Grade 2 winner Ete Indien will begin his stallion career in The Philippines after selling to Triple T Ranch for $25,000 on Monday at the Fasig-Tipton July Selected Horses of All Ages Sale.
Bloodstock agent Ed Price signed the ticket for the 5-year-old son of Summer Front on behalf of the new owners. Eaton Sales consigned Ete Indien as agent.
“He's a beautiful horse, he had tons of talent, and he was an expensive 2-year-old,” Price said.
Ete Indien was bred in Kentucky by Robert Tillyer and Eric Buckley, and he sold to Ireland's Powerstown Stud as a yearling for $80,000. He was then purchased by French-born, U.S.-based trainer Patrick Biancone for $269,640 at the 2019 Arqana May Breeze-Up Sale in France.
The horse was campaigned by a large partnership including Linda Shanahan, Sanford Bacon, Dream With Me Stable, Horse France America, D P Racing, and Biancone himself.
Ete Indien got to work quickly when he returned stateside, winning on debut as a juvenile on the turf at Gulfstream Park. Following a well off-the-board effort in the Grade 3 Bourbon Stakes, the colt finished his 2-year-old season on the dirt, taking an optional claiming race at Gulfstream.
The colt established his presence as a contender on the Triple Crown trail with his seasonal debut at age three, where he finished second to future classic winner Tiz The Law in the G3 Holy Bull Stakes. He then led at every point of call in the G2 Fountain of Youth Stakes, and kicked away to win by 8 1/2 lengths.
Tiz the Law once again thwarted Ete Indien in the G1 Florida Derby, where he finished third behind the champion. When the Kentucky Derby was moved to September due to COVID-19, Ete Indien remained in South Florida, and finished fourth in a Gulfstream optional claimer. He was later taken out of consideration for the rescheduled classics, and he went over a year between races.
Ete Indien came back from the extended layoff for one final start in July 2021, finishing eighth in the Bob Umphrey Turf Sprint Stakes at Gulfstream. He retired with three wins in eight starts for $408,406.
Price said he has been buying for Triple T for the past five to seven years, purchasing everything from racehorses to stallions on the company's behalf. The farm's purchases of American bloodstock at auction includes Grade 1 winner Stately Victor, who was bought as an active stallion in 2015.
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