Indian Charlie
| Indian Charlie | |
|---|---|
| Sire | In Excess |
| Grandsire | Siberian Express |
| Dam | Soviet Sojourn |
| Damsire | Leo Castelli |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1995 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Hal J. Earnhardt |
| Owner | Hal Earnhardt and John Gaines Racing |
| Trainer | Bob Baffert |
| Record | 5: 4–0–1 |
| Earnings | US$616,120 |
| Major wins | |
| Santa Anita Derby (1998) | |
Indian Charlie (March 27, 1995 – 2011) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1998 Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby, equaling the stakes record time, before finishing third in the Kentucky Derby in his final start. He is best known as an important sire of Champions, and his son Uncle Mo was the leading freshman sire of 2015.
Indian Charlie won his first four races, including a 4 1⁄2 length victory over Real Quiet in the Santa Anita Derby, equaling the stakes record of 1:47 flat. He started at odds of 5/2 for the Kentucky Derby, in which he finished third to Real Quiet. He was rested after the Derby and missed the Preakness and Belmont Stakes. He was being prepared for a return to racing in the Haskell Invitational in August when he pulled a suspensory ligament during training at Del Mar Racetrack and was retired from racing.
Indian Charlie stood at Airdrie Stud near Midway, Kentucky where his stud fee for 2011 was set at $70,000. To date he has sired four champions:
Among his other notable progeny, Indian Charlie is the sire of multiple stakes winners A. P. Indian, Conveyance, Bwana Charlie, Indian Firewater, Iindyanne, Mr. Nightlinger, My Pal Charlie, Pampered Princess, Roxy Gap, Two Trail Sioux, Zada Belle, as well as 2011 Robert B. Lewis Stakes winner Anthony's Cross and Jerome Stakes winner Adios Charlie.
Indian Charlie is the grandsire (through Uncle Mo) of Nyquist, American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt and winner of the 2016 Kentucky Derby.
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