SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2020 A.P. INDY PASSES TAKE CHARGE INDY PROVED A LOT OF PEOPLE WRONG AWAY AT 31 There has been a lot of conversation in these pages over the past few days about the difficulty sires have attracting mares in their third and fourth season. Many of them are sold overseas as a result. Once in a while, one gets off to such a good start in America that they are brought back when it is discovered that people simply gave up on them too soon. Case in point: Take Charge Indy (A.P. Indy--Take Charge Lady, by Dehere). The son of A.P. Indy is back at WinStar Farm after spending three years in Korea. The syndicate that owned him made the decision to sell him before any of his offspring had made it to the races, accepting an offer from the Korean Racing Authority. Cont. p6 A.P. Indy | Sarah Andrew IN TDN EUROPE TODAY TRANSATLANTIC PINHOOKS ON CLASSIC TRAIL Two-time leading sire and 1992 Horse of the Year A.P. Indy Mr. Monomoy (Palace Malice), Ete Indien (Summer Front) (Seattle Slew--Weekend Surprise, by Secretariat) has died at the and Down On Da Bayou (Super Saver) were all pinhooked age of 31. The legendary Lane=s End Farm stallion sired from American sales at Arqana. 30 Grade I winners, 12 champions, 89 graded winners and Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. 156 stakes winners. AIt is with extreme sadness that we today announce the passing of our beloved A.P. Indy, he was 31 years old,@ a statement from Lane=s End Farm read. AA.P. Indy passed away peacefully in his stall at the Lane=s End stallion complex, the barn he called home for 27 years. Champion A.P. Indy=s list of accomplishments range far and wide as his legacy continues to be carried through the outstanding performances of his sons and daughters across the globe. He was the most important and popular member of the Lane=s End team and we are deeply sorry to all who loved him as much as we did.@ Straight A=s Bred in partnership by William S. Farish and William S. Kilroy, A.P. Indy was a handsome youngster, and the emergence of his half-brother Summer Squall (Storm Bird) as the 1990 GI Preakness S. hero enhanced his pedigree by the time he was offered at Keeneland July two months later. The bay duly topped that boutique auction when selling to BBA Ireland for $2.9 million on behalf of Tomonori Tsurumaki. 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Indy romps in the snow at Lane’s End. | Horsephotos [email protected] Social Media Strategist BUENA VISTA PREVIEW 8 Justina Severni Fox Hill Farms Inc.'s exciting Jolie Olimpica (Brz) (Drosselmeyer) makes her first two-turn North American start in Saturday's Director of Customer Service Vicki Forbes GII Buena Vista S. at Santa Anita. A perfect three-for-three in [email protected] Brazil, she debuted in the Fox Hill red and white in the local GIII Las Cienegas S. Jan. 11, scoring by 1 1/4 while lowering the course Marketing Manager record and earning a 101 Beyer Speed Figure. 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He returned to rattle off three straight wins in 1991, capped by the GI Hollywood Futurity, and picked up where he left off in 1992 with wins in the GII San Rafael S. and GI Santa Anita Derby. That winning streak would have ensured him favoritism for the GI Kentucky Derby, but a quarter crack kept him in his stall during the Run for the Roses. Drysdale regrouped and sent the colt to New York, where he captured the GII Peter Pan S. and GI Belmont S. A.P. Indy made his next appearance in Woodbine=s Molson Million in September, but ran fifth at 3-5. After a terrible start in the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup the following month, he put in a strong late bid to claim third behind eventual champion older horse Pleasant Tap (Pleasant Colony) and 1991 GI Kentucky Derby hero Strike the Gold (Alydar). Three weeks later, he put matters to right in the GI Breeders= Cup Classic, rallying under regular rider Eddie Delahoussaye to seal Eclipse honors as Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old. His career mark stood at 11-8-0-1 with earnings of $2,979,815. In Demand at Stud A.P. Indy headed to Lane=s End breeding shed as a mouth- watering stallion prospect, and delivered the goods. His first yearlings averaged $298,750 in 1995 (topped by the $700,000 Cromwell) and, from 45 named foals, he was represented by four black-type winners in 1996, headed by GSW Accelerator. Pulpit emerged as the favorite for the 1997 Kentucky Derby following wins in the GII Fountain of Youth S. and GII Toyota Blue Grass S., but sustained a knee chip when fourth on the first Saturday in May. A.P. Indy had a trio of fillies--Royal Indy, Runup the Colors and Tomisue=s Delight--win at the top level later in TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 11 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • FEBRUARY 22, 2020 A.P. Indy celebrating his 30th birthday. Click here for a TDN video. | Lane=s End 1997, and those results kept breeders clamoring for his services. The ill-fated Tempera became his first Eclipse Award winner when she secured the 2001 GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies, and another 1999 crop member, Mineshaft, followed with a Horse of the Year campaign in 2003. Bernardini gave the stallion his first U.S. Classic win with his success in the 2006 GI Preakness S., and went on to earn honors as the year=s champion 3-year-old with additional wins in the GI Travers S. and GI Jockey Club Gold Cup. Rags to Riches came along in 2007 with an epic win over eventual Horse of the Year Curlin (Smart Strike) in the GI Belmont S., and claimed the Eclipse Award as the nation=s top 3-year-old filly. >TDN Rising Star= Honor Code, owned by Lane=s End in partnership with breeder Dell Ridge Farm, emerged from A.P. Indy=s final crop with a strong juvenile showing in 2013, finishing a close second in the GI Champagne S. before taking the GII Remsen S. and entering his 3-year-old campaign as an early favorite for the GI Kentucky Derby. Although he had an abbreviated sophomore season due to injury, the dark bay tallied graded wins in the GII Gulfstream Park H., GI Metropolitan H. and GI Whitney as a 4-year-old. Honor Code ended his career with a third behind American Pharoah in the GI Breeders= Cup Classic and retired to Lane=s End to stand alongside his pensioned sire. He was the champion older horse of 2015. A.P. Indy led the general sire list in 2003 and 2006, and has been represented by no fewer than 156 black-type winners (13% of foals) to date. His progeny have earned $137,238,550 since hitting the track in 1996. According to equineline.com, a total of 374 A.P. Indy yearlings have sold at public auction in the U.S. for a total of Filly ex Three Halos, Bred by John Penn Colt ex Dixie Babe Bred by Hubert Vester “ We are delighted with our Mo Town filly. She is a very racy type with lots of leg, “good muscling and wonderful balance. Scott Ahlschwede on the filly ex All Talk, bred in partnership with Hidden Lake Farm “We are very pleased with the Mo Town foals we have seen. They are all classy, elegant foals with lots of bone. Many of our clients are already booked back to Mo Town.” Martha Jane Mulholland of Mulholland Springs “We are thrilled with our Mo Town filly. She is well “ balanced with a great hip and lovely head.” She is a very attractive, big, balanced filly. Courtney Schneider, Director of Sales at Shawhan Place I got exactly what I wanted from this mating to on the filly exDelavie bred in partnership with Dr.