer = [[Carl Nafzger]]
| record = 24: 8-6-6
| record = 24: 8-6-6
| earnings = $4,489,475
| earnings = $4,489,475
| race = [[Florida Derby]] (1990)<br>[[Kentucky Derby]] (1990)<br>[[Breeders' Cup Classic]] (1990)
| race = [[What a Pleasure Stakes]] 1989<br>[[Florida Derby]] (1990)<br>[[Deputy Minister Handicap]] (1991)<p>
'''[[Breeders' Cup]] wins:'''<br /> [[Breeders' Cup Classic]] (1990)</p><p>'''[[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)|U.S. Triple Crown]] wins:'''<br />[[Kentucky Derby]] [[1990 Kentucky Derby|(1990)]]</p>
|awards= [[Eclipse Award for Outstanding 3-Year-Old Male Horse|U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt]] (1990)
|awards= [[American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse|U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt]] (1990)
|honours =
|honors = Unbridled Stakes at [[Calder Race Course]]
|updated= October 2, 2006
|updated =
}}
}}
'''Unbridled''' (born [[1987]] - [[October 18]], [[2001]]) was a champion [[United States|American]] [[thoroughbred]] [[racehorse]].
'''Unbridled''' (March 5, 1987 &ndash; October 18, 2001) was a champion American [[Thoroughbred]] [[racehorse]] who won the 1990 [[Kentucky Derby]] and [[Breeders' Cup Classic]].


He retired with a career record of eight wins, six places, and six shows in 24 starts, and $4,489,475 in career earnings. Unbridled had a rivalry with [[Summer Squall]] over their three and four-year-old seasons. Summer Squall defeated Unbridled in four of their six meetings.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Spencer|first1=Clark|title=Unbridled, Summer Squall to bring their fabled rivalry to Classic end|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1991/11/01/unbridled-summer-squall-to-bring-their-fabled-rivalry-to-classic-end/|access-date=2018-01-27|work=The Baltimore Sun|date=1 November 1991}}</ref>
The [[colt (horse)|colt]] was sired by Fappiano (10 wins in 17 starts), by [[Mr. Prospector]], and his dam Gana Facil, by Le Fabuleux. After racing for only three years, Unbridled retired with a career record of 8 wins, 6 places and 6 shows in 24 starts, and $4,489,475 in career earnings.


==Background==
In 1989 at age two, Unbridled won the "What A Pleasure Stakes" and placed in all six of his starts. At age three, ridden by jockey [[Craig Perret]], he won the won the Grade I [[Florida Derby]] by four lengths and America's most prestigious race, the [[Kentucky Derby]] by 3 1/2 lengths. He finished second in the [[Preakness Stakes]] to Summer Squall. In the fall, ridden by [[Pat Day]], he won the 1 1/4 mile [[Breeders' Cup Classic]] at [[Belmont Park]] in 2:02.20 minutes. His performance for the year earned him the prestigious [[Eclipse Award]] as Champion 3-year-old male of 1990.
Unbridled was a bay horse with a broad white [[blaze (horse marking)|blaze]] bred in Florida by [[James H. Binger#Tartan Stable|Tartan Stable]]


He was sired by [[Fappiano]] (10 wins in 17 starts), by [[Mr. Prospector]], and his dam was Gana Facil, by Le Fabuleux. Gana Facil was descended from Magic, a half-sister to both the [[American Champion Sprint Horse|champion sprinter]] [[Ta Wee]] and [[Dr Fager]].<ref name="tbl">{{cite web|url=http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Families/Family1r.htm|title=The Prairie Bird – Family 1-r|work=Thoroughbred Bloodlines}}</ref>
Racing as a four year old, he won the Deputy Minister Handicap at [[Gulfsteam Park]] and placed second in the Fayette Handicap, placing behind Summer Squall.


