Mike Rutherford (Flying Spur)

Flying Spur

Giant's Causeway--Lakeway, by Seattle Slew

Race History

Graded Earnings: $143,341Race Record: 7-1-2-1

  1. 3rd // Kentucky Oaks (Churchill Downs)

    05.01.09 Kentucky Oaks chart  |  Recap  |  Video

  2. 2nd // Fair Grounds Oaks (Fair Grounds)

    03.14.09 Fair Grounds Oaks  |  Recap  |  Video

  3. 4th // Silverbulletday (Fair Grounds)

    02.07.09 Silverbulletday  |  Recap  |  Video

  4. 1st // Maiden Special Weight (Fair Grounds)

    01.05.09 Flying Spur maiden win  |  Video
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Flying Spur

Daily Works Board

DateTrack (Condition)DistanceTime (How)Rank
04.27Churchill Downs (ft)4 furlongs:48.40 B13/26
04.15Keeneland (ft)4 furlongs:48.20 B9/34
04.06Keeneland (ft)4 furlongs:48.20 B15/45
03.30Keeneland (ft)4 furlongs:49.80 B19/28
03.07Fair Grounds (ft)4 furlongs:48.60 B9/85
02.28Fair Grounds (ft)5 furlongs1:01 B7/53
02.19Fair Grounds (ft)4 furlongs:47.40 B1/44
02.01Fair Grounds (ft)5 furlongs1:02.40 B7/38
01.24Fair Grounds (ft)5 furlongs1:00.80 B3/28
01.17Fair Grounds (ft)4 furlongs:48.40 B7/58

Pedigree

Flying Spur is bred to be a star. She is by English and Irish champion Giant's Causeway, who was hailed as the "Iron Horse" after capturing five Group 1 events during the summer of 2000. Undefeated from three starts as a juvenile, the powerful chestnut was initially campaigned as a miler at three, placing in both the Two Thousand Guineas (Eng-G1) at Newmarket and the Irish Two Thousand Guineas (Ire-G1) at the Curragh before beginning his golden run in the St James's Palace S. (Eng-G1) at Royal Ascot.
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Starter Analysis

A maiden winner three starts ago in early January, Flying Spur recorded a fourth when making her stakes bow in the Silverbulletday S. (G3) and exits a runner-up finish to Rachel Alexandra in the Fair Grounds Oaks (G2). The Bill Mott pupil is improving, earning a pair of triple-digit BRIS Speed ratings this season, and Garrett Gomez will pick up the mount.
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Connections

Bill Mott

Bill Mott

Bill Mott was born in Mobridge, South Dakota. His father was a veterinarian and Mott would follow him around as he made calls. He owned and trained his first horse, a $320 mare named My Assets, when he was 15. Mott ran My Assests at unrecognized meetings in South Dakota and later won his first race at a recognized track with her at the now-defunct Park Jefferson Racetrack. // Full Bio ›

Garrett Gomez

Garrett Gomez

Garrett Gomez received his second straight Eclipse Award as the nation's leading jockey in 2008. The 37-year-old rider just missed establishing a new earnings mark in 2008, banking $23,564,351 from his mounts, and set a new single-season record in 2007 by winning 76 stakes. // Full Bio ›

Mike G. Rutherford

Mike G. Rutherford is the owner of Rutherford Oil Corp., an independent, Houston-based oil and gas exploration and production company founded by his father in 1927. Along with his brother Pat, they own and operate a 24,000-acre commercial cattle ranch near Pearsall, Texas, and a 10,000-acre ranch near Buda, Texas. // Full Bio ›

Mike G. Rutherford

Mike G. Rutherford is the owner of Rutherford Oil Corp., an independent, Houston-based oil and gas exploration and production company founded by his father in 1927. Along with his brother Pat, they own and operate a 24,000-acre commercial cattle ranch near Pearsall, Texas, and a 10,000-acre ranch near Buda, Texas. // Full Bio ›

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