$1.3 Million Unbridled’s Song Colt Top Opening Night at FTSAR
A yearling colt by Unbridled’s Song out of the Storm Cat mare Queen’s Lady brought $1.3 million on opening night of the 2006 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale. It was the highest final bid of the first session of the historic auction.
John Ferguson signed the ticket for Sheikh Mohammed and commented after the purchase:
“He has great confirmation and is very athletic. We expected he’d bring about what he brought. He’s by a very good sire. He’s a natural athlete; I’m looking forward to having him in training next year”.
The colt’s dam is a full sister to the dam of champion Folklore. He is also further evidence of the potency of the Unbridled’s Song-Storm Cat cross. He is the second seven figure yearling by Unbridled’s Song out of daughter of Storm Cat and, should he win a stake, he would become Unbridled’s Song’s fifth blacktype winner out of Storm Cat mare. The Unbridled’s Song-Storm Cat cross has already produced G1 winner Buddha, G3 winner Magnificent Song, and the stakes winners Be Like Mike and Half Ours.
Unbridled’s Song has now been represented by at least one seven figure yearling in each of his first eight crops offered and a total of 15 that have brought $1 million or more
Four $1 Million Yearlings for Unbridled’s Song at Keeneland September 2005
On September 12, Janet Patton of the Lexington-Herald Leader wrote of the opening of the 2005 Keenelend September Sale: “The best sires in the world, among them Storm Cat, A. P. Indy, Sadler’s Wells, Unbridled’s Song and Gone West, are represented by their glossy offspring.”
Unbridled’s Song once again proved worthy of inclusion in that select group of stallions with four yearlings $1 million plus yearlings in the opening sessions of the prestigious sale.
There were at total of 38 seven figure yearlings sold the first two days of the September Sale, sired by 12 individual stallions. Only Storm Cat and A. P. Indy, sired more than Unbridled’s Song’s four $1 million hips.
Hip #206, an Unbridled’s Song colt out of the multiple stakes producer Escrow Agent, commanded $1.7 million, the fourth highest colt of Day One. John Ferguson signed to ticket for Sheikh Mohammed on that one.
Those connections also purchased Hip #62 for $1.5 million, an Unbridled’s Song colt out of the multiple stakes producer Roll Over Baby.
“He was a particularly athlethic horse, very nice and correct so we’re delighted to have him,” Mr. Ferguson said of the colt, the seventh highest priced colt of the opening session.
On Day Two of the September Sale John Ferguson signed the tickets on two more sensational Unbridled’s Song yearlings. The Darley Team went to $1.6 million for Hip #494, and Unbridled’s Song filly out of G1 winner Golden Ballet. Earlier in the day Mr. Ferguson signed the ticket for an even $1 million for hip #450, a colt out of the multiple stakes producer Cruising Haven.
Unbridled’s Song has now sired at least one seven figure yearling from his each of his first seven crops and a total of 14 such yearlings
$2.8 Million Colt, $1.25 Million Filly at Keeneland September 2004
Over the past decade, Coolmore and Godolphin have engaged in many bidding wars for the world’s top yearlings. The opening day of the 2004 Keeneland September Sale was no different. Demi O’Byrne, bidding for Michael Tabor and Coolmore, outlasted Godolphin representative John Ferguson for Hip #241, a striking Unbridled’s Song colt out of the multiple stakes-producing mare Cruising Haven. The final price was $2.8 million.
“I thought we’d have to pay that much for him. He’s a lovely horse,” O’Byrne told reporters after the purchase. “I thought he was maybe one of the best horses in the sale. He had lovely quality and he’s a great mover.”
The $2.8 million final bid was the second highest of the opening session of the world’s largest yearling sale. That figure also represents the highest bid yet garnered for an Unbridled’s Song yearling at auction.
On day two at Keeneland, Elizabeth Moran of Brushwood Stables purchased an Unbridled’s Song filly for $1.25 million. The stunning filly is a half-sister to the popular grade one-winning gelding Affirmed Success. The $1.25 million price tag was the highest for any filly in Session Two.
