Indian Blessing
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| Indian Blessing | |
|---|---|
| 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 | 5: 5-0-0 |
| Earnings | $1,567,200 |
| Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours | |
| Major Racing Wins | |
| Frizette Stakes (2007) Santa Ynez Stakes (2008) Silverbulletday Stakes (2008) Breeders' Cup wins: |
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| Racing Awards | |
| American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (2007) | |
| Infobox last updated on: 04:32, Monday June 9, 2008 (UTC). | |
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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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 9th running of the Silverbulletday Stakes at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana.
To date, each of Indian Blessing's five wins has 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
