Agnes Flight Explained

Horsename:Agnes Flight
Sire:Sunday Silence
Grandsire:Halo
Dam:Agnes Flora
Damsire:Royal Ski
Sex:Stallion
Foaled:2 March 1997
Country:Japan
Colour:Chestnut
Breeder:Shadai Farm
Owner:Takao Watanabe
Trainer:Hiroyuki Nagahama
Record:14: 4-2-0
Earnings:¥299,193,000
Race:Kyoto Shimbun Hai (2000)
Tokyo Yushun (2000)
Updated:12 July 2007

Agnes Flight (Japanese : アグネスフライト, 2 March 1997 – 11 January 2023) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. He was sired by Sunday Silence covering Agnes Flora, and is therefore full-brother to Agnes Tachyon.

Racing career

As a three-year-old, Agnes Flight, ridden by Hiroshi Kawachi, won the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby). That year, he also won the Kyoto Shimbun Hai and the Wakakusa Stakes. He came second in the Kobe Shimbun Hai.[1]

During his four-year-old season, Agnes Flight came second in the Kyōto Kinen. Overall, he started 14 times during his career, won four times, and came second twice.

Later life

In 2004, Agnes Flight was sent to stand at stud at Hidaka Stallion Station. He stood there until 2011. He later became a training horse for new recruits at the Shadai Farm before being pensioned at the Shadai Blue Grass Farm in 2015.[2] [3]

Agnes Flight was euthanized on 11 January 2023 after he could no longer stand despite efforts due to his age.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Agnes Flight Horse Pedigree . Thoroughbred Database . 15 March 2022.
  2. Web site: ダービー馬アグネスフライトが種牡馬引退 競馬ニュース . 12 January 2023 . netkeiba.com . ja.
  3. Web site: 社台ファーム - 皆さまこんにちは。... . 12 January 2023 . www.facebook.com . en.
  4. Web site: アグネスフライトが死亡 JRA . 12 January 2023 . jra.jp . ja.
  5. Web site: 11 January 2023 . 00年ダービー馬アグネスフライト死す 26歳、老衰で 社台F・東礼治郎場長「感謝の気持ちでいっぱい」 - スポニチ Sponichi Annex ギャンブル . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230112033755/https://www.sponichi.co.jp/gamble/news/2023/01/11/kiji/20230111s00004048435000c.html . 12 January 2023 . 12 January 2023 . スポニチ Sponichi Annex . ja.