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A. P. Indian

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A. P. Indian
SireIndian Charlie
Grandsire In Excess (IRE)
DamEnder's Sister
DamsireA.P. Indy
SexGelding
FoaledMay 6, 2010
CountryUSA
BreederGreen Lantern Stables LLC
OwnerGreen Lantern Stables LLC
TrainerArnaud Delacour
Record20:11-6-1[1]
Major wins
Decathlon Stakes (1915)
Donald LeVine Memorial Stakes (2015, 2016)
Belmont Sprint Championship Stakes (2016)
Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (2016)
Forego Handicap (2016)
Phoenix Stakes (2016)

A. P. Indian (foaled May 6, 2010 ) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 2016 Belmont Sprint Championship Stakes.[1]

Career

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Owned and bred by Richard & Sue Masson's Green Lantern Stables LLC, A. P. Indian's first race was on October 8, 2012, at Delaware Park Racetrack where he came in first. He also won his second race on September 6, 2013, this time at Churchill Downs.

A. P. Indian got his first stakes win at the May 9, 2015, Decathlon Stakes and won both the 2015 and 2016 editions of the Donald LeVine Memorial Stakes.

He got his first graded win on July 9, 2016, at the Belmont Sprint Championship Stakes.

He then won a series of graded races throughout 2016, with wins at the Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap, the Forego Handicap and the Phoenix Stakes, which was ultimately his final win.

He competed in the 2016 Breeders' Cup Sprint, coming in third and then finished his career with a second-place finish in the 2017 Maryland Sprint Handicap.

A. P. Indian was retired on July 31, 2017, after an ankle injury.[2]

Pedigree

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Pedigree of A.P. Indian (USA), 2015[3]
Sire
Indian Charlie (USA)
1995
In Excess (IRE)
1987
Siberian Express Caro
Indian Call
Kantado Saulingo
Vi
Soviet Sojourn (USA)
1989
Leo Castelli Sovereign Dancer
Suspicious Native
Political Parfait Diplomat Way
Peach Butter
Dam
Ender's Sister (USA)
2001
A.P. Indy (USA)
1989
Seattle Slew Bold Reasoning
My Charmer
Weekend Surprise Secretariat
Lassie Dear
Gold Rush Queen (USA)
1994
Seeking the Gold Mr. Prospector
Con Game
Fit for a Queen Fit to Fight
Titled

References

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  1. ^ a b "A. P. Indian". Equibase. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Grade 1-Winning Sprinter A. P. Indian Retired". Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  3. ^ "A.P. Indian". Retrieved 10 August 2019.