Halfbridled


Halfbridled is a dark bay or brown Thoroughbred racehorse. She is best known as the 2003 Eclipse Champion Two-Year-Old Filly.

Background

Halfbridled is a bay mare bred by in Kentucky by the French-based Wertheimer et Frere, who also owned her during her racing career. She was sired by Unbridled, winner of the 1990 Kentucky Derby and Eclipse Eclipse Champion Three-Year-Old Male, and was out of the Deputy Minister mare Half Queen.
She was trained by Richard E. Mandella.

Racing career

Juvenile Championship Season

Following a victorious debut in a Maiden Special Weight race at Del Mar Racetrack, Halfbridled contested the Grade I Del Mar Debutante Stakes, where she defeated five opponents including Hollywood Story and Victory USA. She then went to a Breeders' Cup prep race, the 1 1/16 miles Grade II Oak Leaf Stakes at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. In the Oak Leaf, she faced six others including Hollywood Story again.
Entering the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies undefeated, Halfbridled went to the gate on October 25, 2003, as the 2-1 favorite in a field of fourteen. She drew the farthest post from the rail, #14. She won under her usual jockey, Hall of Fame rider Julie Krone.
For her impressive efforts of racing, Halfbridled was named the Eclipse Champion 2-Year-Old Filly.

Later Career and Retirement

Halfbridled made her sophomore debut in the Santa Anita Oaks, finishing second behind Composure. Next she contested the Beaumont Stakes, again finishing second in what was her final race. After the Beaumont Stakes, it was discovered that Halfbridled had sustained an injury to her canon bone and would be sidelined for the rest of the season. The following November, after supposedly healing from her injury, Halfbridled returned to training to prepare for the 2005 racing season. During a gallop it was realized that the filly never truly healed from her injury, and the decision was made to retire her.

Breeding record

After her retirement from racing, Halfbridled began her career as a broodmare. She delivered her first foal, a bay filly by Giant's Causeway, in 2007. She was later sent to Europe.
Her offspring include: