Big weight no drama for In Flight

All the talk during the week about 3-year-old filly In Flight (Flying Artie) struggling under 60kg on Saturday were for naught as she made it look easy when winning by 2l for jockey Jay Ford and trainer Joe Pride from Flag Hall (Starspangledbanner) and Kadall (Capitalist).

“My confidence levels came down a little because of all the media negativity about her weight,” Pride said. “Because I was thinking all week In Flight looked a good thing in this race. She is going super and I just thought she looked too good for these horses. She is a proper Saturday horse and is a filly going places. It was a very good win.”

Third win in a row and fifth overall for the talented In Flight with the @ProvenTbreds raced and @PrideRacing trained daughter of @BlueGumFarm‘s Flying Artie continuing to step up each time – another exciting @Goodwood_Farm @mmsnippets yearling graduate!@anz_news @TTRAusNZ pic.twitter.com/QyPv0h6nMY

— Goodwood Farm (@Goodwood_Farm) July 13, 2024

In Flight has now won five of her nine starts, including her last three in succession with earnings over $363,000. “There are another couple of races we could nominate for next Saturday over 1100m and 1200m,” Pride said. “If anything she is looking for further as she showed today because she was running away from them at the end which is how she has winning her races all winter.”

Purchased by Proven Thoroughbreds and Pride Racing for $220,000 from Goodwood Farm’s Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale draft, In Flight is by Blue Gum Farm’s Flying Artie whose daughter Asfoora won the G1 Royal Ascot King Charles III S (previously King’s Stand S) in May.

The fifth winner from as many named foals for Listed winner Waveline (USA) (Stravinsky {USA}), In Flight is a half-sister to Listed Canberra Guineas-placed winner Waimea Bay (All Too Hard). Her dam is a half-sister to Group 3 winner Eddie Haskell (USA) (Square Eddie {USA}).

Copy: The Thoroughbred Report