Hip 271 boasts a birthday of Apr. 1, but there was no fooling around as the pale grey capped the proceedings at Calder yesterday with a bid of $1 million from John Ferguson. Bred in Kentucky by Sha-li Racing Associates, the son of Unbridled's Song was purchased at KEESEP for $450,000 by Robert LaPenta's Whitehorse Stables. He is out of Rubywood (Woodman), a half-sister to champion sprinter Rubiano (Fappiano) and to Tap Your Heels (Unbridled), the dam of leading freshman sire Tapit.
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