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[email protected] Pedigree Analysis Dunkirk Picks Up Unbridled’s Song’s Torch s the calendar flips over to it (Banshee Breeze), and Quiet Aa new year, it’s always edu- American did well with it (Real cational to look at the top fresh- Quiet). Unbridled’s Song sired man sires—those with their first four grade I winners with In Real- crop of 2-year-olds—and see how ity in their dams (Political Force, this crop is unfolding. To date Splendid Blended, Unrivaled the leader is Dunkirk, by a mar- Belle, and Unbridled Elaine). gin of almost $400,000 ahead of Dunkirk’s other graded stakes Pioneerof the Nile. Colonel John, winner, Dunkin Bend, is out of a Diabolical, and Kodiak Kowboy mare by Vindication, which makes round out the top five. him inbred 4x3 to Seattle Slew, the Dunkirk has 14 juvenile win- sire of both A.P. Indy and Vindi- ASUNCION PINEYRUA ners, tied with other freshmen Di- cation. This inbreeding to Seattle Dunkirk abolical and Kodiak Kowboy, but Slew along the “inside” of a pedi- Dunkirk’s winners include a pair gree, through broodmare sires, is a tional, a more accomplished offspring of Unbridled’s of graded stakes winners, Havana successful pattern and has worked Song, topped this sire class when he entered stud the and Dunkin Bend. Havana won well with other stallions carrying same year at a fee of $25,000. Another, the grade II the Foxwoods Champagne Stakes Seattle Slew in their dam’s sire in- winner Old Fashioned, retired that season and stood (gr.