22:38 - I love the alert way he lifted his head, pricked his ears and froze, as if he were trying to recognize the voice of whoever said "Congratulations, Flightline."
I enjoy horse racing but my knowledge of it is very limited so I’ve no right to compare him with the greats. All I do know , he gave me two minutes of pure joy watching him run and what a magnificent looking horse he is. 🇬🇧
I have been a racing fan since the early 70s and I am still an amateur, I never learned how to read a racing form, and my process of picking a winner would probably be laughed at by serious gamblers but I love watching these amazing animals compete.
Great video! Someone said 'congratulations Flightline', and he acknowledged that he heard it, stopped, pricked his ears upwards at the mention of his name! Classy thoroughbred and well-mannered! Loved seeing Richie, too! Beautiful equines, both. ❤
Just another day at the office. What a beautifully prepared race horse. I won’t get into who is the greatest but I have sure enjoyed watching Flightline this year. I watched some of his workouts the last couple of weeks and he just floated over the ground.
It’s okay….get into it. I know Flightlines name won’t be on that list because he really hasn’t had much of a career. Let him race about 15 more times so we can call him an actual race horse that had a career….not a lightly raced colt with his races spaced out just perfectly so he doesn’t feel the effects of being a competitive race horse.
@@penelopelopez8296 He didn’t race as a colt. I guess winning by more than 71 combined lengths in all 6 races doesn’t mean a thing to you. He didn’t break any track records ,still isn’t enough for you to say he is just an ordinary horse. Winning 5 out of 6 races under a gallop at the wire and never feeling the whip whatsoever with no one to challenge him in the stretch drive. No horse came back to challenge him from races past. Flightline is a true Champion that went undefeated. He doesn’t have to prove to the world who he is. For you to say what you said means that you probably never got to see all of his races. Go back and see what he did on his Maiden race and the rest & listen to the track announcers so you’ll understand on what they were saying once he hit the stretch. If you bring up any horse that was better then look at how many races they lost. There is a saying that says EVEN CHAMPIONS LOSE. Unlike, FLIGHTLINE.
Loved how Steve Assmussen walked the might Epicenter in the paddock. Brought tears to my eyes. One of the best trainers showing true love, respect, and honor to his horse. This moment outshined Flighline in my eyes. ❤❤
Congratulations to the Sadler team that was one special video . I really appreciate that and the way he looked at the sunset on the wash rack .I like the way he posed in the winners circle for his picture , that is one fine racehorse . mighty special . He handled that crowd like a boss.
Well, Big Red ran 21 times and on the turf twice plus ran 9 times as a 2 year old before facing the best older horse and turf horses five times before the end of his 3 year old year. Let’s see Flightline run 16 more times and face the best turf horses twice…..let’s see what he looks like after that. They pumped the horse full of roids as a yearling and kept up the routine long enough to get five races out of him before he breaks down. Stud fees is where the real money is. Let’s see what he produces in a few years.
@@penelopelopez8296 The sport (and business) has devolved over the past 49 years. My comment included the word “breathtaking “ in describing Flightline’s races. How can you actually compare him to one of the greatest horses to ever look through a bridle?
In my opinion, saying he’s only run 6 races is one of the absolute worst arguments you can make regarding why he’s not the GOAT. Number of races does nothing to determine raw talent. Flightline has the most raw talent we’ve ever seen. Secretariat never faced as tough competition as he did today and won as easily. Times mean nothing, the track at Keeneland has been deep and dead to front runners the last few weeks. Notice he’s the only frontrunner that won on dirt all weekend. People arguing that he ran slower than Authentic forget he just ran 1 59.28 in the Pacific Classic (faster than Secretariat’s Derby). Track conditions change too much for that to be the deciding factor. Meanwhile, he beat one of, if not the toughest, Classic fields ever by the largest margin of victory in the race’s 39 year history. Life Is Good is a generational talent, Flightline sat with him through those quick fractions and ran right by like it was nothing. Came back to the barn and looked as if the race never happened. Think what you want about Secretariat, and it’s okay to be a fan of him and not want to claim another horse is better, but arguing his number of races is the reason he’s not the GOAT is not a legitimate argument. He’s 6-for-6 and hasn’t had a horse near him, Secretariat lost 5 times against inferior horses. If you’re going based off longevity to determine the all-time great, it’s not Secretariat nor Man o’ War…the GOAT would be Kelso. But I don’t see anyone arguing for him.
I feel Flightline is benefiting from recency bias. Yes he is a very special horse but I still give AP the nod at this point (still think Sec was in a league all his own). Won the Triple crown, ran just as fast as Flightline in the classic at keenland, won in a 20 horse field in the derby, won over an off track in the Preakness. Don’t get me wrong Flightline is incredible, but he only gets raced after long layoffs in ideal conditions against small fields.
Let's see if we're still talking about him 50 years from now ! And if he's a triple crown winner who's record still holds ! Saying that I think he's wonderful ❤️
I argue for Kelso. The distances he ran, the weight he carried, between ages 3-8 no less.... There's no comparison. I applaud Flightline for all he's accomplished, and so effortlessly, but he's got a ways to go before he can hold a candle to Kelso (or Man o'War or Secretariat or Citation). I would say Flightline IS the best of the 21st century that we've seen so far.
