# Indian Maid

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**Indian Maid** (foaled 1956 in [Florida](/source/Florida)) was an American [Thoroughbred](/source/Thoroughbred) [racehorse](/source/Horse_racing) who won three consecutive editions of the [Falls City Handicap](/source/Falls_City_Handicap) at [Churchill Downs](/source/Churchill_Downs).[1]

## Background

Indian Maid was a bay mare bred in Florida by Elmer Heubeck Jr. During her racing career she was owned by pioneering female trainer [Mary Keim](/source/Mary_D._Keim) of [Evanston, Illinois](/source/Evanston,_Illinois).[2]

## Racing career

As a two-year-old Indian Maid's 1958 wins included the inaugural running of the Florida Breeders' Futurity at [Sunshine Park](/source/Tampa_Bay_Downs).[3] Then in [Chicago](/source/Chicago) she won the Land of Lincoln Stakes and the [Hawthorne Juvenile Handicap](/source/Hawthorne_Juvenile_Stakes) in which she defeated [colts](/source/Colt_(horse)).

At age three, Indian Maid won the first of her three straight Falls City Handicaps and the first of two consecutive Yo Tambien Handicaps at [Hawthorne Race Course](/source/Hawthorne_Race_Course). In 1960, the four-year-old mare had her best year, winning four important stakes and finishing second to [Royal Native](/source/Royal_Native) in the balloting for [American Champion Older Female Horse](/source/American_Champion_Older_Female_Horse) honors.

Indian Maid returned to race at age five in 1961. In February she won the Columbiana Handicap at Florida's [Hialeah Park Race Track](/source/Hialeah_Park_Race_Track).[4] In March she captured her third consecutive Falls City Handicap in Kentucky and won her second straight [Modesty Handicap](/source/Modesty_Handicap) at Chicago's [Washington Park Race Track](/source/Washington_Park_Race_Track) while giving away between nine and twenty pounds to her rivals. Even with those weight disadvantages, the June 3rd issue of the *[Chicago Daily Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune)* still pointed out that Indian Maid "only too often, has frightened away potential challengers in major races."

## Breeding record

Retired to [broodmare](/source/Broodmare) duty, Indian Maid was bred to prominent stallions such as [Nashua](/source/Nashua_(horse)) and [Bald Eagle](/source/Bald_Eagle_(horse)). Of her ten foals, the most successful runner was Mr. Pow Wow, sired by [Round Table](/source/Round_Table_(horse)).

## References

1. ["Falls City Handicap"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200213161312/https://www.kentuckyderby.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/2016/02/u10/Stakes_Histories_-_Falls_City_Handicap__2016_.pdf). Churchill Downs Incorporated. 2016-02-10. Archived from [the original](https://www.kentuckyderby.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/2016/02/u10/Stakes_Histories_-_Falls_City_Handicap__2016_.pdf) on 2020-02-13. Retrieved 2020-02-08.

1. ["Horse Profile for Indian Maid"](https://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=227128&registry=T&rbt=TB). Equibase Co. LLC. 2020-06-27. Retrieved 2019-11-23.

1. ["Sunshine Park"](https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/107848848/). [The Courier-Journal](/source/The_Courier-Journal), page 47. 1958-03-16. Retrieved 2020-02-13.

1. ["Indian Maid Outsprints Prince's Gate in $29,725 Columbiana at Hialeah"](https://www.nytimes.com/1961/02/09/archives/indian-maid-outsprints-princes-gate-in-29725-columbiana-at-hialeah.html). New York Times, page 41. 1961-02-09. Retrieved 2020-02-13.

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