INDIAN RIDGE
1985 - 2006
chestnut, h (AWD 7.5f)
Sire: Ahanoora
Dam: Hillbrow, by Swing Easy
Race record:
He was the winner of five races from 5 to 7 furlongs including the Group 2 King Stand Stakes and the Jersey Stakes, as well as the Group 3 Duke of York Stakes.
Stud record:
At stud Indian Ridge is a proven outcross for Northern Dancer. He was the sire of 252 winners of 762 races from his first nine crops, with some 43 black type winners. He is the sire of Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) winners Ridgewood Pearl and Domedriver. In addition to the Breeders’ Cup Mile, Ridgewood Pearl was Champion European Filly, winning the Irish 1,000 Guineas, the Prix Du Moulin de Longchamp and the Coronation Stakes (all Group 1 events) as well as finishing runner up in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot. Indian Ridge’s other Group winners include: Namid (champion European sprinter and winner of the Group 1 Prix de l’Abbaye and three Group 3 races), Compton Place (champion European sprinter and winner of the Group 1 July Cup), Cassandra Go (winner of the Group 2 Temple Stakes and King Stand Stakes, and the Group 3 King George Stakes, and runner-up in the July Cup), Definite Article (winner of the Group 1 National Stakes and Group 2 Tattersalls Gold Cup and runner-up in the Irish Derby), Munir (winner of the Group 2 Victor Chandler Challenge Stakes and Group 3 Greenham Stakes in 2001), Handsome Ridge (effective at a mile at Group level), Indian Rocket (winner at 5 and 6 furlongs, including the Turf Sprint Stakes at Churchill Downs), Nicobar (a Group winner at 7 and 8 furlongs) and Bardonecchia (winner of the Group 3 Prix de Psyche in France).
INDIAN RIDGE stood at the Irish National Stud.
Copyright Steve Miller 2003