- Hindoo (horse)
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Hindoo
caption =
sire = Virgil
grandsire = Vandal
dam = Florence
damsire = Lexington
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1878
country = USA flagicon|USA
colour = Bay
breeder =Daniel Swigert
owner =Dwyer Brothers Stable
trainer =Edward D. Brown James G. Rowe, Sr.
record = 35: 30-3-2
earnings = $71,875
race =Kentucky Derby (1881)Clark Handicap (1881)Tidal Stakes (1881)Travers Stakes (1881)
awards= U.S. Champion 2-Year-Old Colt (1880)
U.S. Champion 3-Year-Old Colt (1881)
U.S. Champion Handicap Horse (1882)
honours = United States Racing Hall of Fame (1955)
updated= October 2, 2006Hindoo (1878–1901) was an American
thoroughbred race horse .A bay colt, Hindoo was sired by Virgil from the dam Florence. He was bred by Daniel Swigert of
Elmendorf Farm and trained by future Hall of FamerEdward D. Brown . Sold during his two-year-old season to theDwyer Brothers Stable of Mike and Phil Dwyer, Hindoo's training was taken over by another furure Hall of Famer,James G. Rowe, Sr. .In thirty five starts, Hindoo won thirty times, placed three times, and showed twice. In other words, he was never out of the money. As a three-year-old, Hindoo won the 1881
Kentucky Derby in a season where he recorded an impressive number of consecutive victories: Eighteen straight wins over the course of a few months— nineteen if a dead-heat run-off on the same day is counted.1881 Kentucky Derby
Hindoo was a 3-1 favorite heading into this race. When the race started, Hindoo, as expected, took the lead. Then, at the halfway pole, an unpleasant surprise occurred that scared the crowd, most of whom had bet on Hindoo: a horse named
Lexex grabbed the lead. For Hindoo to lose the lead at this point in the race could be a harbinger of doom. He was going to lose!Not yet. As the horses went into the turn, Hindoo regained the lead, and when he entered the stretch he was in total command - indeed, loafing. To wake him up, jockey J. McLaughlin cracked him twice with the whip, which made his equine afterburners come on. He rocketed forward, and won by four lengths going away.
After The Derby
On September 1, 1881, Hindoo won that 19th consecutive race in a purse event at
Sheepshead Bay . But his winning streak was snapped six days later in the September Handicap at Sheepshead. He finished third.Hindoo's racing career
Hindoo won: Colt and Filly Stakes, Alexander Stakes, Tennessee Stakes, Juvenile Stakes, Jockey Club Stakes, Criterion Stakes, Tremont Stakes, Blue Ribbon Stakes, the
Kentucky Derby , Clark Stakes, Tidal Stakes, Coney Island Stakes, Ocean Stakes, Lorillard Stakes, Monmouth Sweepstakes,Travers Stakes , Sequel Stakes,United States Hotel Stakes , Kenner Stakes, Louisville Cup, Merchants' Stakes, Turf Handicap, Coney Island Handicap, Coney Island Cap, Coney Island Cup, Champion Stakes, Jersey Stakes, and the Leger Stakes.He placed in the Day Boat Line Stakes, Brighton Beach Cap, and the Dixiana Stakes.
He came in third in the Windsor Hotel Stakes and the September Cap.
Over the course of his racing career he won $71,875.
In 1881 he was America's Champion Three-Year-Old Male.
At stud
When Hindoo retired, he was America's leading money earner. Standing at stud, his mating with the mare Bourbon Belle produced the champion Hanover, who became the leading sire in the United States for four consecutive years.
Following the creation of the
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1955, Hindoo was one of the first handful of horses inducted.References
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/hindoo Hindoo's pedigree]
* [http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2006/derby_history/derby_charts/years/1881.html Hindoo's Derby]
* [http://www.thoroughbredchampions.com/library/halfamh.htm Hall of Fame inductees]
* [http://www.racingmuseum.org/hall/horse.asp?ID=90 Hindoo's page in the Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.racingmuseum.org/hall/trainer.asp?ID=285 James G. Rowe's Hall of Fame page, with photos]
* [http://www.tbheritage.com/TurfHallmarks/Champs/AmChamp3yoMale.html America's Champion Three-Year-Old Males]
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