| A.P. Indy | |
|---|---|
.jpg) A.P. Indy in 2010. | |
| Sire | Seattle Slew |
| Grandsire | Bold Reasoning |
| Dam | Weekend Surprise |
| Damsire | Secretariat |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | March 31, 1989 Versailles, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | February 21, 2020 (aged 30) Versailles, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Dark Bay or Brown |
| Breeder | William Farish III William S. Kilroy |
| Owner | Tomonori Tsurumaki (1990) Farish, Goodman, Kilroy and Tsurumaki (1992) |
| Trainer | Neil Drysdale |
| Record | 11: 8-0-1 |
| Earnings | $2,979,815[1] |
| Major wins | |
| Hollywood Futurity (1991) San Rafael Stakes (1992) Santa Anita Derby (1992) Peter Pan Stakes (1992) U.S. Triple Crown wins: Breeders' Cup wins: | |
| Awards | |
| U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1992) United States Horse of the Year (1992) Leading sire in North America (2003, 2006) Leading broodmare sire in North America (2015) | |
| Honours | |
| United States Racing Hall of Fame (2000) A. P. Indy Stakes at Keeneland (1997–2002) | |
| Last updated on 17 October 2022 | |
A.P. Indy (March 31, 1989 – February 21, 2020) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Belmont Stakes and Breeders' Cup Classic on his way to American Horse of the Year honors in 1992. His time in the Belmont Stakes tied Easy Goer for the second-fastest running in the history of the race, behind his damsire Secretariat.[2]
A.P. Indy subsequently became a "breed-shaping sire", leading the North American sire list twice and establishing a sire line that has produced multiple American Classic winners.[3] A.P Indy lived most of his life at Lane's End Farm, where he was born and raised, and stood his entire stud career.[4] For many years, he was the oldest living winner of the Breeders' Cup Classic,[5] the oldest living winner of the Belmont Stakes, and the oldest living winner of a Triple Crown race.
A.P. Indy is part of the only three-generation sequence of Belmont Stakes winners in American racing history. He is by 1977 winner Seattle Slew and is the sire of 2007 winner Rags to Riches.[6]
He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2000. He has been called "the fantasy of every Thoroughbred industry participant, from sale-topper yearling, to champion runner, to game-changing stallion to sire of sires." Bill Farish, son of Lane's End founder William Farish, said, "Words really can't put into perspective what he's meant to us. How many sale toppers are yearlings that end up being that good where they are Horse of the Year and then go on and be two-time champion sire and then have the long term influence that he has had and will continue to have? It's pretty amazing."[5]
- ^ "A.P. Indy Statistics and Results". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ Durso, Joseph (7 June 1992). "Speed and A.P. Indy Rule the Day at Belmont". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ "Hot Sire: A.P. Indy". Daily Racing Form.
- ^ "Running Rough Shod: A.P. Indy, full speed ahead at 27". runroughshod.blogspot.ca. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ a b "A.P. Indy Still Makes Classic Mark". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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