Unbridled

Unbridled (borm 1987 - October 18, 2001) was a champion American thoroughbred racehorse.

The colt was sired by Fappiano (10 wins in 17 starts) and his dam Gana Facil, by Le Fabuleux. At age two, Unbridled won the What A Pleasure Stakes. At age three in 1990, he won the Florida Derby, the Kentucky Derby, and was second in the Preakness Stakes. In the fall, he won the Breeders' Cup Classic at Belmont Park. His performance for the year earned him the Eclipse Award as Champion 3-year-old male.

Racing as a four year old, he won the Deputy Minister Handicap at Gulfsteam Park. Unbridled retired with a career record of 8 wins, 6 places and 6 shows in 24 starts. He earned $4,489,475 from 2 to 4 years of age on the racetrack.

In September of 2001, the horse underwent two operations at Hagyard-Davidson-McGee veterinary clinic, near Lexington, Kentucky. He was euthanized at the clinic after a severe bout of colic.

Unbridledhad sired 292 runners that produced 183 winners (30 of those stakes winners and 5 were 2yo.) out of 437 foals earning over $31 million by 2000. His offspring have been Breeders' Cup, Triple Crown and Grade 1 Stakes winners. Some of these horses include:

• Colts/Horses: Unbridled's Song, Grindstone, Empire Maker, Eddington, Red Bullet, Anees, Unshaded, Saarland, Mustanfar, Rebridled, Malabar Gold, Unbridled Jet, Niigon, Greed is Good and Pupil.

• Fillies/Mares: Banshee Breeze, Halfbridled, Exogenous, Broken Vow, Santa Catarina, Surya, Lady Ballade, Happily Unbridled, Boom Town Girl, Unrestrained, Manistique and Belterra.