Horsename: | Archers Bay |
Sire: | Silver Deputy |
Grandsire: | Deputy Minister |
Dam: | Adorned |
Damsire: | Val de l'Orne |
Sex: | Stallion |
Foaled: | 1995 |
Country: | Canada |
Colour: | Brown |
Breeder: | Windfields Farm |
Owner: | Eugene Melnyk & Iris Bristow |
Trainer: | Todd A. Pletcher |
Record: | 13: 4-3-2 |
Earnings: | US$666,200 |
Race: | Canadian Triple Crown wins: Queen's Plate (1998) Prince of Wales Stakes (1998) |
Awards: | Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse (1998) |
Updated: | June 22, 2011 |
Archers Bay (1995–2002) was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse known for winning the first two legs of the 1998 Canadian Triple Crown. He was sired by Silver Deputy and out of the stakes-winning mare, Adorned, a daughter of the 1975 French Derby winner, Val de l'Orne.[1]
In the 1998 Canadian Triple Crown series, Archers Bay won the Queen's Plate[2] and the Prince of Wales Stakes[3] but did not run in the final leg as the Breeders Stakes is a test on turf. He was voted Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse.[4]
Retired to stud duty, Archers Bay sired Arch Hall and other foals.[5]
The stallion was humanely euthanized in 2002 after an unsuccessful colic surgery and is buried on his farm.[6]