First Flight (racehorse)

This article is about the 1940s champion racehorse. For the medical research horse used to develop the first botulinum antitoxin, see First Flight (medical research horse). For other uses, see First Flight (disambiguation).
First Flight
SireMahmoud
GrandsireBlenheim
DamFly Swatter
DamsireDis Donc
SexFilly
Foaled1944
CountryUnited States
ColourBay
BreederCornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
OwnerCornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
TrainerSylvester E. Veitch
Record24: 11-3-3
EarningsUS$197,965
Major wins
Fashion Stakes (1946)
Astoria Stakes (1946)
Matron Stakes (1946)
Futurity Stakes (1946)
Monmouth Oaks (1947)
Fall Highweight Handicap (1948)
Awards
American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (1946)

First Flight (foaled 1944 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was voted the American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly of 1946[1]

  1. ^ [ Displaying Abstract ] (9 May 1897). "New York Times - May 9, 1897". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-02-11.