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]}

Background[]

Bred by the Brookmeade Stud of Isabel Dodge Sloane, Indian Broom was sold in February of 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 .^[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 . 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]

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