The Horse of a Lifetime - Flightline Stays Perfect in Breeders' Cup Classic

Mark Smith - Sunday November 6

For three-quarters of the Breeders’ Cup Classic, it looked that Flightline would have a race on his hands for the first time, but as Life Is Good began to back up, Flightline went on and on and on and on.

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When the judge invoked the mercy rule, the 3yo son of Tapit took his unbeaten streak to six with an eight-and-a-quarter length walloping of Juddmonte Farm’s Speightstown 4yo Olympiad with the 3yo Gunrunner colt Taiba a length back in third.

Ridden by Flavien Prat in all seven starts, the John Sadler-trained colt has not had an opponent get within five lengths.

Flightline (image Del Mar twitter)

Sadler said Flightline is the horse of a lifetime.

"He's just a remarkable, remarkable horse. In the words of Bud Delp, he's one of the best horses to ever look through a bridle. He's just that good,” Sadler said.

“How do you describe greatness? This is a rare horse. It happens every 20 or 30 years. One of the best American racehorses we've seen in a long, long time. And I'm talking back to Secretariat, Seattle Slew. You go through the list.

“What I've tried to be is a good steward to him, be fair with him. And if you're good with your horses, they're good with you.

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