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Fleet Indian finished a disappointing fifth in the race behind Yearly Report, Ashado, Stellar Jayne, and winner
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Keeneland's November Breeding Stock Sale, but her injury kept her out of the sale. Her injury proved to be worse than initially thought; veterinarians discovered that she had also suffered an injury to her
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Fleet Indian was made the co-favorite for the 2006 Breeders' Cup
Distaff, alongside Pine Island. Fleet Indian broke well, but raced far back in the pack, which was unusual for the mare who typically raced on or close to the lead. Entering the turn, Fleet Indian labored and was pulled up, shortly
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Yearling Sale, and again for $ 230,000 at Ocala's Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale.
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Fleet Indian won her first stakes race, and first of many, after the
Iroquois, when she won the Montauk Handicap at Aqueduct. She closed out her 2005 campaign with another allowance race.
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Saratoga Race Course honored the mare by naming a race in her honor, the Fleet Indian Stakes. Run at 1 1/16 miles on dirt, the restricted race is for New York-bred sophomore fillies.
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897:"Fleet Indian's recovery over, and she's in foal | Daily Racing Form"
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Fleet Indian produced four foals during her career as a broodmare:
312:, a race Fleet Indian was using as a prep for the prestigious
223:. Fleet Indian's dam Hulstleeta was sired by Afleet, the 1987
188:(March 8, 2001 – October 1, 2011) was an American Champion
921:"Fleet Indian a $ 3.9 million buyback | Daily Racing Form"
750:"Fleet Indian sets pace at $ 1 million Delaware Handicap"
578:"Fleet Indian, a.k.a. Large Marge | Daily Racing Form"
529:"Fleet Indian, a.k.a. Large Marge | Daily Racing Form"
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1112:Fleet Indian pedigree and partial racing stats
800:"Fleet Indian, Balletto Meet Again in Beldame"
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418:, two-time winner with earnings of £22,469.
323:Fleet Indian won her first Gr.I race, the
254:barn in 2006, during championship season.
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364:American Champion Older Dirt Female Horse
273:Handicap, an ungraded black-type race at
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824:"Round Pond Wins Injury-Marred Distaff"
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316:. She won the Obeah by over 7 lengths.
1091:"Fleet Indian Day Aug. 1 at Saratoga"
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1043:"Fleet Indian Day Aug. 1 at Saratoga"
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404:)- Stakes-placed earner of $ 106,892
339:notable finished third in the race.
197:American Champion Older Female Horse
177:American Champion Older Female Horse
16:American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
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848:"Fleet Indian Has Fetlock Fused"
366:for her racing efforts in 2006.
362:Fleet Indian was named the 2006
120:19: 13-0-1 ( 1 Did Not Finish )
410:Fleeting Smile (2010 filly by
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505:"Fleet Indian Horse Pedigree"
421:Indyan Giving (2009 filly by
400:Fleet of Gold (2011 filly by
1019:"Champion Fleet Indian Dies"
995:"Champion Fleet Indian Dies"
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306:Gr.III Sixty Sails Handicap
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970:"Pedigree of Game Winner"
302:Gr.III Next Move Handicap
296:2006: Championship Season
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314:Gr.II Delaware Handicap
166:Montauk Handicap (2005)
246:2004: Sophomore Season
157:Personal Ensign Stakes
1132:2011 racehorse deaths
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873:"Equibase | Profiles"
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333:Breeders' Cup Distaff
215:, winner of the 1998
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162:Sixty Sails Handicap
94:Gulf Coast Farms LLC
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329:Gr.I Beldame Stakes
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423:A.P. Indy
382:Storm Cat
221:In Excess
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131:1,704,513
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