AP Indy Pensioned After 22 Years
Over the weekend the horse betting world was shocked to learn that Lane's End farm had pensioned 22 years old multiple Sire champion AP Indy. Online horse betting enthusiasts have been wagering on AP Indy offspring for nearly a decade, as the mighty thoroughbred has sired some of the best Grade I stakes winners, along with other champion sires. Today we will look at why AP Indy was pensioned and what this means for the horse racing industry.
For breeders cup betting fans new to horse racing, pensioned simply means retired in horse racing jargon, meaning to say, that AP Indy being pensioned, is Lane's End saying that the mighty thoroughbred sire will no longer be needed to sire any more mare's foals, and can enjoy his life chewing grass on the farm. Essentially, AP Indy has been a solid sire for nearly a decade, having sired fellow sire's Bernardini, Rags To Riches, Golden Missile, Music Note and Mineshaft. In total, AP Indy has sired 135 stakes winners in his illustrious career.
The reason AP Indy was pensioned, was a combination between being 22 years old, which is considered very old for horses, and a lack of production in the end of 2010 and beginning of 2011. AP Indy, was only able to get 25 mares pregnant this season, which by breeding standards is equivalent to finishing no higher than third in a race.
We sort of had a feeling that the end of AP Indy as a sire was coming earlier in the year, when it was determined that his son Bernardini would help impregnate former Breeder's Cup champion Zenyatta as opposed to AP Indy. On the other hand, AP Indy should be commended for this year alone, as sons Bernardini and Mineshaft, each have several offspring in contention for the Kentucky Derby.