1. AP 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.
32 Facts About AP Indy
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AP Indy is part of the only three-generation sequence of Belmont Stakes winners in American racing history.
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AP Indy is by 1977 winner Seattle Slew and is the sire of 2007 winner Rags to Riches.
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AP Indy was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2000.
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AP Indy was a dark bay or brown horse with a narrow white blaze and a white sock on the right hind leg.
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AP Indy was bred in Kentucky by William Farish III and William Kilroy, and was foaled on March 31,1989, at Lane's End Farm in Versailles, Kentucky.
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AP Indy's dam Weekend Surprise was a multiple graded stakes winner whose first foal, Summer Squall, won the 1990 Preakness Stakes.
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AP Indy became the top-priced yearling of 1990 at $2.9 million.
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AP Indy was born a ridgling, meaning he had one undescended testicle.
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AP Indy had a white-rimmed left eye that could give him a rather wild appearance.
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AP Indy won three of four starts in 1991, including the Grade I Hollywood Futurity.
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AP Indy started his three-year-old campaign in 1992 with wins in the San Rafael Stakes and Santa Anita Derby.
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AP Indy was the second favorite on the morning line for the 1992 Kentucky Derby, but had to be scratched on the morning of the race due to a bone bruise.
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AP Indy broke behind the leaders and tracked the pace in fourth for the first mile.
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AP Indy raced the mile and a half in 2:26 flat, matching the second-fastest time for the Belmont Stakes set in 1989 by Easy Goer.
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AP Indy was two seconds off the track record set in 1973 by his grandfather Secretariat.
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AP Indy broke well but soon dropped back to eighth off a fast opening pace set by Thunder Rumble.
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AP Indy remained on the rail at the back of the pack until the final turn when he split between horses to find running room.
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AP Indy was voted the Eclipse Awards for American Horse of the Year and Champion three-year-old colt.
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AP Indy was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame at the same time as Drysdale, his trainer.
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AP Indy was retired to stud at Lane's End Farm in 1993 with an initial stud fee of $50,000.
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AP Indy was the leading sire in North America for 2003 and 2006, and was among the top 10 for 10 consecutive years.
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AP Indy sired 88 graded stakes winners and 12 champions.
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AP Indy was an important broodmare sire, leading the North American list in 2015.
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AP Indy's daughters have produced Royal Delta, Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver, Kentucky Oaks winner Plum Pretty, champion Wait A While and Grade 1 stakes winners Bluegrass Cat and Any Given Saturday.
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AP Indy was a valuable source of stamina in the normally speed-oriented stallion ranks of North America.
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AP Indy sired his last foals in 2010, when only 36 of 80 mares he bred conceived.
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AP Indy was retired from stud duty on April 8,2011, upon failing to produce a confirmed live foal in the 25 mares he covered.
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AP Indy remained in his old stall, with sons Mineshaft in the stall across the aisle from him and Honor Code in the stall next to him.
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AP Indy was the oldest living winner of the Breeders' Cup Classic.
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AP Indy died on February 21,2020, due to the infirmities of old age.
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AP Indy has numerous sons and grandsons who stand in North America.