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Indian Haven (21 February 2000 – 11 July 2023) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for his win in the 2003 running of the Irish 2,000 Guineas. After winning a minor race on his debut, he was well-beaten in better company on his three remaining starts and appeared to be some way behind the best of his generation. In the spring of 2003 he showed improved form, taking the European Free Handicap and coming back after an unlucky run in the 2000 Guineas to win the Irish equivalent. He was never able to reproduce his classic-winning form and was well beaten in five subsequent races. After his retirement from racing, he stood as a breeding stallion in Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Indian Haven was a chestnut horse with a white blaze standing 16.3 hands high bred in England by the late Louis Freedman's Cliveden Stud in Berkshire. As a yearling he was offered for sale at Tattersalls in October 2001 and was bought for 62,000 guineas by the trainer Paul D'Arcy. The colt entered the ownership of the Fountain Racing syndicate and was taken into training by D'Arcy at his High Havens stable in Newmarket.[citation needed]
His sire Indian Ridge was a top-class sprinter whose wins included the King's Stand Stakes in 1989. He later became a very successful breeding stallion whose other progeny included Ridgewood Pearl, Domedriver, Compton Place and Indian Ink. Indian Ridge was a representative of the Byerley Turk sire line, unlike more than 95% of modern thoroughbreds, who descend directly from the Darley Arabian. Indian Haven's dam Madame Dubois was a successful racemare who excelled over long distances, winning the Park Hill Stakes and the Prix de Royallieu as a three-year-old in 1990. As a broodmare, she produced several other winners including the Gran Criterium winner Count Dubois. She was descended from the Irish broodmare No Angel (foaled 1949) who was the female-line ancestor of Kris and Diesis.
Indian Haven made his racecourse debut in a six furlong maiden race at Yarmouth Racecourse on 3 July in which he was ridden by John Egan and started at odds of 9/4 against five opponents. He took the lead in the last quarter mile and "forged clear" in the closing stages to win by two lengths from Magic Red and Arousha. In his next three races Indian Haven was moved up in class to contest Group races and failed to win. He finished sixth to Country Reel in the Gimcrack Stakes at York in August (after being badly hampered) and fifth to Almushahar in the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster in September before ending his season by running unplaced as a 40/1 outsider for the Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket on 19 October.[citation needed]
Ten days after his run in the Dewhurst, the colt was auctioned for the second time at Tattersalls and was sold for 95,000 guineas to Julian Smith. For the remainder of his racing career he was owned by Smith in partnership with Peter Gleeson and Larence "Loz" Conway. The former soccer player Alan Brazil was reported to be involved in the colt's ownership, but withdrew his interest at the end of the year.
In December 2004, Indian Haven's trainer Paul D'Arcy was awarded "a substantial sum in damages" after suing the Evening Star for publishing allegations that he had "stopped" the horse in the Dewhurst, and unlawfully manipulated the subsequent sale. After the settlement D'Arcy was "fully vindicated" with the publishers of the story admitting that the trainer had behaved "entirely professionally and lawfully".
In early 2003 D'Arcy moved from High Havens to the Green Ridge Stable. On his 2003 debut the colt was assigned a weight of 125 pounds in the Listed European Free Handicap over seven furlongs at Newmarket on 16 April and started the 9/2 third favourite in a six-runner field. After pulling hard in the early stages he was sent to the front by Egan a furlong out and kept on well to win by two and a half lengths from the Norfolk Stakes winner Barons Pit. Egan commented "I thought he had a big chance. He's always been a very good horse. He's had problems but they've been patient with him. He's a hell of a horse".
In the 2000 Guineas over the Rowley Mile at Newmarket on 3 May Indian Haven started a 20/1 outsider but was repeatedly blocked as he attempted to obtain a clear run and finished unplaced behind Refuse To Bend.[citation needed]
Indian Haven
Indian Haven (21 February 2000 – 11 July 2023) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for his win in the 2003 running of the Irish 2,000 Guineas. After winning a minor race on his debut, he was well-beaten in better company on his three remaining starts and appeared to be some way behind the best of his generation. In the spring of 2003 he showed improved form, taking the European Free Handicap and coming back after an unlucky run in the 2000 Guineas to win the Irish equivalent. He was never able to reproduce his classic-winning form and was well beaten in five subsequent races. After his retirement from racing, he stood as a breeding stallion in Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Indian Haven was a chestnut horse with a white blaze standing 16.3 hands high bred in England by the late Louis Freedman's Cliveden Stud in Berkshire. As a yearling he was offered for sale at Tattersalls in October 2001 and was bought for 62,000 guineas by the trainer Paul D'Arcy. The colt entered the ownership of the Fountain Racing syndicate and was taken into training by D'Arcy at his High Havens stable in Newmarket.[citation needed]
His sire Indian Ridge was a top-class sprinter whose wins included the King's Stand Stakes in 1989. He later became a very successful breeding stallion whose other progeny included Ridgewood Pearl, Domedriver, Compton Place and Indian Ink. Indian Ridge was a representative of the Byerley Turk sire line, unlike more than 95% of modern thoroughbreds, who descend directly from the Darley Arabian. Indian Haven's dam Madame Dubois was a successful racemare who excelled over long distances, winning the Park Hill Stakes and the Prix de Royallieu as a three-year-old in 1990. As a broodmare, she produced several other winners including the Gran Criterium winner Count Dubois. She was descended from the Irish broodmare No Angel (foaled 1949) who was the female-line ancestor of Kris and Diesis.
Indian Haven made his racecourse debut in a six furlong maiden race at Yarmouth Racecourse on 3 July in which he was ridden by John Egan and started at odds of 9/4 against five opponents. He took the lead in the last quarter mile and "forged clear" in the closing stages to win by two lengths from Magic Red and Arousha. In his next three races Indian Haven was moved up in class to contest Group races and failed to win. He finished sixth to Country Reel in the Gimcrack Stakes at York in August (after being badly hampered) and fifth to Almushahar in the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster in September before ending his season by running unplaced as a 40/1 outsider for the Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket on 19 October.[citation needed]
Ten days after his run in the Dewhurst, the colt was auctioned for the second time at Tattersalls and was sold for 95,000 guineas to Julian Smith. For the remainder of his racing career he was owned by Smith in partnership with Peter Gleeson and Larence "Loz" Conway. The former soccer player Alan Brazil was reported to be involved in the colt's ownership, but withdrew his interest at the end of the year.
In December 2004, Indian Haven's trainer Paul D'Arcy was awarded "a substantial sum in damages" after suing the Evening Star for publishing allegations that he had "stopped" the horse in the Dewhurst, and unlawfully manipulated the subsequent sale. After the settlement D'Arcy was "fully vindicated" with the publishers of the story admitting that the trainer had behaved "entirely professionally and lawfully".
In early 2003 D'Arcy moved from High Havens to the Green Ridge Stable. On his 2003 debut the colt was assigned a weight of 125 pounds in the Listed European Free Handicap over seven furlongs at Newmarket on 16 April and started the 9/2 third favourite in a six-runner field. After pulling hard in the early stages he was sent to the front by Egan a furlong out and kept on well to win by two and a half lengths from the Norfolk Stakes winner Barons Pit. Egan commented "I thought he had a big chance. He's always been a very good horse. He's had problems but they've been patient with him. He's a hell of a horse".
In the 2000 Guineas over the Rowley Mile at Newmarket on 3 May Indian Haven started a 20/1 outsider but was repeatedly blocked as he attempted to obtain a clear run and finished unplaced behind Refuse To Bend.[citation needed]