Many of Maryland’s top 10 stallions ice skating passed away on February 8 from illness of old age, according to the Maryland Horse Breeders Association. He is 25 years old.
AP Indy’s docile child among many Prospector Delite 1st place winners is a half-brother to the Horse of the Year 2003 and the older horse champion mines and many 1st grade winners Tomisue’s joy . He raced as a crossbreed for William S. Farish, James Elkins Jr. and Temple Webber Jr., became the 3rd best bet winner with $442,500.
As a stallion, he bred 151 winners including 11 black winners. He will be ranked among the top 10 studs in Maryland for 2009-12 thanks to the performance of top runners like Ariana D, Rocky Policy, In the Juice, Nicaradalic Rocks and Toboggan Slide. Ariana D, a young daughter in the Black Tie Affair, Derby Tie, is Rock Slide’s highest earner. She won the Bessarabian Shares and Avowal Shares at Honeysuckle and Northern Fling Stakes at Presque Isle Downs and placed into eight graded stakes, including seconds in Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes (G2), Ontario Matron Stakes (G3), Hendrie Stakes (G3) and Whimsical Stakes (G3), and a third in Madison Staking (G1). Ariana D retired with a 9-7-9 record in 33 starts and earned $707,075.
According to the association, Rock Slide maintained his entire career in Maryland at Shamrock Farm and Maryland Stallion Station. He retired in 2016 and lives the rest of his days in Shamrock.