==Racing career==
Unbridled sired 292 runners that produced 183 winners (38 of those stakes winners) out of 437 foals earning over $31 million by 2000. Ten of his offspring were Grade I Stakes winners, four were classic winners, and three received Eclipse Awards. Unbridled is the last Kentucky Derby winner to sire another Derby winner, [[Grindstone (horse)|Grindstone]], who placed first in the Kentucky Derby in 1996.
In 1987, Trainer Tony Barnard was given charge of and broke Unbridled, at Tartan Farms, in Ocala, Florida.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1990/05/19/unbridled-could-be-a-ringing-success/ |title = Unbridled Could be a Ringing Success}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/157789/florida-horseman-tony-barnard-dead |title=Florida Horseman Tony Barnard Dead |date=October 4, 2007 |website=www.bloodhorse.com}}</ref> In 1989, at age two, Unbridled won the What A Pleasure Stakes and placed in all six of his starts. At age three, ridden by jockey [[Pat Day]], he won the [[graded stakes race|Grade I]] [[Florida Derby]] by four lengths, then finished second behind Summer Squall in the [[Blue Grass Stakes]]. He then won America's most prestigious race, the [[Kentucky Derby]], by 3½ lengths with jockey [[Craig Perret]], while Summer Squall finishing second. He finished second in the [[Preakness Stakes]] to Summer Squall, and finished fourth without [[Lasix]] in the [[Belmont Stakes]] to the [[Ireland|Irish]] colt [[Go And Go]]. In the fall, ridden by Day, Unbridled won the 1¼ mile [[Breeders' Cup Classic]] at [[Belmont Park]] in 2:02.20 minutes. His performances for the year earned him the prestigious [[Eclipse Award]] as champion three-year-old male of 1990.


When Unbridled won the Derby, a network television camera in the [[Churchill Downs]] stands captured his trainer, [[Carl Nafzger]], giving the horse's elderly owner, [[Frances A. Genter|Frances Genter]], a stretch call because of her poor vision. Nafzger shouted, "He's going to win! He's going to win! Oh, Mrs. Genter, I love you!"
Some of Unbridled's offspring include:


Racing as a four-year-old, Unbridled won the [[Deputy Minister Handicap]] at [[Gulfstream Park]] and placed second behind Summer Squall in the [[Fayette Stakes|Fayette Handicap]] at [[Keeneland Race Course]]. Unbridled lost four of six meetings with rival Summer Squall.
*'''Colts/Horses:''' Unbridled's Song, Grindstone, Empire Maker, Eddington, Red Bullet, Anees, Unshaded, Saarland, Mustanfar, Rebridled, Malabar Gold, Unbridled Jet, Unbridled's Image, Niigon, Greed is Good, Wheelaway and Pupil.


==Stud record==
*'''Fillies/Mares:''' Banshee Breeze, Halfbridled, Exogenous, Broken Vow, Santa Catarina, Surya, Lady Ballade, Happily Unbridled, Boom Town Girl, Unrestrained, Manistique and Belterra.
Unbridled sired 292 runners that produced 183 winners (38 of those stakes winners) out of 437 foals, earning over $31 million by 2000. Ten of his offspring were Grade I stakes winners, four were classic winners, and three received Eclipse Awards. Unbridled is the last Kentucky Derby winner to sire another Derby winner: [[Grindstone (horse)|Grindstone]], that won the Kentucky Derby in 1996.


Unbridled is also the last stallion to have sired at least one winner in each of the American [[United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|Triple Crown]] races (first for each listed): Grindstone, Kentucky Derby, 1996; [[Red Bullet]], Preakness Stakes, 2000; and [[Empire Maker]], Belmont Stakes, 2003.
In September 2001, Unbridled underwent two operations at Hagyard-Davidson-McGee veterinary clinic, near [[Lexington, Kentucky]]. He was [[animal euthanasia|euthanized]] at the clinic after a severe bout of [[colic]].

