Indian Broom

Indian Broom (foaled 1933 in Virginia) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who on April 11, 1936 set a track and World record for a mile and one-eighth on dirt at California's Tanforan Racetrack and who returned the next year on December 4, 1937 and broke that same track's record again in a six furlong sprint.[1][2]

Indian Broom
SireBrooms
GrandsireBroomstick
DamKawita
DamsireDonnacona
SexStallion
Foaled1933
CountryUnited States
ColorChestnut
BreederBrookmeade Stable
OwnerBrookmeade Stable
A. C. T. Stock Farm Stable
TrainerRobert A. Smith
Darrell F. Cannon
Record65: 14-10-11
EarningsUS$72,840
Major wins
Golden Jubilee Handicap (1936)
Marchbank Handicap (1936, 1938)
Peninsula Handicap (1936)
Vancouver Celebration Handicap (1936)
Glendora Handicap (1937)
San Juan Capistrano Handicap (1938)
Last updated on April 28, 2021

Background

Bred by the Brookmeade Stud of Isabel Dodge Sloane, Indian Broom was sold in February 1936 to Canadian businessman Austin C. Taylor for what turned out to be a bargain-basement price of $4,000. The colt's race conditioning was then placed with trainer Darrell Cannon.[3]

Racing career

In his only start in the U.S. Triple Crown series, Indian Broom ran third to winner Bold Venture in the 1936 Kentucky Derby.[4][5]

Indian Broom's 1936 World record was set in Tanforan's Marchbank Handicap. In an interview several days later, jockey Basil James said that Indian Broom could have gone even faster as he had "never made a move" with the colt.[6] Indian Broom won the Marchbank Handicap again in 1938.[7] However, that year his most important win came in the San Juan Capistrano Handicap at Santa Anita Park.[8]

Pedigree
Pedigree of Indian Broom, chestnut colt, 1933
Sire
Brooms		 Broomstick Ben Brush Bramble
Roseville
Elf Galliard
Sylvabelle
Sis Martin Sir Martin Ogden
Lady Sterling
Almond Rock Wolf's Crag
Sugar
Dam
Kawita		 Donnacona Prince Palatine Persimmon
Lady Lightfoot
Kildonan Ladsa
Lochnell
Kiwanah The Curragh Spearmint
Currajong
Tuscaloosa Chuctanunda
Sadaquada (family: 9-f)

References
  1. "Lowers World Record". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1936-04-14. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  2. "Indian Broom Sets New Track Record". San Francisco Examiner, page 51. 1937-12-05. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  3. "Reaping Reward and Case Ace, Pulaski Horses, Outstanding Kentucky Derby Candidates". The Decatur Daily, page 8. 1937-02-04. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  4. "Bred at Brookmeade". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1937-04-12. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
  5. "1936". Kentuckyderby.com. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
  6. "James Praises Indian Broom". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1936-04-21. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  7. "Indian Broom In Front". Section Sports, page 87. 1938-06-05. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  8. "Major Taylor's Indian Broom Takes San Juan Capistrano Handicap on Coast". New York Times, Section Sports, page 77. 1938-03-13. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
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