YESTERDAY’S HEROES
Graham Buddry remembers the mighty Indian Skimmer

At the astonishing height of his considerable training powers Henry Cecil had difficulty in sending out anything other than a continuous stream of winners. Many of them became household names while others shone but briefly, yet few were as popular, or talented, as the iron grey battleship that was Indian Skimmer.
Foaled in 1984 in Kentucky, the daughter of Storm Bird had exemplary breeding through grandsire, Northern Dancer, and damsire Vaguely Noble. The resulting offspring was named Indian Skimmer after a rare tern...