Some of Unbridled's other offspring include:
*'''Colts/Horses:''' [[Unbridled's Song]], Eddington, [[Anees (horse)|Anees]], Unshaded, Saarland, Mustanfar, Symphony Sid, Rebridled, Malabar Gold, Unbridled Jet, Unbridled's Image, Niigon, Greed is Good, Wheelaway, Unrestricted, Broken Vow, Pupil, and Uncoupled.
*'''Fillies/Mares:''' [[Banshee Breeze]], [[Halfbridled]], Exogenous, Santa Catarina, Surya, Lady Ballade, Happily Unbridled, Boom Town Girl, Unrestrained, [[Manistique (horse)|Manistique]], and Belterra.

Unbridled was grandsire through Unbridled's Song of the filly [[Eight Belles]], who finished second at the [[2008 Kentucky Derby]] but broke both front [[pastern]]s at the finish and was euthanized on the track, and of the colt [[Arrogate]], who won the [[2016 Breeders' Cup Classic]] and placed first in the [[World's Best Racehorse Rankings]] for that year. By his daughter Oatsee, he was also the broodmare sire of [[Shackleford (horse)|Shackleford]], winner of the [[2011 Preakness Stakes]].

One of Grindstone's foals, [[Birdstone]], upset [[Smarty Jones]] to win the 2004 Belmont Stakes. Birdstone, in turn, sired [[Mine That Bird]], a gelding that won the [[2009 Kentucky Derby]], and [[Summer Bird]], a colt that won the [[2009 Belmont Stakes]]. Empire Maker, which won the [[2003 Belmont Stakes]], sired [[Pioneerof the Nile]], who placed behind his cousin Mine That Bird in the 2009 Kentucky Derby, and eventually sired [[American Pharoah]], the first-ever winner of the [[Grand Slam of Thoroughbred racing]] in 2015. American Pharoah gave Unbridled the honour of four generations of Triple Crown race winners.

== Death ==
In September 2001, Unbridled underwent two operations at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, near [[Lexington, Kentucky]], to be treated for intestinal issues. He underwent his first surgery on September 21, where three feet of his intestine was removed. Five days removed from the first surgery, he suffered a setback, and underwent a second surgery on September 26. Unbridled recovered again and was sent home to Claiborne Farm on October 8. On October 19, 2001, at 6:00 PM, Unbridled was [[animal euthanasia|euthanized]] at the clinic after a severe bout of [[colic]], with his condition being deemed inoperable.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/190998/1990-kentucky-derby-winner-unbridled-euthanized|title=kentucky-derby-winner-unbridled-euthanized|website=BloodHorse|access-date=2019-09-11}}</ref>

Unbridled was laid to rest at Claiborne Farm.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://claibornefarm.com/halloffame/unbridled/|title=Unbridled|website=Claiborne Farm|date=23 August 2019|access-date=2019-09-11}}</ref>

==Pedigree==
{{Pedigree
|name = Unbridled (USA), bay stallion, 1987<ref name="pedigree"/>
|inf =
|f = [[Fappiano]] (USA)<br />1977
|m = Gana Facil (USA)<br />1981
|ff = [[Mr. Prospector]] (USA)<br />1970　
|fm = Killaloe (USA)<br />1970
|mf = [[Le Fabuleux]] (FR)<br />1961
|mm = Charedi (USA)<br />1976
|fff = [[Raise a Native]]
|ffm = [[Gold Digger (horse)|Gold Digger]]
|fmf = [[Dr Fager]]
|fmm = Grand Splendor
|mff = [[Wild Risk]]
|mfm = Anguar
|mmf = [[In Reality]]
|mmm = Magic
|ffff = [[Native Dancer]]
|fffm = Raise You
|ffmf = [[Nashua (horse)|Nashua]]
|ffmm = Sequence
|fmff = [[Rough'n Tumble]]
|fmfm = '''Aspidistra'''
|fmmf = Correlation
|fmmm = Cequillo
|mfff = Rialto
|mffm = Wild Violet
|mfmf = [[Verso (horse)|Verso]]
|mfmm = La Rochelle
|mmff = [[Intentionally (horse)|Intentionally]]
|mmfm = [[My Dear Girl]]
|mmmf = [[Buckpasser]]
|mmmm = '''Aspidistra''' (Family: 1-r)<ref name="tbl"/>
}}

