Flaming Page
| Flaming Page | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Bull Page |
| Grandsire | Bull Lea |
| Dam | Flaring Top |
| Damsire | Menow |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | April 24, 1959 |
| Country | Canada |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | E. P. Taylor |
| Owner | Windfields Farm |
| Trainer | Horatio Luro |
| Record | 16: 4-4-2 |
| Earnings | $108,836 |
| Major wins | |
|
Shady Well Stakes (1961) Canadian Oaks (1962) Queen's Plate (1962) |
|
| Awards | |
| Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (1962) | |
| Honours | |
| Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (1980) | |
Shady Well Stakes (1961)
Flaming Page (April 24, 1959 – 1984) was a Canadian Thoroughbred who was a Champion racehorse and then an outstanding broodmare. She is best known as the dam of English Triple Crown winner Nijinsky. She was elected to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1980.
Flaming Page was a bay mare bred in Canada by E. P. Taylor. She was sired by Bull Page, the 1951 Canadian Horse of the Year and a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee. Bull Page, who was also the sire of Canadian Hall of Famer New Providence, was an important early acquisition in Taylor's breeding enterprise. Despite his racing ability, Bull Page had soundness issues related to conformation defects that he passed on in varying degrees to his offspring.
Flaming Page was out of Flaring Top, a daughter of the 1937 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt Menow. Flaring Top produced several other stakes winners and stakes producers including two-time American champion filly Doubledogdare.
Flaming Page grew into a large mare with a deep shoulder and a rangy build. She was sickle-hocked, a trait inherited from Bull Page. She raced under the colours of Taylor's Windfield Farm and was trained by Horatio Luro.
As a two-year-old, Flaming Page had only two wins from seven starts, but one of those was the Shady Well Stakes at Woodbine and the other was an allowance race at Aqueduct in the United States. She also finished second in the Princess Elizabeth Stakes and third in the prestigious Coronation Futurity against colts. On the Canadian Free Handicap for two-year-olds, she was rated at 115 pounds, which tied her for first among fillies.
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