Flintshire (horse)

Flintshire
Flintshire before the 2015 Sword Dancer
Sire	Dansili
Grandsire	Danehill
Dam	Dance Routine
Damsire	Sadler's Wells
Sex	Colt
Foaled	4 April 2010
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Dark bay or brown
Breeder	Juddmonte Farms
Owner	Khalid Abdullah
Trainer	Andre Fabre Chad C. Brown
Record	23: 8-11-1
Earnings	£5,786,144 $8,909,910
Major wins
Prix du Lys (2013) Grand Prix de Paris (2013) Hong Kong Vase (2014) Sword Dancer Stakes (2015, 2016) Manhattan Handicap (2016) Bowling Green Handicap (2016)
Awards
American Champion Male Turf Horse (2016)

Flintshire (foaled 4 April 2010) is a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who has been trained in France and the United States. Unraced as a juvenile, he was one of the best three-year-old colts in France in 2013, winning the Prix du Lys and the Grand Prix de Paris. In 2014 he finished second in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and the Breeders' Cup Turf before recording his biggest win in the Hong Kong Vase. As five-year-old he won the Sword Dancer Invitational Handicap and again finished second in the Arc. At the start of his six-year-old season in 2016 he was sent to be trained in the United States. He began the season with victories in the Manhattan Handicap, Bowling Green Handicap and Sword Dancer Stakes, before finishing second in his last two starts, the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic and Breeders' Cup Turf.

Flintshire is a dark bay or brown colt with a small white star and a white sock on his right front leg, bred in the United Kingdom by his owner, Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms. He was sired by Dansili, whose other progeny have included Harbinger, The Fugue, Dank and Rail Link. Flintshire's dam Dance Routine was a successful racemare whose wins included the Prix de Royaumont and the Prix de Royallieu. The colt was sent into training with Andre Fabre at Chantilly. Before being transferred to the United States in 2016, he was ridden by Maxime Guyon.