| Flying Water | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Habitat |
| Grandsire | Sir Gaylord |
| Dam | Formentera |
| Damsire | Ribot |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 8 April 1973 |
| Country | France |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Dayton Ltd |
| Owner | Daniel Wildenstein |
| Trainer | Angel Penna Sr. |
| Record | 11: 6-0-0 |
| Major wins | |
| Nell Gwyn Stakes (1976) 1000 Guineas (1976) Prix Maurice de Gheest (1977) Prix Jacques Le Marois (1977) Champion Stakes (1977) | |
| Honours | |
| Top-rated older female in Europe (1977) Timeform rating: 132 | |
Flying Water (8 April 1973 – 25 June 1978) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse. In a racing career that was disrupted by injury, she ran eleven times and won six races between July 1975 and June 1978. After winning her only race as a two-year-old, she won the Classic 1000 Guineas at Newmarket Racecourse in the spring of 1977. Having missed the second half of her three-year-old season through injury, she returned in 1978. She defeated leading sprinters in the Prix Maurice de Gheest, mile specialists in the Prix Jacques Le Marois, and middle-distances horses in the Champion Stakes. In 1978, she was sent to race in the United States where she was killed in an accident in a race at Belmont Park on 25 June.