@@1stdown407 TAKE OUT SECRETARIAT BIG BELMONT WIN BY 30 LENGTH AND WOULD BE JUST ANOTHER TRIPLE CROWN WINNER 👀 SECRETARIAT GOT BEAT BY A NOBODY CALLED ONION 🧅 AFTER THE BIG BELMONT WIN SECRETARIAT WASN'T ABLE TO WIN ON DIRT AGAIN LMAO 😂 SECRETARIAT LAST RACE WIN WAS ON GRASS 🤫 EASY GOER WAS SECOND BEST TO SUNDAY SILENCE 👊
Wow, I never thought I'd see in my lifetime a horse comparable to Secretariat. As a champion horse sired by Tapit, his stud fees are going to astronomical! What a horse!
@@rezotydnic You obviously don't know anything about horse racing. His Beyer speed figures are astronomical. He ran the first quarter of the breeders cup at a suicidal pace and still ran an untested and remarkably fast final quarter. Mike Smith a jockey who has been racing for decades on the best said he's never seen anything like flightline. This horse has never really had to run. He did a 2 minute mile and a quarter on Saturday with little urging from his jockey. This horse IS comparable to secretariat.
@@frederickyork6927 it's easy to argue a point when you are basing it on figures. What no one can ever know is how a race would've played out has he been up against Secretariat. And talking figures, not many horses have ever ran each 1/4 faster than the one before. And not many horses have won races by 31 lengths. In trying to make Flightline the best in your opinion, you can't take away what Secretariat did. Not disputing he's good. But a Secretariat equal or better? Time will tell. He's not there yet in my books.
Thank you for a fantastic recap with great footage that made us feel up close and personal. I especially liked seeing Rich Strike and Olympiad as well as Epicenter who I pray will get back to his 100% self post surgery ( a sad happening for such a fine horse on this day). I watched over 15 different reruns of this race, I must congratulate you on the BEST production for us fans, it was perfect, just as Flightline was; he didn’t disappoint. As for all of you naysayers out there saying this horse needs to prove himself with more races, he’ll shame y’all because he’s a champion and he can accomplish a lot more if given the opportunity. Do not sell him short. The racing world is changing from the era of Seattle Slew, Man O’War, Spectacular Bid, Secretariat and all the other legends we still honor. Back then they bred horses to race them, now they race horses to breed them. An unfortunate reality! Let’s hope Flightline’s ownership group will decide to let him compete as a 5 year old so he can prove to everyone questioning, that he is indeed a legend in the history of thoroughbred horse racing.
What you said about breeding horse's to race them and now they are racing horses to breed them is not true. They are still breeding horses to race them! The horses have to do well in the races or they wont make money off them in the breeding shed so breeding them to race is much more important.
@Sheherizade Arabesque You claim he'll shame all the persons like me who demand he prove his greatness and not just fork over the title of "One of the Greatest of All Time." There is NO SHAME in holding high standards. If he does do it, which I doubt he will, fine. We thought the same of Arrogate, who accomplished much greater feats than Lifeline, like the fastest time for a mile and a quarter ever in the Travers Stakes run on the venerable Saratoga racetrack, then won the Breeder's Cup Classic over the previous winner California Chrome, won the Pegasus World Cup and the Dubai World Cup despite breaking from the gate slowly and having to beat a great horse named Gun Runner. He won almost $17 and a half million on the track. Yet because he did not maintain this form to the end he has been dismissed by most from the pantheon list of one of the "Greatest of All Time." Let Flightline's connections attempt as much with him and if he succeeds THEN he'll have earned The Title. NOT UNTIL!
@@vernonfrance2974 I still consider Arrogate one of the greatest I’ve ever seen. Just because he didn’t care anymore the last few races doesn’t discount the talent he exhibited. The Top 3 in my lifetime are Flightline, American Pharoah, and Arrogate
A super horse has a much longer career than a hand full of races spaced perfectly apart. Kelso was a super horse…..so was Citation, Secretariat, Etc…. A horse has to have a significant career in order to be a super horse….this horses career was so short that he reminds me of Wajima but at least Wajima faced significant older horses more than once in his short career.
There are still people that need convincing that Flighline is something extra special, I think he would have to run the race backward to impress them. One guy told me he doesn't run that fast it took 2:00 to win. Flightline was eight lengths ahead of the next horse, a very very good horse so why did he need to run faster?
Exactly 💯 usually is THOSE EAST COAST 🤡 LIVING IN THE PAST WITH SECRETARIAT WHO LOST TO ONION FOLLOWING THE BIG BELMONT WIN 😂 SECRETARIAT COULDN'T WIN ON DIRT AGAIN AFTER THE BELMONT WIN 😂 THE LAST WIN FOR SECRETARIAT WAS ON GRASS 🤫 EASY GOER WAS SECOND BEST TO SUNDAY SILENCE 👊 GHOSTZAPPER LOST THE FIRST RACES NOTHING SPECIAL
@@sammysheeesh4730 FL has raced 6 times in 2 years. Secretariat raced 21 times in 16 months. Secretariat set 3 race records in the Triple Crown and other race records. Secretariat raced 3 times in 5 weeks in the Triple Crown races. Flightline ran 3 times this entire year! Flightline is a great horse but he doesnt even compare to Secretariat. Running 6 races, you can't be called a GOAT, no way.