Unbridled’s Song Leading Sire by Average at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga 2004
The 2004 Fasig-Tipton July Sale proved once again that Unbridled’s Song is one of the country’s most consistent commercial stallions. Five Unbridled’s Song yearlings were offered (3 colts and 2 fillies) and all five sold for an average of $302,000. That average was tops among all stallions with three or more sold. Another Taylor Made stallion, Forestry, ranked second with an average of $275,000.
$900,000 Unbridled’s Song Colt at Fasig Tipton Calder
Renowned bloodstock agent Buzz Chace went to $900,000 to secure an Unbridled’s Song-Vennila Cream juvenile colt at the 2004 Fasg-Tipton Calder sale. In 2004, other juveniles by Unbridled’s Song commanded prices of $375,000, $260,000, etc.
Another Solid September For Unbridled’s Song
Nine yearlings by Unbridled’s Song brought $300,000 or more at the 2003 Keeneland September Sale, including:
A $500,000 colt out of Future Bright, purchased by Mike Ryan, agent.
A $475,000 filly out of Runaway Spy purchased by Bob and Beverly Lewis. Consignor Joe Seitz described the filly as “one of those horses that looks like a statue, she’s so perfectly conformed.”
A $470,000 colt out of Regal Miss Copelan purchased by Fox Hill Farm.
A $400,000 filly out of D’youville Nurse purchased by My Meadow View Farm.
Unbridled’s Song’s Summer Yearlings Average $482,222
Prior to 2003, four yearling crops by 1995 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Unbridled’s Song have gone through auction rings around the country. They have never averaged less than $250,000 and, based on the results so far in 2003, that streak is likely to remain intact. Nine Unbridled’s Song yearlings sold over the summer of 2003 inlcuding:
A $1.4 million colt out of Canadian Champion Silken Cat, purchased by John Oxley at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga.
An $800,000 colt out of Stephanie’s Road, purchased by John Moynihan, agt at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga.
A $750,000 colt out of La Gueriere, purchased by BTA Stable at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga.
A $400,000 colt out of Verbal Volley, purchased by Barry Berkelhammer, agt at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga.
A $350,000 filly out of Chartreuse, purchased by Fleetwood/NW Mgt. at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga.
A $310,000 colt out of Bursting Forth, purchased by Michael Ueltzen at Fasig-Tipton July.
Unbridled’s Song 2YO brings $875,000 at Keeneland April
A juvenile colt from the 4th crop of Unbridled’s Song sold for $875,000 at the April 15 Keeneland Two Year-Old in Training Sale. The strapping half-brother to Belong to Me breezed in :21.1 the day before the sale to confirm his status atop the Becky Thomas consignment. “He, in my opinion, was at the top of our group and we had a very good group,” said Thomas after the sale. The colt was purchased by D. Wayne Lukas and John Moynihan for Robert and Beverly Lewis. “He has a great page and a great stud potential” Lukas said.
Fourteen juveniles, bred at $40,000 in 2000, have sold in 2003 for and average of $208,083. They include:
A $325,000 filly out of Forest Music at the Fasig-Tipton Calder sale.
A $260,000 filly out of Rockaroller at the Fasig-Tipton Maryland sale
A $220,000 colt out of Appealing Ms. Sword at the OBS March sale.
Two Unbridled’s Song Yearlings bring $1 Million in 2002
A colt out of Roll Over Baby brings $1.1 Million at Keeneland January.
A colt out of Wanda’s Dream brings $1 Million at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga.
Storm Cat, Gone West, Danzig, A. P. Indy, and Seeking the Gold are the only other stallions with multiple million-dollar yearlings in 2002
Overall, 2002 yearlings by Unbridled’s Song, bred at $40,000, averaged $262,143, including:
A colt out of Salty Gal, purchased by Toyomitsu Hirai for $800,000.
A filly out of Dreamscape, purchased by Robert and Beverly Lewis for $750,000.
A filly out of Desert Queen, purchaed by R. N. Scanlan for $725,000.
A colt out of Arctic Valley, purchased by Robert and Beverly Lewis for $700,000.
A colt out of Call Me Up, purchased by Robert C. Baker for $600,000.
A filly out of Rose Jade, purchased by Padua Stable for $525,000.
A filly out of Irish Coco, purchased by Aaron and Marie Jones for $500,000.
A filly out of Sonada, purahces by John Ferguson Bloodstock for $475,000.