Chief Stipe Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 News Flying Spur dies at 25 Wed, 09 May 2018 AAP Turf The 1995 Golden Slipper winner and champion sire Flying Spur died last night aged 25, Arrowfield Stud has announced. Flying Spur was trained by Lee Freedman to win the Golden Slipper, and he added the Australian Guineas and All Aged Stakes to his Group One tally before being retired to stud. Bred at John Messara's Arrowfield Stud near Scone in the New South Wales Hunter Valley, Flying Spur carried the farm's famous racetrack silks before joining his birthplace's stallion roster after standing his first season in Victoria. A son of breed-shaping stallion Danehill, Flying Spur made an immediate impact at stud, ending 1999-2000 as Australia's leading first-season sire. Flying Spur claimed the general sires' premiership in 2007, the year his daughter Forensics won the Golden Slipper. Declining fertility led to Flying Spur's retirement from stud duties in 2012, but his legacy continued this season as the sire of the Caulfield Cup winner Boom Time. "One of the pillars of Arrowfield, he signs off like the great Australian Sir Donald Bradman on 99 stakes winners," Arrowfield posted on Twitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jess Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Good effort getting the old boy through to a quarter century - esp given he retired from the serving barn 6 years ago .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mk2_Zephyr Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 A joke, another kite from Free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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