Out of a Hoist the Flag mare, Up the Flagpole, and the daughter of one of the century's greatest sires, Mr. Prospector, she was a Grade 1 winner and the 2003 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year.
Bred back to A.P Indy, Prospector's Delite produced another stakes winner, Rock Slide, who is currently standing at stud in Woodbine, Maryland, at Shamrock Farms.
Prospector's Delite is best known for producing the 2003 Horse of the Year, Mineshaft who earned over $2,000,000 and won the Jockey Club Gold Cup.
[2] Prospector's Delite died in 2001 at the age of 12 after suffering complications during the birth of a Storm Cat colt.
She developed laminitis and had to be put down; her newborn colt survived only three weeks after his mother's death.