Indian Skimmer (horse)

Indian Skimmer (horse)

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Indian Skimmer


caption =
sire = Storm Bird
grandsire = Northern Dancer
dam = Nobilaire
damsire = Vaguely Noble
sex = Filly
foaled = 1984
country = United States flagicon|USA
colour = Gray
breeder = Ashford Stud and Ronald J. Worswick
owner = Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
trainer = Henry Cecil
record = 16: 10-1-3
earnings = US $1,394,814
race = Pretty Polly Stakes (GB) (1987)
Musidora Stakes (1987)
Prix Saint-Alary (1987)
Sun Chariot Stakes (1988)
Champion Stakes (1988)
Irish Champion Stakes (1988)
Prix d'Ispahan (1989)
Gordon Richards Stakes (1989)

French Classic Race wins:
Prix de Diane (1987)
awards=
honours =
updated= October 3, 2007

Indian Skimmer (foaled 1984 in Kentucky) is a United Kingdom Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by MIT graduate Ronald J. Worswick in partnership with Ashford Stud in Versailles, Kentucky, the gray filly is out of the mare Nobilaire and sired by Storm Bird. Her grandsire was Northern Dancer, the top sire of the 20th Century and her damsire was Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner, Vaguely Noble. She was named for the rare Indian Skimmer (Rynchops albicollis) bird that can be found in the breeding wetlands of the National Chambal (Gharial) Wildlife Sanctuary in northern India.

Raced by Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Indian Skimmer won important Group One races against the top fillies of the day, including a victory over the great Miesque in the 1987 Prix de Diane. In 1988 she beat some of the best colts in England, Ireland and France. Sent to Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, she finished third to Great Communicator in that year's Breeders' Cup Turf.

Retired from racing at the end of the 1989 season. As a broodmare, she produced the Mr. Prospector colt, Manshood, who is the sire of the champion South African mare, Ipi Tombe.

References

* [http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=35853 Bloodhorse.com article on Indian Skimmer and her breeder, Ronald J. Worswick]
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/indian+skimmer Indian Skimmer's pedigree and partial racing stats]


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