Archers Bay
{{Short description|Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{for|the location in Barbados|Maycock's Bay, Barbados}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Archers Bay
| image =
| caption =
| sire = Silver Deputy
| grandsire = Deputy Minister
| dam = Adorned
| damsire = Val de l'Orne
| sex = Stallion
| foaled = 1995
| country = Canada
| colour = Brown
| breeder = Windfields Farm
| owner = Eugene Melnyk & Iris Bristow
| trainer = Todd A. Pletcher
| record = 13: 4-3-2
| earnings = US$666,200
| race = Canadian Triple Crown wins:
Queen's Plate (1998)
Prince of Wales Stakes (1998)
| awards= Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse (1998)
| honours =
|updated= June 22, 2011
}}
Archers Bay (1995–2002) was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse known for winning the first two legs of the 1998 Canadian Triple Crown. He was sired by Silver Deputy and out of the stakes-winning mare, Adorned, a daughter of the 1975 French Derby winner, Val de l'Orne.[http://www.pedigreequery.com/archers+bay Archers Bay pedigree]
In the 1998 Canadian Triple Crown series, Archers Bay won the Queen's Plate[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BN&p_theme=bn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF9AF763BC19D5&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Buffalo News (New York) – June 22, 1998] and the Prince of Wales Stakes[https://web.archive.org/web/20121107054933/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/444385291.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+20,+1998&author=Jennifer+Morrison-Learn&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Plate+winner+takes+Wales&pqatl=google Toronto Star, July 20, 1998] but did not run in the final leg as the Breeders Stakes is a test on turf. He was voted Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse.[http://www.jockeyclubcanada.com/previous.html Jockey Club of Canada] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424061633/http://www.jockeyclubcanada.com/previous.html |date=2009-04-24 }}
Retired to stud duty, Archers Bay sired Arch Hall and other foals.[http://www.pedigreequery.com/progeny/archers+bay Archers Bay's progeny]
The stallion was humanely euthanized in 2002 after an unsuccessful colic surgery and is buried on his farm.{{cite news | title=Archers Bay Euthanized Following Colic Complications | url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/11877/archers-bay-euthanized-following-colic-complications | date=October 7, 2002 | work=BloodHorse.com | accessdate=November 22, 2009}}