Big Flying The Flag Colt Arrives At Bush Hill Stud
This is the first crop of Flying The Flag, a full brother to double Gr1 winner Rhododendron and Gr2 winner Magical.
This is the first crop of Flying The Flag, a full brother to double Gr1 winner Rhododendron and Gr2 winner Magical.
Miesque’s Approval, Flying The Flag, Crusade and Noble Tune were all represented with siblings at the weekend’s Breeders Cup and impressed with their efforts, with two of them winners.
Aiden O’Brien’s twice Gr1 winning fillies – Rhododendron and Seventh Heaven – will each be lining up at the Breeders Cup taking place today and tomorrow at Del Mar, part of the biggest team he has ever sent to the Breeders Cup.
Hadlow Stud have welcomed a special foal late last week, an eyecatching filly by Flying The Flag. What makes her special is her inbreeding to world super-sire Galileo.
Flying The Flag’s youngest full sister Magical, will be looking to emulate her older full sisters race record after being entered to run in the Gr1 Fillies Mile tomorrow.
Foals from Scott Bros this season by The Apache, Flying The Flag, Crusade and Mogok.
One of the brightest stars in the Ballydoyle firmament at the start of the year, Flying The Flag’s full sister Rhododendron claimed a hard-fought victory over stablemate Hydrangea, her second Gr1 victory to date for the Irish Champion Juvenile filly.
Its always good news when a stallion has a sibling entered for a Gr1, but to have two full sisters on one of the worlds most exclusive race days is certainly an astounding achievement in itself. Flying The Flag’s Group winning full sisters – Rhododendron and the youngest Magical – will be competing in France on the day of the Arc De Triomphe.
Coming off her impressive Gr2 Debutante win, Flying The Flag’s juvenile full sister by Galileo followed up with a Gr1 second place in the Moyglare Stakes at the Curragh by a short head to Happily. Magical defeated Happily by one and quarter lengths in the Gr2 Debutante.
Flying The Flag’s younger full sister, Magical, followed in her older Gr1 winning full sisters footsteps by winning the Gr2 Debutante in Ireland. Rhododendron won the race in 2016 and was crowned Irish Champion 2YO Filly after an exceptional Gr1 winning season. Aidan O’Brien won the Group 2 Debutante Stakes for the 12th time. Despite…