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Flagbird (USA)

Foal date
17/04/1991
Gender
Mare
Colour
Bay
Sire
Nureyev (USA)
Dam
Up The Flagpole (USA)
Breeder
W S Farish
Official rating
Career earnings
$451,451.51
Starts7Wins3Placed2
DateResultRacecourseRace details
30/09/19952ndNewmarket (GB)Sun Chariot Stakes Class A (Group 2) 3yo+
09/09/19953rdLeopardstown (IRE)Guinness Champion Stakes (Group 1) 3yo+
01/07/19951stCurragh (IRE)Independent Pretty Polly Stakes (Group 2) 3yo+
28/05/19956thLongchamp (FR)Prix D'ispahan (Group 1) 4yo+
14/05/19951stCapannelle (ITY)Premio Presidente Della Repubblica (Group 1) 4yo+
26/02/19954thNad Al Sheba (UAE)Nad Al Sheba Race (Handicap) 3yo+
08/01/19951stNad Al Sheba (UAE)Nad Al Sheba Race (Handicap) 3yo+
Flagbird (USA) Nureyev (USA) Northern Dancer (CAN) Nearctic (CAN)
1954
1961 Natalma (USA)
1957
1977 Special (USA) Forli (ARG)
1963
1969 Thong (GB)
1964
1991 Up The Flagpole (USA) Hoist The Flag (USA) Tom Rolfe (USA)
1962
1968 Wavy Navy (GB)
1968
1978 The Garden Club (USA) Herbager (GB)
1956
1966 Fashion Verdict (USA)
1960
Daughter of Nureyev originally trained by Andre Fabre in France as a juvenile in 1993; won her debut over 1m at Deauville in August and went very close in the Group 1 Prix Marcel Boussac at Longchamp (1m, heavy) in October; landed her first 3yo start in the Group 3 Prix de la Grotte at Longchamp; joined Godolphin after winning a Nad Al Sheba handicap in January 1995 and subsequently returned to Europe to land the Group 1 Premio Presidente della Repubblica at Capannelle in Rome and the Group 2 Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh (both 1m2f); finished third to Pentire in the Group 1 Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown in September before being retired after a brief stint racing in North America