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His longevity and consistency, combined with his distinctive racing style and easily recognisable grey coat made him a popular favourite. On his retirement Barry Hills said, "You could live a lifetime and never have a horse like him again".<ref>http://www.famousracehorses.co.uk/fflight.htm</ref>
His longevity and consistency, combined with his distinctive racing style and easily recognisable grey coat made him a popular favourite. On his retirement Barry Hills said, "You could live a lifetime and never have a horse like him again".<ref>http://www.famousracehorses.co.uk/fflight.htm</ref>

==Tabulated pedigree==
{{Pedigree
|name = Brave Inca (IRE), bay gelding, 1998
|inf =
|f = Good Thyne (USA)<br />1977
|m = Wigwam Mam (IRE)<br />1993
|ff = [[Herbager]]<br />1956
|fm = Foreseer<br />1969　
|mf = [[Commanche Run]]<br />1981　
|mm = Rozifer<br />1978
|fff = Vandale
|ffm = Flagette
|fmf = [[Round Table]]
|fmm = Regal Gleam
|mff = [[Run The Gantlet]]
|mfm = Volley
|mmf = Lucifer
|mmm = Rozeen
|ffff = Plassy
|fffm = Vanille
|ffmf = Escamillo
|ffmm = Fidgette
|fmff = [[Princequillo]]
|fmfm = Knights Daughter
|fmmf = [[Hail To Reason]]
|fmmm = Miz Carol
|mfff = [[Tom Rolfe]]
|mffm = First Feather
|mfmf = Ratification
|mfmm = Mitrailleuse
|mmff = [[Crimson Satan]]
|mmfm = La Joliette
|mmmf = Merry Rose
|mmmm = Pandomas (Family: 8)}}





Revision as of 16:53, 4 September 2011

Further Flight
SirePharly
GrandsireLyphard
DamFlying Nelly
DamsireNelcius
SexGelding
Foaled1986
CountryIreland
ColourGrey
BreederS Wingfield Digby
OwnerS Wingfield Digby
TrainerBarry Hills
Record70: 24-7-7
Earnings£514,021
Major wins
Ebor Handicap 1990
Jockey Club Cup 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
Goodwood Cup 1991, 1992
St. Simon Stakes 1991
Doncaster Cup 1992
Awards
Top Older Horse 1995
Last updated on June 22, 2007

Further Flight (3rd May 1986-2001) was a thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the Jockey Club Cup for five successive years. He is the only horse to win the same European Group race five times.

Background

Further Flight was foaled in Ireland in 1986, sired by the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp winner Pharly out of the Cambridgeshire Handicap winner Flying Nelly, from whom he inherited his grey coat.[1] He became a favourite of the British racing public, competing in and winning long-distance events in a career that lasted from 1988 to 1998. He was trained throughout his career by Barry Hills and ridden in 64 of his 70 starts by Michael Hills.

Racing Career

Further Flight did not appear on the racecourse until the autumn of 1988 when he ran down the field in a minor event at Chepstow. As a three-year-old he ran four times, winning once at Ayr. As a four-year-old he emerged as a top-class staying handicapper winning four races including the Ebor Handicap[2] and finishing second in the Cesarewitch Handicap in which he attempted to give seventeen pounds to the winner.[3]

In 1991 he won five of his eight races starting with two handicaps before moving up to Group class to win the Goodwood Cup,[4] St Simon Stakes and his first Jockey Club Cup. He also finished first in the Prix Kergorlay but lost the race after a Steward's Inquiry.

In 1992, he was at his peak. A run of four consecutive Group race wins saw him add wins in the Doncaster Cup and Lonsdale Stakes to repeat victories in the Goodwood Cup and Jockey Club Cup. [5]

As a seven-year-old in 1993 he captured a second Lonsdale Stakes and a third Jockey Club Cup. 1994 brought a fourth Jockey Club Cup[6] and a win in a listed event at Newmarket.

By 1995, it was clear that his very best days were behind him, but wins at Haydock and Doncaster were followed by a fifth vicory in the Jockey Club Cup.[6] Further Flight continued to race for another three seasons, winning once in each of them, and putting in a number of good placed efforts, including a third place as an eleven-year-old in the 1997 Jockey Club Cup.

Retirement

Further Flight was retired in 1998. As a gelding, he had no stud career but had an active retirement at the home of his former jockey Michael Hills. He died after suffering a paddock injury to his hind leg in July 2001.[7]

Assessment

Further Flight was named Top Older Horse in the 1995 Cartier Racing Awards. The Further Flight Stakes, named in his honour, has been listed race run since 2001 at Nottingham in April.[8]

His longevity and consistency, combined with his distinctive racing style and easily recognisable grey coat made him a popular favourite. On his retirement Barry Hills said, "You could live a lifetime and never have a horse like him again".[9]

Tabulated pedigree

Pedigree of Brave Inca (IRE), bay gelding, 1998
Sire
Good Thyne (USA)
1977 		Herbager
1956 		Vandale Plassy
Vanille
Flagette Escamillo
Fidgette
Foreseer
1969　 		Round Table Princequillo
Knights Daughter
Regal Gleam Hail To Reason
Miz Carol
Dam
Wigwam Mam (IRE)
1993 		Commanche Run
1981　 		Run The Gantlet Tom Rolfe
First Feather
Volley Ratification
Mitrailleuse
Rozifer
1978 		Lucifer Crimson Satan
La Joliette
Rozeen Merry Rose
Pandomas (Family: 8)


References

  1. ^ "Further Flight". Racing Post. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  2. ^ "Results from the 3.10 race at YORK - 22 August 1990". Racing Post. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  3. ^ "Results from the 3.45 race at NEWMARKET - 20 October 1990". Racing Post. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  4. ^ "Results from the 3.10 race at GOODWOOD - 1 August 1991". Racing Post. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  5. ^ "Results from the 4.15 race at NEWMARKET - 3 October 1992". Racing Post. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  6. ^ a b "Results from the 4.10 race at NEWMARKET - 1 October 1994". Racing Post. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  7. ^ "Further Flight put down". Telegraph.co.uk. 2001-07-29. Retrieved 2011-08-28.
  8. ^ "Nottingham, Further Flight Stakes". Horseracebase.com. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  9. ^ http://www.famousracehorses.co.uk/fflight.htm
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