Archers Bay | |
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Sire | Silver Deputy |
Grandsire | Deputy Minister |
Dam | Adorned |
Damsire | Val de l'Orne |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 1995 |
Country | Canada |
Colour | Brown |
Breeder | Windfields Farm |
Owner | Eugene Melnyk & Iris Bristow |
Trainer | Todd A. Pletcher |
Record | 13: 4-3-2 |
Earnings | US$666,200 |
Major wins | |
Canadian Triple Crown wins: Queen's Plate (1998) Prince of Wales Stakes (1998) | |
Awards | |
Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse (1998) | |
Last updated on June 22, 2011 |
Archers Bay (1995–2002) was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse known for winning the first two legs of the 1998 Canadian Triple Crown. He was sired by Silver Deputy and out of the stakes-winning mare, Adorned, a daughter of the 1975 French Derby winner, Val de l'Orne.[1]
In the 1998 Canadian Triple Crown series, Archers Bay won the Queen's Plate[2] and the Prince of Wales Stakes[3] but did not run in the final leg as the Breeders Stakes is a test on turf. He was voted Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse.[4]
Retired to stud duty, Archers Bay sired Arch Hall and other foals.[5]
The stallion was humanely euthanized in 2002 after an unsuccessful colic surgery and is buried on his farm.[6]