Flightline, who is rated among the best racehorses in history after his momentous 19 1/4-length victory in the Grade 1 Pacific Classic this month, will enter stud as the property of a syndicate at Lane's End Farm upon the conclusion of his racing career.
By Tapit from a prolific Phipps family, Flightline was bred by Jane Lyon's Summer Wind Farm and is raced by Summer Wind in partnership with Hronis Racing, Siena Farm, West Point Thoroughbreds and Woodford Racing. A $1-million Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling purchase from the Lane's End consignment, Flightline is trained by John Sadler and has been ridden in all five of his starts by Flavien Prat.
Flightline displayed star power right from the beginning, winning on debut in April of 2021 at Santa Anita Park. His 13 ¼-length victory earned him 'TDN Rising Star' status and a Beyer Speed Figure of 105. He was scintillating in a first-level allowance at Del Mar at second asking, winning by 12 ¾ lengths and earning a 114 Beyer.
Making his stakes debut in the Grade 1 Malibu Stakees in December of 2021, Flightline continued to assert his dominance, winning by 11 ½ lengths for a 118 Beyer. Next seen in the G1 Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont Park on June 11, Flightline overcame a troubled trip to score by six lengths, earning a 112 Beyer.
The Pacific Classic on Sept. 3 was Flightline's first attempt stretching out to two turns and a mile and a quarter. It proved to be his most dominant performance to date, as he drew off from Dubai World Cup winner Country Grammer and G1 Santa Anita Handicap winner Express Train to win by 19 ¼ lengths, earning a Beyer of 126–the joint second-highest Beyer since Daily Racing Form began publishing Beyer Speed Figures 30 years ago. Thoro-Graph assigned Flightline a – 8 1/2, the fastest number it has ever given out.
Flightline's Pacific Classic performance resonated overseas, too: Timeform assigned him a rating of 143, the highest number ever given to an American-trained horse. Flightline also sits atop Timeform's 2022 global rankings, ahead of Shadwell's unbeaten European superstar Baaeed. He has earned nearly $1.4-million, and is being pointed for the Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland on Nov. 5.
Flightline is out of Jane Lyon's Feathered, a daughter of Indian Charlie who won the G3 Edgewood Stakes at Churchill Downs and finished second in both the G1 American Oaks and G1 Starlet Stakes and third in the G1 Frizette Stakes. It is an excellent Phipps family, the third dam being the G1 Matron Stakes and G1 Acorn Stakes winner Finder's Fee, and the fourth dam the Grade 1-winning and multiple Grade 1-placed Fantastic Find.
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