The price was thought to be low for the full brother to the champions Glorious Song and Devil's Bag, but bidders were put off by his conformation (he was notably back at the knees and had upright pasterns).
In 1991, Saint Ballado was purchased privately from Tartan Farms by trainer Clint Goodrich and his two partners, Robert Lothenbach and Stephan Herold, for $150,000.
Goodrich moved him back to Arlington Park and entered him in the Grade III Sheridan Stakes, which he won by seven lengths.
By that time, he had been purchased from the original racing partnership of Goodrich, Lothenbach and Herold by breeder Aaron U. Jones for a reported (USD) $6.5M and relocated to Taylor Made Farm in Kentucky.
[2] His most notable offspring include: Saint Ballado was euthanized in October 2002 after "surgery to correct clinical signs associated with a compressive cervical myelopathy."
He died as a relatively young stallion at the age of 13 and was buried at Taylor Made Farm, where he spent his last years standing at stud.