Lmao Secretariat did all that beating weak competition. There's no way Secretariat could pass Life is Good running 1:07 change at 6f marker, he would've died down the stretch with Life is Good. Flightline is the G O.A.T period.
@@TimesUp777 Frequency of races means absolutely nothing when you’re looking at the pure talent of the horse. Secretariat never beat competition as good as Flightline did yesterday as easily as Flightline won. Secretariat lost 5 times against inferior horses, Flightline has never even felt the crop that’s how easily he wins. The way he ran past Life Is Good, who is one of the most gifted horses we’ve seen this century, is absolutely insane with how fast they went early. Flightline went right by and came back to the barn like nothing ever happened.
I'm really into the great horses of the past, but I don't really keep up with current races. I live only a couple hours from Oaklawn but I'm so busy I can't ever see the races. This is so cool. What a gorgeous boy, I hope I can start watching live races soon if I get the time.
Flightline is a magnificent horse with immense and rare talent and I'd certainly rank him in the top 5% of American race horses of the past century. However, the rush to declare him as good as Secretariat seems a little manufactured to me given his all too brief career. He seems on par with Arrogate-whose Dubai World Cup race was compared to Man o'War. I don't believe that Flightline broke or set any stakes or track records, and his 121 Beyer in the Classic is no where close to the 139 assigned to Secretariat's Belmont. Granted, he was never pushed. American P, Frankel, and Zenyatta are just a few of the exceptional horses I've seen in the past 40 years that I consider to be comparable. I hope that Epicenter can be saved. As always, thanks for your videos!
Thank God Epicenter is going to be all right, Rich Strike will run as a four year old, and Flightline will become one of the greatest stallions of all time as well. He is just a magnificent animal! His conformation is perfect!
Flightline is greatness.Having actually seen Secretariat at Belmont in person and being very close to him physically all I can say is he was Godlike.Spirit made manifest on Earth.
Secretariat was God's gift to Horse Racing. Look at the front end of him. No other horse can compare to him. Then compare his on track times. No horse can run Track and World Records each time he ran. Secretariat was a monster size of a horse. He destroyed all comers. Even his stablemate Riva Ridge. He ran just as fast on dirt as on Turf. Only jockey error and something wrong physical got him beat. Even his trainer said. That he shouldn't had never been beaten. Go back to that Belmont win. And those record wins. No horse has come close to Big Red. Period
I can't help but wonder what was going through his mind as he stared off into the incredible kentucky sunset. . We would All love to see more, but you have done what you needed to do to etch your name into time as 1 of the Very Greatest Race Horses to Ever step foot on this earth.
I have seen Secretariat run live in 1973, that was a truly SPECIAL horse. From what i saw of This horse today, he is special, but not Secretariat special. That is not to say he can’t be special, but lets not compare him to the greatest of all time just yet. I am not knocking this horse at all, but it’s not a fair comparison to say like some are saying that he is “ as” good or better than the greatest horse… ever This horse has more racing to do before he should be compared to the “ GREATEST “ of all time.
No horse ever lived that could have beat Secretariat in the Belmont! I watched that race on TV. But Flightline is a great one and was great in Breeder's cup race. Liked the race a lot!
CONGRATULATIONS FLIGHT LINE AND COMPANY. Well I'm certainly glad that they said he's one of the greatest and not the greatest. Sorry folks but it shouldn't be said that Flight Line is as good or the best since Secretatiat. The Breeders Cup first ran in 1984 and Secretariat was long retired by then so there's nothing to compare there. The only comparison that can be made between the two is even dominance over the fields that ran against. If Flight Line did what Secretariat did in the Triple Crown you can then respectively say Flight line is as good as Big Red. Just because he dominated the field in all of his six races just as Secretariat did at Belmont winning by 31 lengths and nailing down the track record. He also holds the track record at Church Hill Downs during his triple crown quest. In 2020 Authentic won the Classic at the same track same conditions with a time of 1:59.60... And in 2015 American Pharoah ran at the same track same conditions with a time of 2:00.07 the same time as Flight Line and no comparison to Secretatiat was made for either of horse. It's pretty obvious that the powers that be in horse racing are over sensationalizing this because horse racing is hurting, and they're trying to fabricate a phenom. Flight Line is truly a great horse but not to be mentioned in the same sentence as Secretariat.
I hate to say it because I love Pharoah, but Pharoah and Authentic’s classics did not have the field quality of what Flightline beat today. You can’t compare track conditions year after year. I talked to both Johnny V and Mike Smith a few days before the race and they mentioned how the track had been dead and deep for front runners at the end of the meeting, and no front runners were winning on the dirt this weekend except Flightline. Flightline won by the largest margin of victory in BC Classic’s 39 year history without being asked with the crop and against the toughest field the Classic has ever seen. Secretariat never beat the quality of horses Flightline did today. Unfortunately we’ll never know, but if we had a match race between the two my money would be on Flightline without any hesitation.
@@AmericanAbsolute If you really want to look at times, speed figures are a better way to tell than the time themselves. Flightline earned a 121 Beyer, Pharoah a 120, Authentic a 111. Authentic may have had a faster time, but that doesn’t mean he ran anywhere near as good nor beat the best competition
Flightline Destroys toughest field on the planet. Drops Mic Walks off into Immortality to make babies and live the Superstar good life. We are all blessed to have seen such a race horse in our lives.
