Indian Blessing

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Indian Blessing


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sire = Indian Charlie
grandsire = In Excess
dam = Shameful
damsire = Flying Chevron
sex = filly
foaled = 2005
country = United States
colour = Dark Bay/Brown
breeder = Patti & Hal J. Earnhardt III
owner = Patti & Hal J. Earnhardt III
trainer = Bob Baffert
record = 10: 8-2-0
earnings = $1,567,200
race = Frizette Stakes (2007)
Santa Ynez Stakes (2008)
Silverbulletday Stakes (2008)
Prioress Stakes (2008)
Test Stakes (2008)
Gallant Bloom Handicap (2008)

Breeders' Cup wins:
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (2007)
awards = American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (2007)
honours =
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Indian Blessing (foaled April 9, 2005 in Kentucky) is an American Champion Thoroughbred filly racehorse.

Out of the mare Shameful, a descendant of the very influential sire, Mr. Prospector, Indian Blessing was sired by Indian Charlie, the 1998 Santa Anita Derby winner and a son of the multiple Grade I winner, In Excess.

2007 racing season

Trained by Bob Baffert, racing at age two Indian Blessing went undefeated, winning all three of her starts. Always a frontrunner, after winning her debut in a sprint race at Saratoga Race Course, Indian Blessing won the one-mile Grade I Frizette Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. In her final race of 2007, she won the Grade I Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies by 3½ lengths on a sloppy track at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey. Her 2007 performances earned Indian Blessing the Eclipse Award as American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly.

2008 racing season

Indian Blessing began her three-year-old campaign with a win in January's Grade II Santa Ynez Stakes at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.

She kept her unbeaten record intact with a win in the February 9 running of the Silverbulletday Stakes at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana,

Last year’s two-year-old champion Indian Blessing lost the Fair Grounds Oaks on March 8 to rival Proud Spell.

On June 7, Zaftig roared past last year’s 2-year-old champion Indian Blessing to pull away to a 4 1/2-length win in the $250,000 Acorn Stakes

After a two-race losing streak Indian Blessing proved versatile in her Prioress win. With no one in the Prioress field as fast as her early on, Indian Blessing won the race at the shortest distance since breaking her maiden.

On August 2 heavily favored Indian Blessing left five other 3-year-old fillies at the quarter pole and drew away to a 7-length victory in the $250,000 Test Stakes with Indian Blessing covering the 7 furlong distance of the Test Stakes in 1:22.70. On September 20, she took on older horses for the first time, winning the Gallant Bloom Handicap by 6 1/4 lengths. [ [http://racing.bloodhorse.com/article/47159.htm] ] To date, five of Indian Blessing's wins have been at a different racetrack. Much traveled, she has won at tracks on the U.S. Gulf Coast plus on both the East and West coasts of the United States.

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/indian+blessing3 Indian Blessing's pedigree and partial racing stats]
* [http://breederscup.com/bio.aspx?id=28304 Indian Blessing's profile at the Breeders' Cup Ltd. Official website]
* [http://breederscup.com/content.aspx?id=29177 Indian Blessing's win in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies with video at the Breeders' Cup Ltd. Official website]