| Flying Heels | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Flying Ebony |
| Grandsire | The Finn |
| Dam | Heeltaps |
| Damsire | Ultimus |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1927 |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Bay/Brown |
| Breeder | Gifford A. Cochran |
| Owner | 1) Gifford A. Cochran 2) John J. Curtis |
| Trainer | 1) Henry McDaniel 2) J. Simon Healy |
| Record | 43: 17-16-1 |
| Earnings | US$123,435 |
| Major wins | |
| Nursery Handicap (1929) Pimlico Futurity (1929) Remsen Stakes (1929) Manhattan Handicap (1930) Delaware Handicap (1930) Carter Handicap (1930, 1931) Blemton Handicap Plate (1931) Fleetwing Handicap (1931) Hialeah Inaugural Handicap (1932) New Hampshire Handicap (1933) Speed Handicap (1933) | |
| Honors | |
| Flying Heels Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack | |
Flying Heels (1927–1940) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that won stakes races at age two through six, including a number which are Grade I events today. Bred and raced by Gifford A. Cochran, he was sired by the 1925 Kentucky Derby winner, Flying Ebony and out of the racemare Heeltaps.
Flying Heels was trained for Gifford Cochran by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Henry McDaniel.[1] However, Cochran died on December 5, 1930[2] and at a May 23, 1931 Fasig-Tipton dispersal sale Flying Heels was sold by his Estate to John J. Curtis who turned his training over to the very capable Simon Healy.[3]