He's such a well behaved boy. He's just a sweetheart! Rich Strike on the other hand... He was being a pill at the Breeder's Cup. Not as bad as the Derby though.
They all have their personalities . They do so much unnatural stuff for humans Some horses are moldable and others are full of themselves "Richie" is feeling his oats. He's as much of a joy to watch as any of them Congrats Eric Reid and connections And yes Flightline is a gentkeman
Best dirt horse that has ever been? Pull up the YT video of the 1976 Marlboro Cup. Forego won that race by a head, ran the race faster than Flightweight won the BCC yesterday, carrying 137lbs, the track was mud, Forego had just run in and won the 9f Woodward 2 weeks before while carrying 134lbs. He ran from 1973 to 1978, 57 starts/34 wins, 8 Eclipse awards, 3 times HOY, voted into the racing HOF the year after he retired - BUT YOU ARE SAYING THIS PIECE OF CHICKENSHIT IS BETTER THAN FOREGO??????
Easy to say. Impossible to prove. However, they both broke world records. Has Flightline? He has never faced another great horse. Both MOW and Secretariat did. He has never raced at a mile and a half. Both MOW and Secretariat did. He's never run on the turf or traveled abroad to race. Secretariat did. Lifeline did not even beat the records of three other winners of the BCC including the previous two winners Knicks Go and Authentic. Now they are Authentic champions.
This is a case of hyperbole. We all want to believe events are great and amazing. However, Flightline has not had the quantity or quality of successes or the competition sufficient to make a valid claim that he is "One of the Greatest of All Time." He will have to do a lot more than he has in his six races - races which are good but not anywhere near the more numerous and more significant accomplishments of horses like Man O War, Citation, Native Dancer, Secretariat, Seattle Slew, Affirmed, Spectacular Bid or even Ghost Zapper, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Tiznow, Zenyatta, Gun Runner or Arrogate. He has never run a mile and a half. He has never run against another great horse. He has never traveled abroad to face other outstanding horses on their own turf. He has set no world records. Every one of these achievements are not essential for giving him accolades but let's stop handing over the title of "One of the Greatest of All Time" when he did not even run the BCC as fast as the last two winners did - Authentic (2020) or Knicks Go (2021). If the owners want to prove he's so great he must compete more and travel farther afield.
I agree with your last sentence. Flightline I'm sure if he was given the opportunity, would prove every bit as good as they say he is. Unfortunately we will never know. Btw, can't compare times. Different tracks. Different variables. He was never even pushed.
I would have loved to see him race this year. Just to see what kind of a 4 year old season he would have had. But I totally understand the business side of a horse of his credentials. Just 1 loss and his stud fee is no longer in the stratosphere. He’s a nice horse. But I was lucky enough to see Secretariat on that amazing day. My father took me to see Secretariat as part of summer vacation that year. I was 6 years old. I’m almost 60. And Secretariat is still and will always be number 1 on my list.
Flightline has never been pushed, I don't think Flavien ever considered using the whip, we might never know just how much more Flightline is capable of.
If they want him to be deserving of the title "The Best," they are going to have to stop coddling him, running him only after months and months, and claiming they are not getting him to do his best. A great horse does his/her best often instead of their connections saying "Oh, he could have done better." That's easy to say, but to be a great one it has to be demonstrated. The proof is in the pudding. Actions speak louder than words.
@@apharoah12 What's scary is that people will let his connections get away with the claim he can do better but are have so far been totally reluctant to prove it.
@@vernonfrance2974 Nobody came within five lengths of him his entire career . He’s the best horse to come out since Zenyatta. He’s a champion and he did it like he was working out he is a great one.
AMAZING, amazing video. I have never seen anything like this - such access! Subbed. BTW, do you know where I can get a Flightline hat? Want to pair it with my Reed Racing Rich Strike. ☺️ Also, why no Insta?
If you want a BC hat you have to get one from one of his connections or maybe find one online in an auction or something. If you just want general merchandise, LE *might* sell something for him, but I don't know for sure.
@@meganproffitt424 Thanks. I got my RS hat from Tag Your Swag out of Louisville. They seem to be pretty big and I figure all the owners use the same company, so I emailed them today and hopefully they’ll reply tomorrow when they get in to work. BTW, what is LE?
@@eddiefigueroa9080 Owners get their BC hats directly from the Breeder’s Cup management. There is a secured website. That’s where I got my hats for my BC horses was the secure website for connections. LE is Lane’s End. They are Flightline’s majority owners :)
@@sammysheeesh4730 Easy to say. Impossible to prove. However, they both broke world records. Has Flightline? He has never faced another great horse. Both MOW and Secretariat did. He has never raced at a mile and a half. Both MOW and Secretariat did. He's never run on the turf or traveled abroad to race. Secretariat did.
