Flintshire (horse)

Flintshire
Flintshire before the 2015 Sword Dancer
SireDansili
GrandsireDanehill
DamDance Routine
DamsireSadler's Wells
SexColt
Foaled4 April 2010[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
ColourDark bay or brown
BreederJuddmonte Farms
OwnerKhalid Abdullah
TrainerAndré Fabre
Chad C. Brown
Record23: 8-11-1
Earnings£5,786,144[2]
$8,909,910[3]
Major wins
Prix du Lys (2013)
Grand Prix de Paris (2013)
Hong Kong Vase (2014)
Sword Dancer Stakes (2015, 2016)
Manhattan Handicap (2016)
Bowling Green Handicap (2016)
Awards
American Champion Male Turf Horse (2016)

Flintshire (foaled 4 April, 2010) is a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who has been trained in France and the United States. Unraced as a juvenile, he was one of the best three-year-old colts in France in 2013, winning the Prix du Lys and the Grand Prix de Paris. In 2014 he finished second in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and the Breeders' Cup Turf before recording his biggest win in the Hong Kong Vase. As five-year-old he won the Sword Dancer Invitational Handicap and again finished second in the Arc. At the start of his six-year-old season in 2016 he was sent to be trained in the United States. He began the season with victories in the Manhattan Handicap, Bowling Green Handicap and Sword Dancer Stakes, before finishing second in his last two starts, the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic and Breeders' Cup Turf.

  1. ^ "Flintshire pedigree". Equineline.
  2. ^ "Flintshire Record". Racing Post. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Horse Profile: Flintshire". Equibase. Retrieved 3 October 2016.