Indian Maid

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Indian Maid
SireRinaldo
GrandsireChallenger
DamBold Verse
DamsireBold and Bad
Sex Mare
Foaled1956
CountryUnited States
Colour Bay
Breeder Howard C. Hoffman (1959)
Philip G. Johnson (1960)
Elmer Heubeck Jr. (Feb., 1961)
Howard C. Hoffman (late 1961)
Owner Mary D. Keim
Trainer Howard C. Hoffman
Record66: 24-15-10
Earnings US$303,457
Major wins
Florida Breeders' Futurity (1958)
Hawthorne Juvenile Handicap (1958)
Land of Lincoln Stakes (1958)
Falls City Handicap (1959, 1960, 1961)
Yo Tambien Handicap (1959, 1960)
Beverly Handicap (1960)
Modesty Handicap (1960, 1961)
Columbiana Handicap (1961)
Honours
Indian Maid Handicap at Hawthorne Race Course

Indian Maid (foaled 1956 in Florida) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won three consecutive editions of the Falls City Handicap at Churchill Downs. [1]

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Background

Indian Maid was a bay mare bred in Florida by Elmer Heubeck Jr. During her racing career she was owned by pioneering female trainer Mary Keim of Evanston, Illinois. [2]

Racing career

As a two-year-old Indian Maid's 1958 wins included the inaugural running of the Florida Breeders' Futurity at Sunshine Park. [3] Then in Chicago she won the Land of Lincoln Stakes and the Hawthorne Juvenile Handicap in which she defeated colts.

At age three, Indian Maid won the first of her three straight Falls City Handicaps and the first of two consecutive Yo Tambien Handicaps at Hawthorne Race Course. In 1960, the four-year-old mare had her best year, winning four important stakes and finishing second to Royal Native in the balloting for American Champion Older Female Horse honors.

Indian Maid returned to race at age five in 1961. In February she won the Columbiana Handicap at Florida's Hialeah Park Race Track. [4] In March she captured her third consecutive Falls City Handicap in Kentucky and won her second straight Modesty Handicap at Chicago's Washington Park Race Track while giving away between nine and twenty pounds to her rivals. Even with those weight disadvantages, the June 3rd issue of the Chicago Daily Tribune still pointed out that Indian Maid "only too often, has frightened away potential challengers in major races."

Breeding record

Retired to broodmare duty, Indian Maid was bred to prominent stallions such as Nashua and Bald Eagle. Of her ten foals, the most successful runner was Mr. Pow Wow, sired by Round Table.

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References

  1. "Falls City Handicap" (PDF). Churchill Downs Incorporated. 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  2. "Horse Profile for Indian Maid". Equibase Co. LLC. 2020-06-27. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
  3. "Sunshine Park". The Courier-Journal, page 47. 1958-03-16. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  4. "Indian Maid Outsprints Prince's Gate in $29,725 Columbiana at Hialeah". New York Times, page 41. 1961-02-09. Retrieved 2020-02-13.