A. P. Indy
| A.P. Indy | |
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A.P. Indy before the 1992 Belmont
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| Sire | Seattle Slew |
| Grandsire | Bold Reasoning |
| Dam | Weekend Surprise |
| Damsire | Secretariat |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | March 31, 1989 |
| 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 |
| Major wins | |
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Hollywood Futurity (1991) San Rafael Stakes (1992) Santa Anita Derby (1992) Peter Pan Stakes (1992) Belmont Stakes (1992) Breeders' Cup Classic (1992) |
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| Awards | |
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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) |
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| Honours | |
| United States Racing Hall of Fame (2000) | |
A.P. Indy (foaled March 31, 1989 in Kentucky) is 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 broodmare sire Secretariat. As of 2016[update], he is the oldest living winner of the Breeders' Cup Classic.
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. Retired from breeding in 2011, A.P Indy resides at Lane's End Farm, where he was born and raised, and stood his entire stud career.
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.
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."
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."
A.P. Indy is a dark bay or brown horse with a narrow white blaze and a white sock on the right hind leg. He was bred in Kentucky by William Farish III and William Kilroy. He was sired by Triple Crown-winner Seattle Slew. His dam Weekend Surprise was a multiple graded stakes winner whose first foal, Summer Squall, won the 1990 Preakness Stakes. Weekend Surprise was from a distinguished female family and her sire was Triple Crown winner Secretariat. Weekend Surprise would be named the 1992 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year.
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