Indianapolis (horse)

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Indianapolis
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Indianapolis attempting to break 2:00 minutes over a mile
Breed Standardbred
SireWrack (USA)
Grandsire Peter The Great
DamEstella Amos (USA)
Maternal grandsireDale Axworthy
Sex Stallion
Foaled1 September 1929
Country New Zealand
Colour Bay
BreederArthur Nicholl, Denbar Lodge, Ashburton (NZ)
OwnerGeorge J. Barton
TrainerF. Claude Dunleavy, Addington
Earnings
$20,514
Major wins
1932 Great Northern Derby
1933 Auckland Pacing Cup
1934 New Zealand Trotting Cup
1935 New Zealand Trotting Cup
1936 New Zealand Trotting Cup
Last updated on: 17 November 2010.

Indianapolis was a New Zealand bred Standardbred racehorse. He is notable in that he won three New Zealand Trotting Cup races, the richest harness race, and sometimes the richest horse race in New Zealand. [1] Indianapolis is one of three horses to win the NZ Trotting Cup three times, the others being False Step and Terror to Love. He held the world record for a three-year-old, a record which stood for 14 years.

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He was a brother to Tondeleyo (a notable taproot dam) and Miraculous (contested two Inter Dominion heats, sire) and was a half-brother to the sire, Red Raider. [2]

He won the following major races:

See also

Reference list

  1. Harness Racing - Complete Race History of the New Zealand Trotting Cup Archived August 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Classic Families Retrieved 2010-11-17

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