Indianapolis (horse) explained

Horsename:Indianapolis
Breed:Standardbred
Sire:Wrack (USA)
Grandsire:Peter The Great
Dam:Estella Amos (USA)
Damsire:Dale Axworthy
Sex:Stallion
Foaled:1 September 1929
Colour:Bay
Breeder:Arthur Nicholl, Denbar Lodge, Ashburton (NZ)
Owner:George J. Barton
Trainer:F. Claude Dunleavy, Addington
Raceearnings:$20,514
Updated: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.

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:

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/major_race1.htm Harness Racing - Complete Race History of the New Zealand Trotting Cup
  2. http://www.classicfamilies.net/HorseDetails.aspx?HorseID=10005878 Classic Families