==See also==
* [[List of racehorses]]


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[http://www.pedigreequery.com/unbridled Unbridled's pedigree with photo]
{{Refbegin}}
*[http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2006/derby_history/derby_charts/years/1990.html Unbridled's Kentucky Derby]
*[http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2006/derby_history/derby_charts/years/1990.html Unbridled's Kentucky Derby]
{{Refend}}

{{Kentucky Derby Winners}}
{{Breeders' Cup Classic Winners}}


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Latest revision as of 04:50, 9 October 2024

This article is about the racehorse. For other uses, see Unbridled (disambiguation).
Unbridled
SireFappiano
GrandsireMr. Prospector
DamGana Facil
DamsireLe Fabuleux
SexStallion
FoaledMarch 5, 1987[1]
DiedOctober 18, 2001(2001-10-18) (aged 14)
CountryUnited States
ColorBay
BreederTartan Stable
OwnerFrances A. Genter
TrainerCarl Nafzger
Record24: 8-6-6
Earnings$4,489,475
Major wins
What a Pleasure Stakes 1989
Florida Derby (1990)
Deputy Minister Handicap (1991)

Breeders' Cup wins:
Breeders' Cup Classic (1990)

U.S. Triple Crown wins:
Kentucky Derby (1990)

Awards
U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1990)
Honors
Unbridled Stakes at Calder Race Course

Unbridled (March 5, 1987 – October 18, 2001) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1990 Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic.

He retired with a career record of eight wins, six places, and six shows in 24 starts, and $4,489,475 in career earnings. Unbridled had a rivalry with Summer Squall over their three and four-year-old seasons. Summer Squall defeated Unbridled in four of their six meetings.[2]

Background

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Unbridled was a bay horse with a broad white blaze bred in Florida by Tartan Stable

He was sired by Fappiano (10 wins in 17 starts), by Mr. Prospector, and his dam was Gana Facil, by Le Fabuleux. Gana Facil was descended from Magic, a half-sister to both the champion sprinter Ta Wee and Dr Fager.[3]

Racing career

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In 1987, Trainer Tony Barnard was given charge of and broke Unbridled, at Tartan Farms, in Ocala, Florida.[4][5] In 1989, at age two, Unbridled won the What A Pleasure Stakes and placed in all six of his starts. At age three, ridden by jockey Pat Day, he won the Grade I Florida Derby by four lengths, then finished second behind Summer Squall in the Blue Grass Stakes. He then won America's most prestigious race, the Kentucky Derby, by 3½ lengths with jockey Craig Perret, while Summer Squall finishing second. He finished second in the Preakness Stakes to Summer Squall, and finished fourth without Lasix in the Belmont Stakes to the Irish colt Go And Go. In the fall, ridden by Day, Unbridled won the 1¼ mile Breeders' Cup Classic at Belmont Park in 2:02.20 minutes. His performances for the year earned him the prestigious Eclipse Award as champion three-year-old male of 1990.

When Unbridled won the Derby, a network television camera in the Churchill Downs stands captured his trainer, Carl Nafzger, giving the horse's elderly owner, Frances Genter, a stretch call because of her poor vision. Nafzger shouted, "He's going to win! He's going to win! Oh, Mrs. Genter, I love you!"

Racing as a four-year-old, Unbridled won the Deputy Minister Handicap at Gulfstream Park and placed second behind Summer Squall in the Fayette Handicap at Keeneland Race Course. Unbridled lost four of six meetings with rival Summer Squall.

Stud record

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Unbridled sired 292 runners that produced 183 winners (38 of those stakes winners) out of 437 foals, earning over $31 million by 2000. Ten of his offspring were Grade I stakes winners, four were classic winners, and three received Eclipse Awards. Unbridled is the last Kentucky Derby winner to sire another Derby winner: Grindstone, that won the Kentucky Derby in 1996.

