Flightline - Bringin' Home The Breeder's Cup

[@chettwettman6892]

You haters need to realize the Greatness of this horse. No horse but Flightline has back to back 126&121 Beyer Speed races, Ever. He won every race under hand rides and loafing the last 50m vs the best horses in the world.

[@ABSDEFRD]

Amazing horse would have love to see him run in the Dubai World Cup .

[@maninacrowd2342]

Best horse on the planet since big red

[@johnhaines9894]

Actually, he backed into a latch on the stall door and then freaked exacerbating the injury. Beautiful repair by the veterinarian to have the muscle of the ‘engine’ so unaffected.

[@vernonfrance2974]

@royslaven3027 @royslaven3027Actually they may have inserted a buzzer shock device back there so they could "encourage" him without using a whip.

[@LandisLL]

@@vernonfrance2974 that is the ugliest kind of bullshit speculation

[@vernonfrance2974]

@@LandisLL Thank you! To be successful trickery often relies on things that seems too outlandish to be believed. . . Of mediocre parentage, Flightline's success in itself seems quite a flight of fantasy. Even considering the genius with which he has been handled . . . avoiding the debilitating stresses of top flight competition at two and three, being given huge amounts of recuperation time, and lucking out in that the best mile and a quarter horse in the BCC got injured during the race. Flighty's sire, Tapit, was ninth in two Derbies and sixth in a third. The only race of merit he won was the Wood Memorial. Somehow, Tapit, has outperformed so much as a sire that it defies even my powers of bullshit speculation. But, I'm working on it . . . Things that defy reason are the most likely to have unexpected causes but for now all I can muster relies on the broodmares being the source of Tapit's progeny's fortuitous Belmont Stakes' outcomes. Flightline's broodmare sire, Indian Charlie, could only manage a third in his Derby. Of course, Flightline was allowed to fully mature and as a four year old would be expected to be better than at any other stage in his life. The trend to get in, strike while the iron is hot, and get out while avoiding the true tests normally required to be considered "Great" have been reinforced by his masterly scheduling. The connections will get handsome rewards for their cunning approach but I speculate once more. I believe his results at stud will be summed up in the three letter word "dud."

[@kayeroskaft9619]

Fun to watch and listen to-showed an appreciation for Flightline beyond his being brilliant at winning races. Much needed.

[@rodenpineda2838]

He is the best horse in the world i ever seen after secretariat........Flightline amazing horse....Great horse !!!!

[@CarolStJohn-ev9ry]

Enjoyed this!

[@alexalencar6679]

O melhor de todos

[@floridapmi]

Was lucky enough to be sitting at the 16th pole at Keeneland when he was running away from them.

[@rebecca94503]

Very nice video. He must favor Feathered; he reminds me of Indian Charlie. She should go back to Tapit, maybe she already has. Catch lightening in a bottle again.

[@robhartley9676]

Inspirational!

[@TimesUp777]

Pretty good video.!!🤙😁

[@PeterThieledigital]

Call Nashville!

[@deannasalem9195]

Gotta admit, Flightline tears up the track and leaves the other horses 🐎 in the dust...

[@anikarodriguez9524]

☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️😍😍😍😍😘☺️

[@Makado14]

Keep praying, Elliot.

[@pamjohnson1993]

Can anyone tell me how Flightline got the scar on his right buttock and the right side of his neck? Just really curious...

[@christianvillarreal4764]

Training accident

[@johnhaines9894]

Actually, it was when he backed up to the stall door latch, then freaked exacerbating the injury. But, what a super repair job closing the muscle so it didn’t affect the action of the ‘engine’.

[@mandalay117]

The hind end was from backing into a stall latch, like the other comment mentioned. The marking on his neck is a discoloration of the hair from where they placed IVs to give him fluid/medication after the stall latch incident!

[@johnhaines9894]

Thanks Mandalay, I did not know that.

[@carrieashley6465]

He is gggggrandson of big red him self flightline and he pull off winner BC hope owers money a side for him fpr rest his life

[@vernonfrance2974]

Every horse in the race traced back to Secretariat at least once except Hot Rod Charlie.

[@jhonfernandez6613]

No puede correr más se ganó a todos los mejores caballos no tiene pelea

[@Danny-jb6pg]

Why didn't this horse run for the triple crown?

[@vernonfrance2974]

Not good enough!

[@BobbyStevensFilms]

Injury, and compassionate training philosophy.

[@paulcarpool2288]

@@vernonfrance2974 hahaha....

[@freddybadell7601]

Y la película para cuando. Nunca antes visto tanta publicidad para un caballo que solo corrió 6 veces. Retirado a la cría. Por eso tanta publicidad.

[@tjpopsit]

Horse 🐎 is way better than the song. Thanks for sharing.

[@TimesUp777]

Great BCC race by FL but it surely wasnt a Secretariat like performance. The announcer got a little carried away on that one.

[@vernonfrance2974]

True. The best one and a quarter miler broke down.

[@paulcarpool2288]

Why wasn't it a Secretariat like performance?

[@TimesUp777]

@@paulcarpool2288 because Secretariat won the Belmont by 31 lengths and FL won the BCC by 8 lengths. I guess I dont know for sure, but I am guessing the announcer was comparing those 2 races.

[@paulcarpool2288]

@@TimesUp777 That's like kindergarten analytics. Secretariat's Belmont was a once in a century performance.... that's undisputable,...but all the rest of Secretariat's races,...I would bet Flightline beats him every time!

[@TimesUp777]

@@paulcarpool2288 you know as well as I do that FL would not beat Secretariat every time. FL won by so much all the time because he didn't have much competition and he was rested for months between races. If Secretariat would have raced 3 times a year like FL he would have won every race by 31 lengths. Secretariat also raced at 2 and 3 years old which is a huge difference from 3 and 4 years old like FL. Secretariat got a 139 beyer at 3 years old and FL highest beyer was 126 at 4 years old. It is highly unlikely FL would have beaten Secretariat every time. Secretariat raced 21 times in 16 months and FL raced 6 times in 18 months! You cant even compare FL to Secretariat just on that alone. Fl was great but running only 6 races is not enough to be rated in the greatest horses ever.

[@vernonfrance2974]

Under raced and overrated.

[@paulcarpool2288]

You call the greatest horse of all time.. overated?

[@vernonfrance2974]

@@paulcarpool2288 I'm referring to Flightline as overrated. He did not run enough or against the best competition so it would be difficult to consider him the best of the decade let alone the best of all time.

[@paulcarpool2288]

@@vernonfrance2974 I am referring to Flightline myself. Easily one of the fastest (greatest) horses of all time! He never even had a mini stumble during any of his races. Every race he ran was like a 3 run Grand Slam! He ran consistently high Speed Figures every start! What more did he need to do to convince you? That's not Flightline's fault he retired when he was.

[@vernonfrance2974]

@@paulcarpool2288 No. It is the owners' fault. He needed to run more and defeat more top notch horses to be up there with the greats. Like Justify he got in, got out and we have to wonder how he could have done if he had competed against the best in the Dubai World Cup or in the Saudi Cup or at least in the Pegasus World Cup as a five year old.

[@paulcarpool2288]

@@vernonfrance2974 ....he needed to race more to be up with the greats.... If you still don't know he's the greatest of all time..... you're hopeless.

[@mateocarrasco2990]

Bautiful