Flemensfirth
Flemensfirth | |
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Sire | Alleged |
Grandsire | Hoist The Flag |
Dam | Etheldreda |
Damsire | Diesis |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 16 March 1992 |
Died | 26 May 2023 | (aged 31)
Country | United States |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Mill Ridge Farm |
Owner | Sheikh Mohammed |
Trainer | John Gosden |
Record | 9: 5-1-0 |
Major wins | |
Prix Lupin (1995) Prix Dollar (1995,1996) Premio Roma (1996) |
Flemensfirth (16 March 1992 – 26 May 2023) was a
Background
Flemensfirth was a bay horse bred by the Mill Ridge Farm at Lexington, Kentucky. He was sired by the dual Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Alleged out of the Diesis mare Etheldreda.[1] He was bought as a yearling for $290,000[2] by Sheikh Mohammed and sent into training with John Gosden in England.
Racing career
Flemensfirth did not appear on the racecourse until the September of his two-year-old season, when he won a Nottingham maiden race "smoothly"[3] by three lengths.
After finishing second in the
Injury then kept Flemensfirth off the racecourse for over a year. When he returned he took his record at Longchamp to three wins in three starts by taking his second Prix Dollar, leading in the straight and staying on strongly to win by two lengths.[6] A month later he travelled to Italy to land odds of 1–2 in the Premio Roma, defeating the German mare Hollywood Dream by a neck.
By the time he appeared again in the 1997 Dubai World Cup, Flemensfirth had not lost a race for almost two years, but he was always struggling on the dirt surface, and came home last of the ten finishers behind Singspiel. It proved to be his final racecourse appearance.
Stud career
Flemensfirth has had very little success as a sire of flat-race horses, but has been highly successful as a sire of
Pedigree
Sire Alleged (USA) 1974 |
Hoist The Flag (USA) 1968 | Tom Rolfe | Ribot |
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Pocahontas | |||
Wavy Navy | War Admiral | ||
Triomphe | |||
Princess Pout (USA) 1966 | Prince John | Princequillo | |
Not Afraid | |||
Determined Lady | Determine | ||
Tumbling | |||
Dam Etheldreda (USA) 1985 |
Diesis 1980 | Sharpen Up | Atan |
Rocchetta | |||
Doubly Sure | Reliance | ||
Soft Angels | |||
Royal Bund (USA) 1961 | Royal Coinage | Eight Thirty | |
Canina | |||
Nato | Court Martial
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Safari Moon (Family 1-w)[10] |
References
- ^ "Flemensfirth.doc" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Trainers nominate favourites - Farming, Frontpage". Independent.ie. 4 January 2005. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- ^ Racing Post
- ^ "Results from the 1.50 race at LONGCHAMP (FR) - 14 May 1995". Racing Post. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- ^ "Results from the 2.25 race at LONGCHAMP (FR) - 30 September 1995". Racing Post. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- ^ "Results from the 3.45 race at LONGCHAMP (FR) - 5 October 1996". Racing Post. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- ^ "Stallions :: Flemensfirth". Coolmore. 24 April 2011. Archived from the original on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- ^ Peacock, Tom (21 August 2020). "Top jumps stallion Flemensfirth retired from duty aged 28". Racing Post. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ "Champion NH Sire Flemensfirth Dies At 31". Thoroughbred Daily News. 26 May 2023.
- ^ "Thoroughbred Family 1-w (Queen Bertha)". bloodlines.net. Retrieved 14 July 2017.