Indian Ink (horse)
| Indian Ink | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Indian Ridge |
| Grandsire | Ahonoora |
| Dam | Maid of Killeen |
| Damsire | Darshaan |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 19 March 2004 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Killeen Castle Stud |
| Owner | Raymond Tooth |
| Trainer | Richard Hannon, Sr. |
| Record | 9:4-2-0 |
| Earnings | £422,733 |
| Major wins | |
| Watership Down Stud Sales Stakes (2006) Cheveley Park Stakes (2006) Coronation Stakes (2007) |
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| Awards | |
| Top-rated British-trained three-year-old filly (2007) | |
Indian Ink (foaled 2004) is an Irish-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare who was the highest-rated filly trained in the United Kingdom in 2007. As a two-year-old in 2006, she won three of her seven races, culminating in a victory in the Group One Cheveley Park Stakes. In the following year she was beaten in her first two races, but then defeated a strong international field by six lengths to win the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot. Throughout her racing career she demonstrated a marked preference for soft ground. At the end of her racing career she was sold for 2,000,000 guineas and retired to stud.
Indian Ink was a chestnut filly with a faint white star bred in Ireland by the County Meath-based Killeen Castle Stud. Her sire, Indian Ridge, and was a sprinter who won the King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot in 1989 and later became one of the few successful stallions of modern times to emerge from the Byerley Turk sire-line. His other progeny included the Prix de l'Abbaye winner Namid and the Breeders' Cup Mile winners Ridgewood Pearl and Domedriver. Her dam, Maid of Killeen won one minor race and has also produced the Bahrain Trophy winner Feel Like Dancing.
As a yearling, Indian Ink was sent to the Tattersalls sales in October at Newmarket where she was bought for 25,000 guineas by Peter Doyle Bloodstock. The price was considered disappointing for her breeder, who had paid £75,000 to have Maid of Killeen covered by Indian Ridge. The filly passed into the ownership of Raymond Tooth and was sent into training with Richard Hannon, Sr. at East Everleigh, Wiltshire. She was ridden in all of her races by Richard Hughes.
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