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-Old Colt. Career Afleet's best season came in 1987 during his three-year-old campaign, in which he won six races in ten starts. These wins include the Jerome Handicap (G1) and Pennsylvania Derby (G2) in the United States plus the Friar Rock Stakes, Queenston Stakes and Plate Trial Stakes in Canada. He also placed in the Meadowlands Cup Handicap (G1) and the Queen's Plate. Afleet's only finished below third on two occasions with a fifth place in the Marine Stakes, and a tenth-place finish in the Breeders Cup Classic (G1). As a four-year-old in 1988 he won the Toboggan Handicap (G3) and finished second in the Metropolitan Handicap (G1) and Carter Handicap (G1), and ran third in the Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) and Massachusetts Handicap (G2). Retirement Afleet was retired to stud in 1989 and stood at Taylor Made Farm who had bought an interest in him while still racing. His North American progeny included 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