Further Flight | |
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Sire | Pharly |
Grandsire | Lyphard |
Dam | Flying Nelly |
Damsire | Nelcius |
Sex | Gelding |
Foaled | 1986 |
Country | Ireland |
Colour | Grey |
Breeder | Simon Wingfield Digby |
Owner | Simon Wingfield Digby |
Trainer | Barry Hills |
Record | 70: 24-7-7 |
Earnings | £514,021 |
Major wins | |
Ebor Handicap (1990) Jockey Club Cup (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995) Goodwood Cup (1991, 1992) St. Simon Stakes (1991) Doncaster Cup (1992) | |
Awards | |
European Champion Older Horse (1995) | |
Honours | |
Barry Hills Further Flight Stakes at Nottingham Racecourse | |
Last updated on June 22, 2007 |
Further Flight (3 May 1986 – July 2001) was an Irish-bred, British-trained thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the Jockey Club Cup for five successive years. In a career which lasted from October 1988 until October 1998, he ran seventy times and won twenty-four races. In 1995, Further Flight was voted European Champion Older Horse at the Cartier Racing Awards. He is the only horse to win the same European Group race five times.