Afleet

Afleet (1984 - 2014) was a Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who was voted the 1987 Canadian Horse of the Year and Canadian Champion Three Year Male Horse.

Career

Afleet's best season came in his 1987 campaign, in which he won six races in ten starts. These wins include the graded Jerome Handicap (G1) and Pennsylvania Derby (G2). He also placed in the Meadowlands Cup Handicap (G1) and the Queen's Plate Stakes. He won the Toboggan Handicap (G3) in his next season of 1988, and finished second in the Metropolitan Handicap (G1) and Carter Handicap (G1), and third in the Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) and Massachusetts Handicap (G2).^[1]

Retirement

Afleet was retired to stud in 1989 and stood for Taylor Made Farm who had bought an interest in him while still racing. His north American get includes Older Canadian Champion A Fleet's Dancer, Grade 1 winners Flat Fleet Feet and Twist Afleet. He also produced the grade 2 winner, Northern Afleet, who is an outstanding sire standing in Kentucky. His progeny includes the 2005 Preakness and Belmont Stakes winner, Afleet Alex. In 1994 Afleet was sold to breeders in Japan, he continued producing grade 1 winners in Big Wolf and Bamboo Ere. Died in 2014 at the age of 30 in Japan, where he stood at Breeders' Stallion Station.^[2]

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