Unbridled is also the last stallion to have sired at least one winner in each of the American Triple Crown races (first for each listed): Grindstone, Kentucky Derby, 1996; Red Bullet, Preakness Stakes, 2000; and Empire Maker, Belmont Stakes, 2003.

Some of Unbridled's other offspring include:

  • Colts/Horses: Unbridled's Song, Eddington, Anees, Unshaded, Saarland, Mustanfar, Symphony Sid, Rebridled, Malabar Gold, Unbridled Jet, Unbridled's Image, Niigon, Greed is Good, Wheelaway, Unrestricted, Broken Vow, Pupil, and Uncoupled.
  • Fillies/Mares: Banshee Breeze, Halfbridled, Exogenous, Santa Catarina, Surya, Lady Ballade, Happily Unbridled, Boom Town Girl, Unrestrained, Manistique, and Belterra.

Unbridled was grandsire through Unbridled's Song of the filly Eight Belles, who finished second at the 2008 Kentucky Derby but broke both front pasterns at the finish and was euthanized on the track, and of the colt Arrogate, who won the 2016 Breeders' Cup Classic and placed first in the World's Best Racehorse Rankings for that year. By his daughter Oatsee, he was also the broodmare sire of Shackleford, winner of the 2011 Preakness Stakes.

One of Grindstone's foals, Birdstone, upset Smarty Jones to win the 2004 Belmont Stakes. Birdstone, in turn, sired Mine That Bird, a gelding that won the 2009 Kentucky Derby, and Summer Bird, a colt that won the 2009 Belmont Stakes. Empire Maker, which won the 2003 Belmont Stakes, sired Pioneerof the Nile, who placed behind his cousin Mine That Bird in the 2009 Kentucky Derby, and eventually sired American Pharoah, the first-ever winner of the Grand Slam of Thoroughbred racing in 2015. American Pharoah gave Unbridled the honour of four generations of Triple Crown race winners.

Death

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In September 2001, Unbridled underwent two operations at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, near Lexington, Kentucky, to be treated for intestinal issues. He underwent his first surgery on September 21, where three feet of his intestine was removed. Five days removed from the first surgery, he suffered a setback, and underwent a second surgery on September 26. Unbridled recovered again and was sent home to Claiborne Farm on October 8. On October 19, 2001, at 6:00 PM, Unbridled was euthanized at the clinic after a severe bout of colic, with his condition being deemed inoperable.[6]

Unbridled was laid to rest at Claiborne Farm.[7]

Pedigree

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Pedigree of Unbridled (USA), bay stallion, 1987[1]
Sire
Fappiano (USA)
1977 		Mr. Prospector (USA)
1970　 		Raise a Native Native Dancer
Raise You
Gold Digger Nashua
Sequence
Killaloe (USA)
1970 		Dr Fager Rough'n Tumble
Aspidistra
Grand Splendor Correlation
Cequillo
Dam
Gana Facil (USA)
1981 		Le Fabuleux (FR)
1961 		Wild Risk Rialto
Wild Violet
Anguar Verso
La Rochelle
Charedi (USA)
1976 		In Reality Intentionally
My Dear Girl
Magic Buckpasser
Aspidistra (Family: 1-r)[3]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Balmont pedigree". Equineline.
  2. ^ Spencer, Clark (1 November 1991). "Unbridled, Summer Squall to bring their fabled rivalry to Classic end". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  3. ^ a b "The Prairie Bird – Family 1-r". Thoroughbred Bloodlines.
  4. ^ "Unbridled Could be a Ringing Success".
  5. ^ "Florida Horseman Tony Barnard Dead". www.bloodhorse.com. October 4, 2007.
  6. ^ "kentucky-derby-winner-unbridled-euthanized". BloodHorse. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  7. ^ "Unbridled". Claiborne Farm. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
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