Fly So Free
| Fly So Free | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Time For A Change |
| Grandsire | Damascus |
| Dam | Free To Fly |
| Damsire | Stevward |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1988 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Dark Chestnut |
| Breeder | Bruce Hundley & Wayne Garrison |
| Owner | Tommy & Elizabeth Valando |
| Trainer | Scotty Schulhofer |
| Record | 33 : 12-5-3 |
| Earnings | $2,330,954 |
| Major wins | |
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Champagne Stakes (1990) Breeders' Cup Juvenile (1990) Hutcheson Stakes (1991) Fountain of Youth Stakes (1991) Florida Derby (1991) Riva Ridge Stakes (1991) Jim Dandy Stakes (1991) Fall Highweight Handicap (1993) |
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| Awards | |
| U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt | |
| Last updated on December 28, 2006 | |
Fly So Free (1988–2003) was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. A grandson of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Damascus, he was owned by New York City Broadway theatre producer and music publishing company owner Tommy Valando and his wife Elizabeth.
In 1990, Fly So Free capped off a successful two-year-old racing campaign with a win in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. Voted 1990's U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt, he went into the 1991 racing season ranked as a top contender for the U.S. Triple Crown series of races. En route, Fly So Free won the spring 1991 Hutcheson Stakes the Fountain of Youth Stakes and Florida Derby in which he defeated two other top three-year-olds, Strike the Gold and Hansel. A few weeks later, in mid-April's Blue Grass Stakes, Fly So Free finished second to Strike the Gold.
For the 1991 Kentucky Derby, bettors made Fly So Free the second choice to Hansel but both horses disappointed, Fly So Free finishing fifth and Hansel tenth to winner Strike the Gold. Fly So Free was not entered in the Preakness Stakes or the Belmont Stakes but won the Riva Ridge and Jim Dandy Stakes.
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