Unbridled Express, sired by Unbridled’s Song out of the Sky Classic mare Skye Castles, hails from an elite family that includes Breeders’ Cup Mile winner Tourist, multiple Grade 1 winner Agnes World, and Champion Japan sprinter Hishi Akebono. As a juvenile, he placed in the Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes behind Circular Quay and Scat Daddy.
A leading sire in Indiana, Unbridled Express boasts 74% winners from starters, 10% black-type stakes winners, and 21% black-type stakes horses. He ranks among Indiana’s Top 5 Lifetime Sires by progeny earnings, with his offspring amassing $8.48 million and averaging $84,886 per runner— the highest in the state.
He also holds Top 10 rankings in Indiana by winners (#10), black-type winners (#2), and black-type performers (#2). His standout progeny include 2019 Indiana Horse of the Year Unbridled Class, stakes winners Max Express, Derby Express, Express Run, and Mystery Unbridled.
Pedigree
Fappiano
b. 1977
Unbridled's Song
gr/ro. 2004
Unbridled
b. 1987
Gana Facil
ch. 1981
Trolley Song
gr/ro. 1983
Caro (IRE)
gr. 1967
Lucky Spell
b. 1971
UNBRIDLED
EXPRESS
Skye Castles
ch. 1996
Nijinsky (CAN)
b. 1967
Sky Classic (CAN)
ch. 1987
No Class (CAN)
b. 1974
My Sea Castles
b. 1991
Polish Navy
b. 1984
Mysteries
b. 1986
Race Record
5: 1-1-2
At 2: 2nd Hopeful Stakes (G1); winner MSW
2024 Stallion Rankings
Here is how Unbridled Express ranked amongst all Indiana stallions in 2024:
#2
Progeny Earnings
#2
Winners
Progeny
Sire of 10 Black Type Winners
UNBRIDLED CLASS
2019 Indiana Horse of the Year
Winner of $100,000 Merrillville Stakes (Black Type)
Winner of $75,000 Nelson J. Menard Memorial Stakes (Black Type)
2nd Mari Hulman George Memorial Stakes
2nd Shelby County Stakes (x2)
2nd Richmond Stakes (x2) (Black Type)
2nd Lady Fog Horn Stakes
MAX EXPRESS
Winner of $150,000 To Much Coffee Stakes (Black Type)
Winner of $100,000 Empire Stakes
2nd A. J. Foyt Stakes (Black Type)
2nd Bucchero Stakes (Black Type)
3rd To Much Coffee Stakes (Black Type)
3rd Empire Stakes
3rd Unreachable Star Stakes
3rd Sagamore Sired Stakes
DERBY EXPRESS
Winner of $85,000 Crown Ambassador Stakes (Black Type)
Winner of $85,000 Indiana Futurity (Black Type)
Winner of $100,000 Snack Stakes (Black Type)
2nd A. J. Foyt Stakes
2nd Gus Grissom Stakes (x2)
3rd Mountaineer Juvenile Stakes (Listed)
EXPRESS RUN
Winner of $150,000 Frances Slocum Stakes (Black Type)
2nd Ellen's Lucky Star Stakes (Black Type)
2nd Richmond Stakes
3rd Indiana Stallion Stakes (Black Type)
3rd Miss Indiana Stakes (Black Type)
3rd Florence Henderson Stakes (Black Type)
3rd Richmond Stakes
MYSTERY UNBRIDLED
Winner of To Much Coffee Stakes (Black Type)
2nd Gus Grissom Stakes
ACE OF ACES
Winner of $100,000 Hillsdale Stakes (Black Type)
Winner of $100,000 Crown Ambassador Stakes (Black Type)
Winner of $100,000 Snack Stakes
2nd Hoosier Breeders Sophomore Stakes (Black Type)
3rd Sagamore Sired Stakes
UNBRIDLED VICTORY
Winner of $100,000 Indiana Stallion Fillies Stakes (Black Type)
2nd Shelby County Stakes
EXPRESS MODEL
Winner of $85,000 Indiana Stallion Stakes (Black Type)
2nd Miss Indiana Stakes (Black Type)
3rd Silverbulletday Stakes (Listed)
3rd Swifty Sired Fillies Stakes (Black Type)
3rd Ellen's Lucky Star Stakes (Black Type)
UNION EXPRESS
Winner of $85,000 Sagamore Sired Stakes (Black Type)
SUPER JEN
Winner of $100,000 Indiana Stallion Stakes (Black Type)
Black Type Placed Horses include:
Cash Logistics, Sudden Shift, Corona Grande, Son of a Nut, Kingsbury Road