Indian Haven
| Indian Haven | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Indian Ridge |
| Grandsire | Ahonoora |
| Dam | Madame Dubois |
| Damsire | Legend of France |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 21 February 2000 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Cliveden Stud |
| Owner | Fountain Racing Peter Gleeson, Julian Smith & Loz Conway |
| Trainer | Paul D'Arcy |
| Record | 12: 3-0-0 |
| Earnings | £173,166 |
| Major wins | |
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European Free Handicap (2003) Irish 2000 Guineas (2003) |
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| Awards | |
| Timeform rating 119 (2003) | |
Indian Haven (foaled 21 February 2000) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for his win in the 2003 running of the Irish 2000 Guineas. After winning a minor race on his debut he was well-beaten in better company on his three remaining starts and appeared to be some way behind the best of his generation. In the spring of 2003 he showed improved form, taking the European Free Handicap and coming back after an unlucky run in the 2000 Guineas to win the Irish equivalent. He was never able to reproduce his classic-winning form and was well beaten in five subsequent races. After his retirement from racing he stood as a breeding stallion in Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Indian Haven is a chestnut horse with a white blaze standing 16.3 hands high bred in England by the late Louis Freedman's Cliveden Stud in Berkshire. As a yearling he was offered for sale at Tattersalls in October 2001 and was bought for 62,000 guineas by the trainer Paul D'Arcy. The colt entered the ownership of the Fountain Racing syndicate and was taken into traiing by D'Arcy at his High Havens stable in Newmarket.
His sire Indian Ridge was a top-class sprinter whose wins included the King's Stand Stakes in 1989. He later became a very successful breeding stallion whose other progeny included Ridgewood Pearl, Domedriver, Compton Place and Indian Ink. Indian Ridge was a representative of the Byerley Turk sire line, unlike more than 95% of modern thoroughbreds, who descend directly from the Darley Arabian. Indian Haven's dam Madame Dubois was a successful racemare who excelled over long distances, winning the Park Hill Stakes and the Prix de Royallieu as a three-year-old in 1990. As a broodmare she produced several other winners including the Gran Criterium winner Count Dubois. She was descended from the Irish broodmare No Angel (foaled 1949) who was the female-line ancestor of Kris and Diesis.
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