- Storm Flag Flying
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Storm Flag Flying
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sire =Storm Cat
grandsire =Storm Bird
dam =My Flag
damsire =Easy Goer
sex =Filly
foaled = 2000
country = USA
colour = Dark Bay
breeder = Phipps Stable
owner =Ogden Mills Phipps
trainer =Claude R. "Shug" McGaughey III
record = 14:7-3-3
earnings = $1,951,828
race = Matron Stakes (2002))Frizette Stakes (2002)Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (2002)Personal Ensign Handicap (2004)Shuvee Handicap (2004)
awards = U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Filly (2002)
honours =
updated= October 21, 2006Storm Flag Flying (b. April 11, 2000 at
Claiborne Farm inParis, Kentucky ) is an AmericanThoroughbred racehorse. In 2002, Storm Flag Flying won theBreeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies , a race won by her dam in 1995. Her performance that year earned her theEclipse Award for Outstanding 2-Year-Old Filly .Off for six months, in her 3-year-old debut Storm Flag Flying finished a distant 2nd to Cyber Secret in the
Comely Stakes atAqueduct Racetrack . In theAcorn Stakes Storm Flag Flying basically refused to run, finishing next to last. The leg injury she sustained ended her 2003 racing season but she rebounded in 2004, winning important races including a victory overAzeri in thePersonal Ensign Handicap . Bad luck in the 2004Breeders' Cup Distaff saw Storm Flag Flying running dead last midway through the race. When she finally broke through the horses in front of her she made a strong run down the stretch but finished 2nd after she ran out of ground before she could catch the winner,Ashado .Retired to
broodmare service at Claiborne Farm, in 2006 she foaled a colt byA.P. Indy .References
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/storm+flag+flying Storm Flag Flying's pedigree and racing stats]
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