Noble Tune (USA)
Unbridled's Song - Serena's Cat (Storm Cat) bay, 2009 - height 16hh
- Millstream Farm - W. Cape
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Race Record
In USA, 4 wins, 1700-1800m at 2 and 3, in seven starts - all on turf
Timeform 114 at 2
at 2 WON G3 Pilgrim S. (1800m)
2nd Gr1 Breeder’s Cup Juvenile Turf (1600m)
at 3 WON G2 American Turf S. (1800m)
Sire Line
UNBRIDLED’S SONG – stakes winner of 5 races and $1,3m, G1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, G1 Florida Derby, G2 Wood Memorial S.; 2nd G2 Fountain of Youth S., G2 Peter Pan S. G2 Hutcheson S.
Sire of Champions of both sexes. Sire-of-sires incl First Defence, Dunkirk, Rockport Harbor, Even The Score, Songandaprayer, Political Force, Zensational, Noonmark, Half Ours, Emcee, Midshipsman, Mission Impazible, Arrogate, Liam’s Map, etc.
Notable progeny incl. Will Take Charge (10c – Dehere, Rubiano); Forever Unbridled (12f - Lemon Drop Kid, Tough Critic) and full sister to Unbridled Forever (11f); Unrivaled Belle (06f Bertrando, Don B.); Zensational (06f – Phone Trick, Forty Niner); Thorn Song (03c – Storm Bird, Secretariat); Midshipman (06c – Avenue Of Flags, Roberto); First Defence (04c – Seattle Slew, El Gran Senor); Octave (04f – Dr Carter, Tom Rolfe); Political Force (03c – Glitterman, Taylor’s Falls); Unbridled Elaine (98f – Taylor’s Falls, Bob’s Dusty); Magnificent Song (06f – Storm Cat, Round Table); Splendid Blended (02f – Valid Appeal, Iron Constitution); Marylebone (06f – Wavering Monarch, Silent Screen); Buddha (99c – Storm Cat, The Axe); Songandaprayer (06f – Premiership, Well Decorated); Emcee (08c – Ocean Crest, Pass The Tab); Graydar (09c – Dehere, Conquistador Cielo); Embur’s Song (07f – Bold Ruckus, The Minstrel); etc.
KIN-BREEDING: Unbridled’s Song is kinbred 4x5 *Magic x *Subterranean and 5x5 *Aspidistra x *Subterranean.
FAPPIANO-line sires in South Africa: Noble Tune (Unbridled’s Song)
Pedigree
| Unbridled's Song 1993 | Unbridled 1987 | Fappiano | Mr Prospector - Raise A Native |
| Killaloe - Dr Fager | |||
| Gana Facil | Le Fabuleux - Wild Risk | ||
| Charedi - In Reality | |||
| Trolley Song 1983 | Caro | Fortino - Grey Sovereign | |
| Chambord - Chamossaire | |||
| Lucky Spell | Lucky Mel - Olympia | ||
| Incantation - Prince Blessed | |||
| Serena's Cat 2003 | Storm Cat 1983 | Storm Bird | Northern Dancer - Nearctic |
| South Ocean - New Providence | |||
| Terlingua | Secretariat - Bold Ruler | ||
| Crimson Saint - Crimson Satan | |||
| Serena's Tune 1998 | Mr Prospector | Raise A Native - Native Dancer | |
| Gold Digger - Nashua | |||
| Serena's Song | Rahy - Blushing Groom | ||
| Imagining - Northfields |
Pedigree
The essence of the pedigree is represented by the third dam, champion filly Serena’s Song. Her sire Blushing Groom, with her third dam Pat’s Irish. Her dam being by Dancer’s Image, out of a mare by Northfields – whose grandam is full sister to the one of Dancer’s Image. The female line has a strong Gr1-record with matings to Habitat, who is half brother to Northfields.
Suitable Lines
Suitable mares for Noble Tune could include
- descendants from his own female line, both close up and remote, notably King Of Kings, Caesour;
- Habitat (Tara’s Halls, Count duBois, Doowaley, King Of Kings, etc.), Northfields (Atso, Pathfork), Dancer’s Image (Spectrum);
- Abernant, Tudor Minstrel, Challenger (all widespread) – and kin-related Mixed Marriage (Gone West, Known Fact, Zafonic, Sharpen Up, etc.) and Court Martial who belongs in the same kin-camp (notably in Lyphard, but widespread);
- Dalmary female line descendants, incl Sadler’s Wells (notably King Of Kings), Nureyev (notably Caesour), Fairy King (notably Tara’s Halls, with damsire Habitat), Golden Thatch (esp combined with Royal Prerogative), Waterville Lake;
- Blushing Groom (Rahy/Giant’s Causeway, Jallad, Spectrum, etc);
- Royal Charger, notably Turn To (Hail To Reason, Sir Gaylord); etc.
