Co-owner Kosta Hronis revealed on this week's Thoroughbred Daily News Writers' Room podcast that the undefeated Flightline could race on next year as a 5-year-old, rather than heading off to stud after the Breeders' Cup Classic.
Flightline has raced five times and won each start convincingly, including his latest tour de force in the Grade 1 Pacific Classic. Trainer John Sadler plans to train the 4-year-old son of Tapit up to his next start, the Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland in November.
The colt's other owners, Siena Farm, Summer Wind Equine, West Point Thoroughbreds, and Woodford Racing, will also have a say in whether or not Flightline races again after the World Championships. Hronis expressed that while he will listen to his partners' expertise, he would prefer to race Flightline next year.
“Just like with Stellar Wind, which we left on the track an extra year, just like with Accelerate, which worked out great after we decided to bring him back for another year, our philosophy has always been that they were born to be race horses,” Hronis told TDN. “Let's let them do what they want to do as long as they want to do it. I can't really give you a percentage when it comes to his running next year. You'd have to ask Flightline. But I really believe as long as he is healthy and happy with what he is doing and he still wants to go to the racetrack every day and be a part of this and he still wants to run the way he has been running, then I think there is a great possibility that we will see him next year as 5-year-old.”
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