Afleet

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Afleet
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Afleet in October 2008.
Sire Mr. Prospector
Grandsire Raise a Native
DamPolite Lady
DamsireVenetian Jester
Sex Stallion
Foaled1984
Country Canada
Colour Chestnut
BreederRichard R. Kennedy
OwnerR. R. Kennedy & Taylor Made Farm
Trainer Phillip England
Record15: 7-4-2
Earnings$995,235
Major wins
Friar Rock Stakes (1987)
Plate Trial Stakes (1987)
Queenston Stakes (1987)
Jerome Handicap (1987)
Pennsylvania Derby (1988)
Toboggan Handicap (1988)
Awards
Canadian Horse of the Year (1987)
Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old Colt (1987)
Last updated on October 14, 2021

Afleet (1984 - 2014) was a Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who was voted the 1987 Canadian Horse of the Year and Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old Colt.

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Career

Afleet's best season came in 1987 during his three-year-old campaign, in which he won six races in ten starts. These wins include the Jerome Handicap (G1) and Pennsylvania Derby (G2) in the United States plus the Friar Rock Stakes, Queenston Stakes and Plate Trial Stakes in Canada. [1] He also placed in the Meadowlands Cup Handicap (G1) and the Queen's Plate. Afleet's only finished below third on two occasions with a fifth place in the Marine Stakes, and a tenth-place finish in the Breeders Cup Classic (G1).

As a four-year-old in 1988 he won the Toboggan Handicap (G3) and finished second in the Metropolitan Handicap (G1) and Carter Handicap (G1), and ran third in the Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) and Massachusetts Handicap (G2). [2]

Retirement

Afleet was retired to stud in 1989 and stood at Taylor Made Farm who had bought an interest in him while still racing.

His North American progeny included Canadian Champion A Fleet's Dancer, Grade 1 winners Flat Fleet Feet and Twist Afleet. He also produced the Grade 2 winner, Northern Afleet, who is a successful sire standing in Kentucky. His progeny includes the 2005 Preakness and Belmont Stakes winner, Afleet Alex. In 1990 Afleet was sold to Japanese breeders, he continued producing grade 1 winners such as Big Wolf and Bamboo Ere, along with multi-millionaire Preeminence. Afleet sired over 60 stakes winners in 21 foal crops. [3]

Death

Afleet was pensioned from stud service in 2011. He later died in 2014 at the age of 30 where he stood at Breeder's Stallion Station in Japan. [4]

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References

  1. 2018 Woodbine Media Guide Archived October 15, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Afleet (ON)" . Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  3. "Canadian HOY and Sire Afleet Dies in Japan". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  4. "Afleet, Canadian champion and sire, dies at 30" . Retrieved 10 December 2017.