(posted 2014)
Sales Analysis
| BORN | colt avg | sold | SI | filly avg | sold | SI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 125,588 | 17 | 0.81 | 55,667 | 15 | 0.67 |
| 2016 | 116,923 | 13 | 0.97 | 82,895 | 19 | 0.49 |
| 2017 | 97,273 | 11 | 0.42 | 48,571 | 7 | 0.29 |
| 2018 | 40,833 | 6 | 0.42 | 34,167 | 3 | 0.38 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 25,000 | 1 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stamina
by highest winning distance of 3yo and up (the higher the count, the more reliable the %)
| 800/1399m | 14/1600m | 16/1999m | 20/2399m | 2400m+ | count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22% | 42% | 16% | 17% | 4% | 77 |
Best Rated Offspring
(SA only)
| horse | wins (SW) | places (SP) | stakes | AR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Mountain 17c | 4 (0) | 6 (4) | R 772,100 | 109 |
| Noble Joshua 15c | 5 (0) | 2 (0) | R 381,025 | 103 |
| White Lightning 15c | 1 (0) | 11 (2) | R 325,750 | 103 |
| Paths Of Victory 15c | 5 (1) | 6 (1) | R 647,450 | 102 |
| Play Another Tune 15c | 1 (0) | 3 (0) | R 153,125 | 100 |
| Fire And Ice 17c | 3 (0) | 3 (0) | R 195,450 | 99 |
| Fight Song 17c | 4 (1) | 8 (3) | R 438,100 | 98 |
| Noble City 19c | 3 (0) | 2 (0) | R 354,138 | 94 |
| Blush Of Dawn 16f | 6 (0) | 12 (0) | R 503,875 | 94 |
| Waiting For Summer 18c | 2 (0) | 5 (1) | R 171,088 | 94 |
The Power Of Ratings
Colts
| AR Band | < 59 | 59 - 69 | 70 - 79 | 80 - 89 | 90 - 99 | > 99 | > 79 | > 89 | count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Colts | 27% | 18% | 26% | 18% | 7% | 3% | 29% | 11% | 25,504 |
| Noble Tune | 20% | 18% | 34% | 14% | 8% | 6% | 27% | 14% | 88 |
Fillies
| AR Band | < 54 | 54 - 64 | 65 - 74 | 75 - 84 | 85 - 94 | > 94 | > 74 | > 84 | count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Fillies | 28% | 18% | 26% | 20% | 7% | 2% | 29% | 9% | 24,968 |
| Noble Tune | 21% | 23% | 38% | 12% | 6% | 0% | 18% | 6% | 78 |
Black Type Offspring
with best career rating by distance category:
1000-1399m/14-1600m/1601-1999m/20-2399m/2400m+
Stud Analysis
Colts
- SSI 0.95
- Stamina 1651m
- Stakes Wins 5%
- Black Type 10% winners/runners% 53%
| born | foals | rnrs | wnrs | w/r% | SW | SW/r% | BT | BT/r% | wins | SSI | AR | Stamina |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 23 | 22 | 13 | 59% | 1 | 5% | 3 | 14% | 26 | 0.83 | 78 | 1685m |
| 2016 | 29 | 21 | 6 | 29% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 12 | 0.54 | 68 | 1667m |
| 2017 | 23 | 20 | 13 | 65% | 1 | 5% | 2 | 10% | 31 | 0.8 | 74 | 1715m |
| 2018 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 65% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 5% | 38 | 0.74 | 73 | 1642m |
| 2019 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 33% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 6 | 2.14 | 56 | 1800m |
| 2020 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 50% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0.62 | 58 | 1400m |
Fillies
- SSI 0.56
- Stamina 1599m
- Stakes Wins 0%
- Black Type 7% winners/runners% 38%
| born | foals | rnrs | wnrs | w/r% | SW | SW/r% | BT | BT/r% | wins | SSI | AR | Stamina |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 23 | 21 | 6 | 29% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 10 | 0.65 | 58 | 1433m |
| 2016 | 33 | 27 | 9 | 33% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 25 | 0.79 | 63 | 1606m |
| 2017 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 43% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 7% | 13 | 0.66 | 70 | 1493m |
| 2018 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 64% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 17 | 0.8 | 59 | 1461m |
| 2019 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0.4 | 58 | 2000m |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0.06 | 44 | 0m |
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