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536:(Kentucky Oaks, Acorn). Longshot Champagne Room went to the early lead followed closely by Paradise Woods, with Forever Unbridled rating near the back of the main pack in sixth. The field bunched up rounding the final turn, then Forever Unbridled moved to the lead with Paradise Woods. The two battled down the stretch with Forever Unbridled gradually pulling clear. Abel Tasman, who had trailed the field early, made a late run to close to within a half length, with Paradise Woods three lengths further behind in third.
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Songbird. After stumbling at the break, Forever Unbridled settled into stride at the back of the four-horse field. Songbird set a sensible pace and had a comfortable lead as they rounded the turn, when Forever Unbridled started her move from five lengths
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Forever Unbridled the best horse he'd ever trained and commended Fipke for not retiring her when the bone chip was discovered. "Nine out of 10 guys would have retired her," he said. "But , being the sportsman he is (who) loves racing, wanted to see this happen for her. And he did."
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Distaff was considered closely matched between the older horse division led by Stellar Wind and Forever Unbridled against a competitive three-year-old division led by Elate (Alabama, Beldame Stakes), Paradise Woods (Santa Anita Oaks, Zenyatta Stakes) and
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Keeneland of October 17, in which she finished fifth. Forever Unbridled finally won her first stakes race in the Comely Stakes at Aqueduct on November 28.
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January 17, 2015, a race Unbridled Forever had won the year before. She settled in mid-pack in the early running then made a strong rally in the stretch to finish second to I'm a Chatterbox. She then finished third in both the
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Unbridled steadily closed the gap while racing in the middle of the track. In the final strides, Forever Unbridled moved to the lead and won by a neck.
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1294:"Forever Unbridled Scores Upset Win in Breeders' Cup Distaff"
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1369:"Forever Unbridled Aims For History in Dubai World Cup"
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1240:"Dual Jockey Fee Rule to Apply to Forever Unbridled"
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1269:"Forever Unbridled Reigns in Breeders' Cup Distaff"
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1161:"Forever Unbridled Makes Triumphant Return"
1086:"Beholder Noses Out Songbird in BC Distaff"
1010:"Let the Breeders' Cup Handicapping Begin!"
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1353:20 November
613:Gana Facil
534:Abel Tasman
156:$ 3,486,880
1437:Categories
1421:4 November
1416:Equineline
1329:2018-01-26
1304:4 November
1278:4 November
1249:4 November
1223:4 November
1198:4 November
1170:4 November
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993:4 November
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866:4 November
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812:4 November
784:4 November
752:References
650:Lucky Mel
642:=Chambord
555:Retirement
551:for 2017.
280:Liam's Map
253:Background
161:Major wins
1039:US Racing
677:Kingmambo
608:Killaloe
588:Unbridled
508:lengths.
476:bone chip
450:The 2016
391:Untapable
378:lengths.
148:18: 8-3-4
53:Unbridled
49:Grandsire
807:Equibase
779:Equibase
621:Charedi
595:Fappiano
568:Pedigree
460:Beholder
456:Songbird
344:for the
276:Arrogate
153:Earnings
1348:drf.com
733:*Keats
691:Miesque
503:⁄
442:⁄
402:⁄
373:⁄
191:(2017)
135:Trainer
117:Breeder
97:Country
69:Damsire
746:inbred
634:(IRE)
215:(2017)
207:Awards
202:(2017)
186:(2017)
181:(2016)
176:(2016)
169:(2015)
145:Record
107:Colour
89:Foaled
803:(PDF)
714:1995
673:1996
666:2003
628:1983
591:1987
584:1993
196:wins:
127:Owner
1423:2017
1398:2018
1355:2018
1306:2017
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1047:2016
1021:2016
995:2017
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632:Caro
578:Sire
462:and
336:and
286:and
269:and
245:and
83:Mare
39:Sire
660:Dam
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385:at
111:Bay
79:Sex
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