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ST NICHOLAS ABBEY WORSENS P13 SATURDAY, JULY 27, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here UNBRIDLED’S SONG (1993-2013) ‘PALACE’ FACES TOUGH BUNCH IN DANDY Leading sire Unbridled's Song (Unbridled--Trolley Dogwood Stable=s Palace Malice (Curlin) will face as Song, by Caro {Ire}) was euthanized Friday at Rood and many as nine opponents in his first start back since a Riddle Equine Hospital due to complications from a breakthrough performance in the June 8 GI Belmont S. brain tumor. He was 20. A $200,000 FTSAUG yearling in Saratoga=s GII Jim Dandy S. The bay broke his purchase in 1994 by Ernie Paragallo's Paraneck Stable, maiden second out over the big grey first made headlines when he was turned this strip last August, but back after a hammer price of $1.4 million at Barretts didn=t quite live up to his the following March. He capped his first season on the early promise until he track with a win in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile and finished a close second added impressive victories in the GI Florida Derby and in Keeneland=s GI Toyota GI Wood Memorial S. at three on his way to earning Blue Grass S. Apr. 13. over $1.3 million. From 14 crops of racing age, Fading to 12th after Unbridled's Song has sired an even 100 black-type setting a supersonic pace winners to date. Topping that array are Breeders' Cup in the GI Kentucky Derby winners Midshipman, Unbridled Elaine and Unrivaled May 4, the Todd Pletcher Belle. "Unbridled=s Song was majestic from the trainee was again close beginning,@ said Taylor Made President & CEO Duncan to swift splits at Big Taylor. ARarely are there horses that are supposed to be Sandy, but had the most great from the beginning and actually are. Unbridled=s left late to best Song was one of those great horses. He had it GI Preakness S. winner Palace Malice NYRA/Coglianese all--looks, pedigree, speed, and presence.@ Taylor and GI Haskell continued, "Our team loved him from the beginning. I Invitational contender appreciate and am proud of the job our team did with Oxbow (Awesome Again) by 3 1/4 lengths. Despite its the management of this magnificent horse. I would also lucrative $600,000 purse, the Jim Dandy serves as a like to thank the breeders and owners who supported prep for the Aug. 24 GI Travers S. AI think we need a and helped him become a great stallion." Cont. p3 bridge from the Belmont to the Travers, and this is a good place to do it,@ said Pletcher, whose five previous wins in this race count as a record. AThe Jim Dandy on its own is a very significant race, and we=re not using it as a prep. We=re hoping to run well here and move forward to the Travers.@ Cont. p10 Unbridled’s Song (1993-2013) Horsephotos You can also pick up a copy of the TDN today at Saratoga Race Course. Which ONE will you be looking for at Saratoga? Will you be looking for a yearling by the Number ONE Sire of Stakes Winners or by the Number ONE Sire of G1 Winners or by the Number ONE Sire of Graded Stakes Horses or by the Number ONE Sire of Stakes Horses There’s only ONE Sire, Kitten’s Joy, who can make all these claims. There’s only ONE place to find his yearlings at Saratoga: with Taylor Made at Barn 7A-B. 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VI & QE Diamond S.-G1, ASC (brisnet.com PPs) HRTV [email protected] 1 1:30a Prix de Psyche-G3, DVL Sean Cronin 3:03p Prioress S.-GI, SAR (brisnet.com PPs) HR/TVG Tom Frary 3:55p Ohio Derby-GIII, TDN (brisnet.com PPs) ----- 5:12p Diana S.-GI, SAR (brisnet.com PPs) HR/TVG 5:45p Jim Dandy S.-GII, SAR (brisnet.com PPs) HR/TVG 8:42p San Diego H.-GII, DMR (brisnet.com PPs) TVG TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/27/13 • PAGE 3 of 13 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Unbridled=s Song Passes Away cont. Hit Song... A grandson of multiple Grade III winner Lucky Spell and hailing from the family of GI Washington DC International hero Seattle Song (Seattle Slew), Unbridled=s Song was from the first crop of champion Unbridled (Fappiano), and sold for $200,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Yearling Sale in 1994. He was prepped for the Barretts March Sale the following spring and turned many heads with a flawless breeze at Fairplex. AHe was the best-looking horse there at Saratoga,@ said Buzz Chace, who was the racing manager for Paraneck at the time. AHe had the attitude, and a beautiful, beautiful walk on him.@ Though he was knocked down for $1.4 million to Japanese owner Hiroshi Fujita, a post-sale examination revealed a flake in his left front ankle, and the rangy grey was taken back by Ernie Paragallo. AWe sold an awful lot of 2-year-olds that year,@ Chace added. AWhen I flew back home, the sales company called and said, >We have a problem.= I was sick when I called Ernie, but he told me, >We have no problem.= He was special from the first time they put the tack on him.@ Turned over to trainer James Ryerson, Unbridled=s Song had the backstretch buzzing in the mornings, and was 3-5 when he ultimately made his career debut at Saratoga in late August He earned a 118 Beyer Speed Figure for what would (video). He earned a 92 be his career finale. A cannon bone fracture forced his Beyer Speed Figure for retirement to Taylor Made, and Unbridled=s Song that 8 1/2-length headed to the farm with a bankroll of $1,311,800. triumph and, though AI am at Saratoga today and everything is coming only fourth behind back to me,@ Ryerson recollected Friday afternoon. AHe eventual champion was definitely a life-changer to my career. I was lucky Unbridled’s Song (rail) wins ‘95 BC Maria=s Mon in the enough through Buzz Chace and Ernie Paragallo to get Juvenile Horsephotos GI Champagne S., the opportunity to train him, and I will always be outbattled Hennessy to prevail in the GI Breeders= Cup thankful to them for that chance. [Unbridled=s Song] Juvenile contested over a muddy Belmont strip (video). was an absolute pleasure to be around. As a sire, he Second at odds-on in each of his first two sophomore was a nice horse in the stall, even though he was a bit appearances in the GII Hutcheson S. and GII Fountain high-strung to train and to walk. He was a very gifted of Youth S., Unbridled=s Song turned things around horse who didn=t have the length of career that you like dramatically in the GI Florida Derby, romping by 5 3/4 to see, but he was able to carry on his greatness at lengths over Editor=s Note and Skip Away while stud. Taylor Made did a great job managing him stopping the clock in 1:47 4/5 and notching a 114 throughout his career.