@Dark Knight FLIGHTLINE 🛫✈️✈️ IS THE BEST EVER UNDEFEATED CHAMPION 🏆 UNBEATABLE 🛫🛫 SECRETARIAT LOST TO ONION FOLLOWING THE 30 LENGTH BELMONT WIN 😂 SECRETARIAT COULDN'T WIN ON DIRT AFTER THE BELMONT WIN 😂🤣 THE LAST SECRETARIAT WIN CAME ON GRASS 🤫 THE BEST HORSE EVER FLIGHTLINE ✈️
Some say Man o' War, while others swear by Secretariat. There is Citation, Kelso, Dr. Fager, and Native Dancer, to name a few more. We will never know for sure who was the greatest of all-time, and in the grand scheme of things, it does not matter. Still, it is fun to imagine. Does Flightline even belong in such a discussion? Time and races both run, and still to come, will be the ultimate judge of the greatness of Flightline.
It's criminal that these 'once in a lifetime' horses are always retired prematurely. Zenyatta was the last one who I can remember racing for an extended period of time.
@@6cobrasnake9 She did nothing in the breeding shed and it's a fact that most successful mares are those who were not champion level horses. Zenyatta would have been better off continuing to race, for when she hit her best stride in the latter stages of races, there wasn't another horse who could keep up with her. She only lost her one and only time against top males competition in the Breeders Cup Classic the 2nd time she performed in it and she was only held off from winning that by quickly diminishing head by the winner who she would have sailed by in another stride or two. Never saw a more impressive late runner in my life.
@@ridgemanron You don’t want to run them out to the ground. Aren’t you aware that 100 things can go bad in horse racing? If they would’ve not raced her in her last race, she would’ve been a true champion by being undefeated. All races all wins! But to please people like you she lost. Go and see what happened to Ruffian & maybe you will understand more about this sport.
@@ridgemanron By the way, she won a BCC against the males a year before. I was there at S.A. And when she won a BC the year before that also against filly’s & mares.
@@6cobrasnake9 - I see you are the one who doesn't have a clue with regard to what happened to Ruffian, or to Sham in the Belmont. Two close friends of mine were New York jockeys named Michael Venezia and Ben Feliciano. They both confirmed that when fastest run races was all the rage years ago, they would in special instances, such as the match race Ruffian ran in, and the Belmont Stakes that Secretariat ran in, 'pack down' the track, making it like hard concrete, for this would produce record shattering times. Ruffian broke down on such as surface, but Penny Tweedy who had a lot of clout, especially since having a horse who won the Ky. Derby & Preakness, and she was obsessed with speed, having accused Pimlico as not having properly timed Secretariat's Preakness win, which had her make sure the track was lightning fast since she felt Secretariat had thick legs and could handle such a track. Meanwhile, Sham wound up 'breaking down' in the race and of course Secretariat would win by an astronomical amount of lengths against the remaining inferior competition. Trainer John Campo, who had a participant in the race, whom he knew didn't belong in it, gave way to intense pressure to enter his horse to make it look like a truly competitive race when only Secretariat & Sham belonged in it. Sham was a much slimmer horse than Secretariat and the 'concrete ' track resulted in his breaking down. His connections were so outraged that The Racing Commission, not wanting this 'track packing' to run wild in the media, stopped allowing this dangerous 'track packing' to continue. That is why Ruffian and Sham broke down. Trainer Howard Jergens was so outraged by what Penny Tweedy concocted and told Michael Venezia and others that he would 'personally' prove that Secretariat was overrated. He ran two of his horses against him. One was a six year old '$15,000' claimer named Onion, who had lost 39 of 54 races, and Prove Out, a 4 year old who was beaten 30 out of 39 races. After defeating Secretariat convincingly with both horses, he was asked why he had the nerve to run these mediocre horses against 'The Great Secretariat' and he simply said, 'Because I believed he was overrated and I wanted to prove it !' I think you'll agree he proved his point. The odds on a huge, super developed, strong horse like Zenyatta likely breaking down would have been beyond remote & she could have gone down as the greatest of all time had she continued racing for a few more years.
You are right on with that comment. You can call him great but he doesn't compare with the likes of Secretariat or MOW. Secretariat ran three races in 5 weeks and set race records in the TC. FL ran three races all year and didn't set a race record. Love FL but he would have to win a lot more races and set record times to even compare to the greatest horses.
@@jakebender9355 His connections seem to be reluctant to do anything but give him the easiest career with not even an effort to have him travel abroad. Why should they, though, if they can get by without having to? It's up to discerning fans, analysts, breeders, owners, trainers and others to see to it they don't get by with this deception.
Not really he's taken the biggest prize on his first attempt at grade 1. And 6th race at that hope he trains on but they satatations were saying that if frontline ran in any of the previous breeders cup classics he would of won them all that's saying something.
@@jakebender9355 you do realize that FL only won 4 GR 1 races in 2 years?! FL can't even be mentioned in the same breath as Secretariat. FL won all his races by so much because he had no competition, accept for the BCC, and he had months to rest between races! Secretariat raced 21 times in 16 months and FL raced 6 times in 2 years!! Secretariat raced 3 times in 5 weeks in the TC. FL raced 3 times a year. What a joke.
I did not indicate that it was a “guarantee”. And I did not mention durability. But I have studied his bloodline Adriana, and have studied and reviewed the owners of Lane’s End, and his bloodline is awesome, and the Breeders give me confidence of success. So I look forward with great anticipation.
Can anyone explain how these horses reach inside you and deposit themselves? The power , awe and grace they display is truly desirable but unattainable by mere humans. They must be specifically designed somewhere in a dream
Such a great race horse. A pleasure to watch perform. By far the best 4 year old in several years, maybe decades. We sure needed another hero to keep interest up in the sport. But please don’t put this very, very special horse in a situation that he can’t finish like he and his connections deserve. 6 remarkable starts at 4. The courage and talent this horse possesses is truly remarkable and the training job John Saddler and and his crew put together may never be matched. I have not one knock on this remarkable colt other than needing to see what he could do at 5. I can understand the decision to retire him as his sire will need him to take over in a few years as a should be historic sire. I suspect he will possibly surpass Tapit as an outstanding sire. I have been a student of the game since Secretariat proved he was the perfect thoroughbred to ever race. After 45 years of studying and being in awe of these magnificent creatures ( not really betting on them much) but just researching to the beginning and development of the breed, I have came to the conclusion that we will never see a thoroughbred racehorse like Secretariat there are some that keep you hoping. I have only seen clips of Man o war, which were unbelievable. I could name at least 25 horses male and female that are much more accomplished than Flight Line. Please understand I am in no way taking anything away from this remarkable horse ( as if I could or would want to) but there are so many things that have to be accomplished in what it really takes to be considered among the top30 race horses of the past 100 years. And I am talking about dirt racers . It gets much deeper when you bring up turf. Just remember 6 starts has never been in the conversation with being in the same class as the top 50. I could name 30 quickly that are far above Flight Line but I shouldn’t bore you with the facts. Flight Line is a truly remarkable animal and I pray his health will hold for a long time and look forward to seeing his babies
Flightline is a direct descentand of Secretariat - check his pedigree! Since he has won all his races he more valuable as a stud than as a racehorse because there is always danger of injury - tho people would like to see more races - let his children carry on his legacy
When he injured his right rear in a stall injury they put drugs into that area on his neck to help him heal. The hair follicles died and turned white. I got this info from a Blood Horse article.
@@apharoah12 btw. Your horse has already been retired to his new home at Lanes End. Wikipedia has already said he retired as well. 4 Grade 1 wins. Big deal is all I can say. FL is beautiful and a very good horse but he's just another Justify accept Justify did more then FL. A year from now FL will be nothing more then a fart in the wind, just like Justify. 1000 years from now they will still be talking about Secretariat. FL will be long forgotten and nothing more then a horse on the internet.
I'm sorry. Big Red danced every dance. As a Horse of Year 2 year old and 3 year old. He beat his Handicap Champion stablemate at World Record time at 9 furloughs . In that same race he beat other Champions and got revenge on the horse that beat him on a Jockey error. In the Triple Crown races, he broke long standing track records. And he beat Sham 3 times after the Wood race, that proved. He ran 3rd on a throat problem.. His $6.06 Million Dollars backers got his first loss . Then , they got Greatness for the rest of the year. Save for the jockey error in the Whitney and Woodward stake races. I Already learned that it takes about 26 lifetime races to watch.. Before I declare any horse the greatest of all time . Flightline will be retired to Stud . As a Champion, but not as the Greatest of all time, that Big Red was for 2 full seasons of racing. I, for one . Was a great athlete for my size in just about every sport I tried. Not on one sport like Michael Jordan or any other Champion. Just get real EVERYONE. Nowadays, the Media Hype is everything. Run in 6 races and be declared as the best there ever was. Prove it in at least 10 more races on 10 more races tracks and on the turf like Big Red.
You are right on for sure! Secretariat raced 21 times in 16 months! Flightline raced 6 times in 2 years and he never set any race records. It's a joke that some of these hyped up fans think FL is better then Secretariat. Big Red is the greatest by far.
@@TimesUp777 I will bet good money, that half the people didn't have a nickel on his races. Just sunny weather fans. The Media Hype is just too much for an under raced horse.
@@miguelnolasco2533 exactly. He would have to race atleast 10 more times, win 90% of them, and set a race record or 2, too be compared to Secretariat. FL has been great but by no means the greatest. He might be rated in the top 20 or 30 of all time, maybe.
@@TimesUp777 I wish the trainer could tell us. Why this horse only race so little for his career. The Owner, too. Were they afraid to get beaten. Flightline is just a , " speed freak" . Let's see him run a mile and a half race. Life is Good, proved to be one for sure. A " speed freak". He ran the last half mile on Saturday in over 54 seconds.
Flightline isn't one of the all time greats at horse racing just because he won the 2o22 Beeeders Cup Classic with a time of 2:00.05. Just two years ago Bob Baffert's horse Authentic, won the Breeders Cup Classic with a time of 1:59.60. He isn't considered one of the all time greats. Spectacular Bid, who I saw run, has the world record at 1 1/4 mile with a time 1:57.80. Time wise, using my five horse length per second handicapping technique I would say that Spectacular Bid would have beaten Flightline by slightly over ten lengths. Spectacular Bids record was 26 wins, 2 second place finishes, and 1 third place finish. That's what I call greatness. Longevity at winning counts. Flighline is a good horse not a great horse.
Good comments. I would say FL is great because of how much he won by. With that said he isnt in the same league as Secretariat, MOW, the BID, Seattle Slew, and many other horses.
Your argument is very weak. The weather, the condition of the track... conditions change from day to day and race to race. Really, the only thing that matters is how a horse beats his opponents on that day... and on EVERY day that Flightline raced he OBLITERATED his competition, and in this last one his competition was a very impressive field. "Flighline is a good horse not a great horse" is just silly.
@@rexgoodheart3471 duration matters in horse racing, 6 races just isn’t enough to be an all time great. In my opinion you need at least 10-15 races to be in that category. 6 races against small fields and always off a long layoff while on good tracks screams very good, but not great. Heck I would take a Citation over Flightline at this point.
@@1stdown407 YOU 🤡 LIVING IN THE PAST WITH OVERRATED HORSES 🤣 TAKE OUT THE BIG BELMONT 30 LENGTH WIN BY SECRETARIAT WHO LOST TO ONION FOLLOWING THE BIG BELMONT WIN 👀 🤔 SECRETARIAT COULDN'T WIN ON DIRT AGAIN LMAO AFTER THE BELMONT WIN 🤣 SECRETARIAT LAST WIN CAME ON THE GRASS 🤫 THE GOAT COULDN'T WIN ON DIRT 🤣
@@rexgoodheart3471 FL has had his moments of greatness for sure. If Secretariat would have been rested for months on end in between races he would have won every race by 30 lengths. The reason FL won by so much all the time is because the horses were week, accept for the BBC, and he got to rest for months in between races! SECRETARIAT raced 3 times in 5 weeks in the TC and set 3 race records. FL raced 3 times a year and set NO race records. He only won 4 GR1 races also.
kina boreing for a race as we "knew the outcome but marvelous to know a Horse like Flightline was breed on American soil ca ching its about the noteriety but the money in the industry is nice to see ...keepin it goin
Flightline a good horse won string of races by amounts of lengths yes lots of hype . American phorah won grandslam her 4 big races triple crown winner dont put flight line in the same sentence as American phorah , secretariat , thats crazy . Repect to all the triple crown winners past and present .
121 Beyer. Has nothing else left to prove. Probably looking at an initial stud fee in the $200-250K range. Certainly ranks up there with the all-time greats.
He'll probably be retired. Horseracing is nothing what it used to be. Horses run less than before and then they breed unsound horses. I love this sport but hyping a horse and saying he's as great as Secretariat is ridiculous. There are actual people saying that Flightline is better than American Pharoah, like really? 😂 Not taking away from his win but honestly the hyping is ridiculous. He'll win HOTY no doubt but saying he's one of the "greatest" is a bit of a stretch
22:38 - I love the alert way he lifted his head, pricked his ears and froze, as if he were trying to recognize the voice of whoever said "Congratulations, Flightline."
its like the horse realized at that moment that everybody knew his name…
What a gift to the racing world, thank you Flightline for these moments.
Kudos to the cameraman for all of the behind the scene footage
I enjoy horse racing but my knowledge of it is very limited so I’ve no right to compare him with the greats. All I do know , he gave me two minutes of pure joy watching him run and what a magnificent looking horse he is. 🇬🇧
C' est bien cela
L' essentiel.
Merci.
I have been a racing fan since the early 70s and I am still an amateur, I never learned how to read a racing form, and my process of picking a winner would probably be laughed at by serious gamblers but I love watching these amazing animals compete.
This video will be enjoyed for many years by several generations of horse lovers! 🙏❤🐎
That’s the goal! Want to show these to my grandkids and 50 years and be like “look how amazing this horse was”
Great video! Someone said 'congratulations Flightline', and he acknowledged that he heard it, stopped, pricked his ears upwards at the mention of his name! Classy thoroughbred and well-mannered! Loved seeing Richie, too! Beautiful equines, both. ❤
Just another day at the office. What a beautifully prepared race horse. I won’t get into who is the greatest but I have sure enjoyed watching Flightline this year. I watched some of his workouts the last couple of weeks and he just floated over the ground.
It’s okay….get into it. I know Flightlines name won’t be on that list because he really hasn’t had much of a career. Let him race about 15 more times so we can call him an actual race horse that had a career….not a lightly raced colt with his races spaced out just perfectly so he doesn’t feel the effects of being a competitive race horse.
@@penelopelopez8296 He didn’t race as a colt. I guess winning by more than 71 combined lengths in all 6 races doesn’t mean a thing to you. He didn’t break any track records ,still isn’t enough for you to say he is just an ordinary horse. Winning 5 out of 6 races under a gallop at the wire and never feeling the whip whatsoever with no one to challenge him in the stretch drive. No horse came back to challenge him from races past. Flightline is a true Champion that went undefeated. He doesn’t have to prove to the world who he is. For you to say what you said means that you probably never got to see all of his races. Go back and see what he did on his Maiden race and the rest & listen to the track announcers so you’ll understand on what they were saying once he hit the stretch. If you bring up any horse that was better then look at how many races they lost. There is a saying that says EVEN CHAMPIONS LOSE. Unlike, FLIGHTLINE.
Loved how Steve Assmussen walked the might Epicenter in the paddock. Brought tears to my eyes. One of the best trainers showing true love, respect, and honor to his horse. This moment outshined Flighline in my eyes. ❤❤
He's truly magnificent, thanks for this behind the scenes video.
Congratulations to the Sadler team that was one special video . I really appreciate that and the way he looked at the sunset on the wash rack .I like the way he posed in the winners circle for his picture , that is one fine racehorse . mighty special . He handled that crowd like a boss.
What a majestic horse…Flightline. A beast. When he decided the race was over he went off and the race was over.
