Overview

  • Violence - Melody Lady (2010), by Unbridled's Song
  • Fee: $12,500 LFSN
  • Height: 16.2
  • Entered Stud: 2021
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Current Top Performers

TIP TOP THOMAS – Indiana Derby (G3)
SPEED KING – Southwest S. (G3)
JUST AS FANCY – 3rd Las Virgenes S. (G3), 1st Maiden Special Weight at Santa Anita
MICKSWAGGER – Prairie Mile S., 1st Maiden Special Weight at Prairie Meadows
BLINGING IT BACK – 2nd Sanford S. & Tremont S.
LYNN’S MILKY WAY – 2nd Gasparilla S
KENTUCKY SMOKESHOW – 2nd Purple Martin S.
ROJO RITA – 2nd Any Time S.
VOILA MAGIC – 3rd LA Bred Premier Night Prince S.
PRINCE OF BROADWAY – 7-length Maiden Special Weight winner at Belmont at the Big A
FINKLE – 4-length Maiden Special Weight winner at Monmouth Park

2025 Sales Highlights

Juveniles sold for up to $350,000

2024 Racing Highlights

TIP TOP THOMAS – 2nd Champagne S. (G1), 1st Maiden Special Weight at Saratoga; ‘TDN Rising Star’
INCENTIVE PAY – 3rd Hopeful S. (G1), 1st Maiden Special Weight at Saratoga
RELIABLE SOURCE – Zia Park Princess S., Maiden Special Weight at Saratoga
SPEED KING – 2nd Remington Springboard Mile S., 1st Maiden Special Weight at Churchill Downs on debut
VOILA MAGIC – 2nd Joseph R. Peluso Memorial S.; Louisiana Futurity, 1st Maiden Special Weight at Keeneland on debut; ‘TDN Rising Star’
VOLATILED– 2nd Juvenile Fillies Sprint, 1st Maiden Special Weight at Gulfstream Park
ROJO RITA– 16 ¼-length Gulfstream Park Maiden Special Weight winner; ‘TDN Rising Star’
LYNN’S MILKY WAY – 11-length debut Gulfstream Park maiden winner
ANOTHER CLEESHAY – 9 ½-length debut Maiden Special Weight winner at Saratoga

2024 Sales Highlights

Juveniles sold for up to $350,000
Yearlings sold for up to $450,000

2023 Sales Highlights

Yearlings sold for $1.15 million, $700,000, $600,000, $400,000, $400,000, $315,000, $282,000, $285,000

Sire Rankings

#2 Freshman Sire in 2024 by Winners and Grade 1 Stakes Horses

 

VOLATILE Top Performers

SPEED KING, 22, C (dam by Corinthian): $737,750, Southwest S. (G3); 2nd Remington Springboard Mile S., etc.

TIP TOP THOMAS, 22, C, (dam by Consolidator): $209,100, 2nd Champagne S. (G1), etc.

INCENTIVE PAY, 22, C, (dam by Distorted Humor): $91,000, 3rd Hopeful S. (G1), etc.

JUST AS FANCY, 22, F, (dam by Malibu Moon): $61,560, 3rd Fasig-Tipton Las Virgenes S. (G3), etc.

RELIABLE SOURCE, 22, F (dam by Broken Vow): $138,400, Zia Park Princess S., etc.

MICKSWAGGER, 22, C, (dam by Malibu Moon): $52,740, Prairie Mile S., etc.

KENTUCKY SMOKESHOW, 22, F, (dam by Street Cry (IRE)): $157,643, 2nd Purple Martin S., etc.

VOILA MAGIC, 22, C, (dam by Lion Heart): $101,799, 2nd Joseph R. Peluso Memorial S., 2 nd Louisiana Futurity; 3rd LA Bred Premier Night Prince S., etc.

ROJO RITA, 22, F, (dam by Broken Vow): $96,100, 2nd Any Limit S., etc.

VOLATILED, 22, F, (dam by Smoke Glacken), $69,190: 2nd Juvenile Fillies Sprint S., etc.

LYNN’S MILKY WAY, 22, F, (dam by Spring At Last): $69,140, 2nd Gasparilla S., etc.

BLINGING IT BACK, 23, C, (dam by Too Much Bling): $42,000, 2nd Tremont S., etc.

T O ELVIS, 22, C, (dam by Curlin): $137,617, 3rd Cattleya S., etc.

HEDGE, 22, G, (dam by Wilko): $111,859, Starter Allowance, etc.

Volatile

He is as fast as any horse I’ve ever trained. You will not find a better looking individual than Volatile, nor one with as much speed and raw talent.

– trainer Steve Asmussen

Pedigree

By leading third-crop sire Violence

Out of stakes-winning Unbridled’s Song mare Melody Lady, a daughter of multiple G1 winner, Lady Tak

Graded Stakes Wins:

$250,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt H. (G1)
Arisitidies Stakes
Vanderbuilt (G1)

EL PRADO (IRE)
MEDAGLIA D’ORO (USA)
CAPPUCINO BAY (USA)
VIOLENCE (USA)
GONE WEST (USA)
VIOLENT BEAUTY (USA)
STORMING BEAUTY (USA)
Volatile
UNBRIDLED (USA)
UNBRIDLEDS SONG (USA)
TROLLEY SONG (USA)
MELODY LADY (USA)
MUTAKDDIM (USA)
LADY TAK (USA)
STAR OF MY EYE (USA)
Full Screen Pedigree

Race Record

Age Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earned
3 3 2 1 0 $104,960
4 3 3 (2) 0 0 $236,080
Career 6 5 (2) 1 0 $341,040

 

Won at 3:

  • An allowance race at Churchill Downs (6f, D, by 3 lengths, defeating Easy Shot, Haydens Havoc, Royal Daaher, Coltonator, House Limit, Riverboat Gambler).
  • A maiden special weight at Ellis Park (6f, D, career debut, by 3/4 lengths, defeating Encinitas, Mr Dumas, Winnipesaukee, Nola Win, Greenspan, Keepin It Classy, Final Call, Ice Sphere).

2nd at 3:

  • An allowance race at Churchill Downs (6f, D, to Bourbon Calling, defeating Breaking News, Hidden Ruler, Grade One, Straight Shot, Bebop Shoes, Holly Blame, Uber Kirk, Proliferate, Debating, Bump Bailey).

Won at 4:

  • Alfred G. Vanderbilt H. (G1) at Saratoga (6f, D, by 1 1/4 lengths, defeating Whitmore, Mind Control, Firenze Fire).
  • Aristides S. at Churchill Downs (6f, D, by 8 lengths, defeating Honest Mischief, Manny Wah, Seven Nation Army, Heartwood, Bobby’s Wicked One).
  • An allowance race at Oaklawn Park (6f, D, by 7 1/2 lengths, defeating Strike That, D’ Rapper, Strolling, Imma Bling, Oliver, Battle Station, Tut’s Revenge, Pete’s Play Call, Hot Shot Kid, Midnight Sweep).

Progeny Photos

Tip Top Thomas sets a track record in the 2025 Indiana Derby (G3) - Coady Media Rojo Rita winning her Nov. 15 debut at Gulfstream Park - Ryan Thompson Volatile x Repeta Volatile x Repeta Birkin Bag (BRZ) colt Shook Up colt Shook Up colt Atheanian Beauty Colt Athenian Beauty x Volatile Colt 22 Lemon Drop Kitty x Volatile

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