Fly So Free
Trainer:Scotty SchulhoferOwner: Tommy & Elizabeth Valando
Foaling Date: 1988
Pedigree: Time For A Change and Free To Fly of Stevward
Dosage: 7-11-12-0-0 (30)
Dosage Index / CD: 4.00 / 0.83
Notes:
Fly So
Free is a
reputed
thoroughbr
ed
American
racehorse,
which is a
grandson
of US
Racing
Hall of
Fame
inductee
Damascus.
It was in
1990, when
Fly So
Free
started
it̢۪s
career as
a
successful
two-year-o
ld and
showed
some
marvelous
wins in
the
Breedersâ
€™ Cup
Juvenile.
In the
next
season, he
ranked as
a top
contender
for the US
Triple
Crown
series of
races.
Through
his spirit
of racing,
he managed
to win in
the
1991̢۪s
Hutcheson
Stakes,
the
Fountain
of Youth
Stakes and
then the
Florida
Derby. Fly
So Free
was
favorite
among
other
thoroughbr
eds of the
season
because of
it̢۪s
power and
swiftness.
When he
was four,
he had
only a
couple of
good race,
unless
otherwise
the entire
season was
of no good
for him.
He earned
the second
spot in
the 1992
Pimlico
Special.
At five,
Fly So
Free
clinched
victory in
the Fall
Highweight
Handicap
at
Aqueduct
Racetrack.
In
September
21, 2003,
Fly So
Free died
of heart
failure
and was
buried at
Three
Chimneys
Farm.
| Major Racing Wins: — 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) |
| Racing Awards: — U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt |