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CHESTNUT FILLY Barn 8 Hip No. 1242 Consigned by Bluewater Sales LLC, Agent III Hip No. CHESTNUT FILLY Barn 1242 Foaled March 20, 2019 8 Unbridled Unbridled's Song .................. Trolley Song Arrogate ................................ Distorted Humor Bubbler .................................. Grechelle CHESTNUT FILLY Fappiano Quiet American .................... Demure Absinthe Minded .................. (2007) Great Above Rockford Peach .................... Strawberry Skyline By ARROGATE (2013). Champion, black-type winner of 7 races at 3 and 4, $17,422,600, Pegasus World Cup Invitational S. [G1] (GP, $7,000,000)- ntr, Breeders' Cup Classic [G1] (SA, $3,300,000), Travers S. [G1] (SAR, $670,000)-ntr, Emirates Airline Dubai World Cup [G1] , 2nd TVG Pacific Classic S. [G1] (DMR, $200,000). Half-brother to black-type winner Osare. His first foals are yearlings of 2020 . Son of black-type winner Unbridled's Song, leading sire, sire of 117 black-type winners, 5 champions. 1st dam ABSINTHE MINDED , by Quiet American. 6 wins, 3 to 5, $607,747, Bayakoa S. [L] (OP, $60,000) twice, Pippin S. [L] (OP, $45,000), 2nd Apple Blos - som H. [G1] (OP, $100,000), Shuvee H. [G2] (BEL, $30,000), 3rd Apple Blossom H. [G1] (OP, $50,000), Hill 'N' Dale Molly Pitcher S. [G2] (MTH, $25,000), Azeri S. [G3] (OP, $15,000). Dam of 3 other registered foals, 3 of racing age, including a 2-year-old of 2020, 2 to race, 2 winners-- Sara Sea (f. by Tiznow). Winner at 3 and 4, 2020, $152,633. La Fee Verte (f. by Tiznow). 3 wins at 3 and 4, $96,137. 2nd dam ROCKFORD PEACH, by Great Above. 9 wins, 3 to 7, $252,094. Dam of-- ABSINTHE MINDED (f. by Quiet American). Black-type winner, above. Baseline. 7 wins at 3 and 5, $251,960. Diamondcoat. 6 wins, 3 to 5, 2020, $230,251. Choctaw Charlie. 12 wins, 2 to 6, $220,085. Starship Marquis. Winner at 4 and 5, $62,696. 3rd dam STRAWBERRY SKYLINE, by Hatchet Man. Unraced. Dam of-- EL ORDENADOR . 16 wins, 2 to 5, $443,977, champion older horse twice in Puerto Rico, Clasico Confederacion Hipica de Puerto Rico [L], Copa Budweiser [LR], Clasico Eugenio Maria de Hostos [LR], Clasico Luiz Munoz Marin [LR], Clasico Dia del Veterano [LR], 2nd Clasico Interna - cional del Caribe [L], Derby Puertorriqueno [LR], Copa Gobernador [LR], Clasico Navidad [LR], Puerto Rico Futurity [LR], Clasico Luis Munoz Marin [LR], Clasico Antonio R. Barcelo [LR], 3rd Copa San Juan [LR], Clasico Antonio R. Barcelo [LR]. New York Rainbow. 9 wins, 3 to 6, $259,386. Producer. 4th dam DRYLOOK, by *Sky High II. 4 wins at 2 and 3, $11,746. Half-sister to AD - DEMUP , No Neck ($346,924), Amy Michelle . Dam of 4 winners, incl.-- WIMBORNE SKY . 5 wins, 2 to 5, $160,616, Mount Vernon S. [LR], 2nd [Q], 3rd Mount Vernon S.-LR, Key Largo S. [O], Gardenia S., [Q]. Producer. Engagements: E.B.F., Breeders' Cup. Foaled in Kentucky..
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