TORONTO, October 8, 2026 – Sunday’s $125,000 Display Stakes at Woodbine has drawn five starters, including Unbridled Freedom. Trained by Patrick Dixon for owner Colebrook Farms, Unbridled Freedom heads into the seven-furlong main track event for 2-year-olds off a pair of seconds in the U.S. The son of Title Ready out of the Medaglia d’Oro filly Unbridled Medaglia made his debut in a six-furlong sprint over the Ellis Park main track on Aug. 21. Sent off as the 2-1 choice in the field of 11, Unbridled Freedom, conditioned by Eddie Kenneally for the curtain-raising engagement, took control ahead of the half and went on to finish 1 ¾ lengths behind the winner in the race run in 1:11.59. In his most recent start, a six-furlong test over the Churchill Downs dirt, also under the tutelage of Kenneally, on Sept. 16, the bay colt rallied five-wide to secure the runner-up placing. “I thought he ran two very good races, and he was very professional in both,” said Dixon, who has already established a career-best seasonal mark in purse earnings. “The race he ran at Churchill, he came from the 10-hole, and he was wide the whole time. He never had a chance to tuck in and save any ground. You could see where it kind of cost him a couple of lengths, where he could have competed with the horse who won the race. He could only go so far so long going that wide. It wasn’t as though he gave up – he just didn’t have any more to give.” Unbridled Freedom and his groom Mark Spooner Dixon, who won the 2024 edition of the Display with Thundering, likes what he has seen from the latest addition to his barn. “He’s quite the gentleman to be around and he’s very good-tempered for a colt. He’s not overly big, but he’s stocky. He’s very well-built and he’s very well put together, proportionately, for his size. He’s also a very easy-going horse. “As long as there is a little bit of speed to run at on Sunday and he settles, it should work out for him. I think he gets the seven-eighths no problem and we will see how he handles the Poly. There are the two questions, but no matter the race, you will always have questions.” Bred in Kentucky by Charles Fipke, Unbridled Freedom was a $45,000 purchase at the 2025 Keeneland Association September Yearling Sale. Mark Spooner is the groom. Recent works: Unbridled Freedom covered three furlongs over the Woodbine main track in :40.80 on Oct. 7. “I have been galloping him myself,” said Dixon. “He has been doing everything that we have asked him to. For such a young horse, he has settled in well. He’s doing great.” Fast facts: Flying Atom won the first running in 1956. Bred by William J. Porter, the bay went 6-8-9 from 39 starts, along with $21,785 in purse earnings. Jockey Al Coy won the 1957 edition with Drummond, the 1958 running with Bull Vic and the 1960 race with Ramblin Wreck. Wagering menu for the Display: Rolling Double / Exacta / 0.20 Trifecta / 0.20 Superfecta / 0.20 Pick 3 (Races 7-8-9) / 0.20 Pick 4 (Races 7-8-9-10) / $1 Swinger. Field for the Display Stakes Post – Horse – Jockey – Trainer 1 – Verge – Daisuke Fukumoto – Barb Minshall 2 – Odenkirk (S) – Rafael Hernandez – Mark Casse 3 – Quipster – Pietro Moran – Kevin Attard 4 – Uncle Dodo – Daisuke Fukumoto – Barb Minshall 5 – Unbridled Freedom – Fraser Aebly – Patrick Dixon -30- Chris Lomon, Woodbine Share This:Share