FACTS lol
I was along for the ride with “Big Red “ in ‘73 and have seen all the best since…but this one is breathtaking in every way. Thank you for the video.
Well, Big Red ran 21 times and on the turf twice plus ran 9 times as a 2 year old before facing the best older horse and turf horses five times before the end of his 3 year old year. Let’s see Flightline run 16 more times and face the best turf horses twice…..let’s see what he looks like after that. They pumped the horse full of roids as a yearling and kept up the routine long enough to get five races out of him before he breaks down. Stud fees is where the real money is. Let’s see what he produces in a few years.
@@penelopelopez8296 The sport (and business) has devolved over the past 49 years. My comment included the word “breathtaking “ in describing Flightline’s races. How can you actually compare him to one of the greatest horses to ever look through a bridle?
OMG I’m the first view!!!! I feel so honored. Flightline was INCREDIBLE today one of the best performances I’ve ever seen.
It was an honor to witness!
Flight line is that good . Should be run in the Dubai cup next year before retirement. Who thinks so here
Dubia dose not work for Stud duty. So unless he is planing on season three of running no!
In my opinion, saying he’s only run 6 races is one of the absolute worst arguments you can make regarding why he’s not the GOAT. Number of races does nothing to determine raw talent. Flightline has the most raw talent we’ve ever seen. Secretariat never faced as tough competition as he did today and won as easily. Times mean nothing, the track at Keeneland has been deep and dead to front runners the last few weeks. Notice he’s the only frontrunner that won on dirt all weekend. People arguing that he ran slower than Authentic forget he just ran 1 59.28 in the Pacific Classic (faster than Secretariat’s Derby). Track conditions change too much for that to be the deciding factor. Meanwhile, he beat one of, if not the toughest, Classic fields ever by the largest margin of victory in the race’s 39 year history. Life Is Good is a generational talent, Flightline sat with him through those quick fractions and ran right by like it was nothing. Came back to the barn and looked as if the race never happened.
Think what you want about Secretariat, and it’s okay to be a fan of him and not want to claim another horse is better, but arguing his number of races is the reason he’s not the GOAT is not a legitimate argument. He’s 6-for-6 and hasn’t had a horse near him, Secretariat lost 5 times against inferior horses. If you’re going based off longevity to determine the all-time great, it’s not Secretariat nor Man o’ War…the GOAT would be Kelso. But I don’t see anyone arguing for him.
I feel Flightline is benefiting from recency bias. Yes he is a very special horse but I still give AP the nod at this point (still think Sec was in a league all his own). Won the Triple crown, ran just as fast as Flightline in the classic at keenland, won in a 20 horse field in the derby, won over an off track in the Preakness. Don’t get me wrong Flightline is incredible, but he only gets raced after long layoffs in ideal conditions against small fields.
Let's see if we're still talking about him 50 years from now ! And if he's a triple crown winner who's record still holds ! Saying that I think he's wonderful ❤️
I argue for Kelso. The distances he ran, the weight he carried, between ages 3-8 no less.... There's no comparison. I applaud Flightline for all he's accomplished, and so effortlessly, but he's got a ways to go before he can hold a candle to Kelso (or Man o'War or Secretariat or Citation). I would say Flightline IS the best of the 21st century that we've seen so far.
@@kelsowins Yay I'm glad there is a Kelso fan out there!
@@1stdown407 TAKE OUT SECRETARIAT BIG BELMONT WIN BY 30 LENGTH AND WOULD BE JUST ANOTHER TRIPLE CROWN WINNER 👀 SECRETARIAT GOT BEAT BY A NOBODY CALLED ONION 🧅 AFTER THE BIG BELMONT WIN SECRETARIAT WASN'T ABLE TO WIN ON DIRT AGAIN LMAO 😂 SECRETARIAT LAST RACE WIN WAS ON GRASS 🤫 EASY GOER WAS SECOND BEST TO SUNDAY SILENCE 👊
Its interesting how majestically horses move compared to humans.We are no where as beautiful as they.
As Michelangelo said” Horses are Gods Greatest Gift to Mankind “
We are junk compared to many other species...both in body and spirit
I don’t know an Oprah singer is pretty beautiful. But you’re right. Good things humans can sing!!
Bruce you aint, but iam...ask my mother.
You ever seen Sophia Vergara?
Wow, I never thought I'd see in my lifetime a horse comparable to Secretariat. As a champion horse sired by Tapit, his stud fees are going to astronomical! What a horse!
He's not comparable to Secretariat.
@@rezotydnic you are right, Flightline is much better!
@@rezotydnic You obviously don't know anything about horse racing. His Beyer speed figures are astronomical. He ran the first quarter of the breeders cup at a suicidal pace and still ran an
untested and remarkably fast final quarter. Mike Smith a jockey who has been racing for decades on the best said he's never seen anything like flightline. This horse has never really had to run. He did a 2 minute mile and a quarter on Saturday with little urging from his jockey. This horse IS comparable to secretariat.
@@frederickyork6927 it's easy to argue a point when you are basing it on figures. What no one can ever know is how a race would've played out has he been up against Secretariat. And talking figures, not many horses have ever ran each 1/4 faster than the one before. And not many horses have won races by 31 lengths.
In trying to make Flightline the best in your opinion, you can't take away what Secretariat did.
Not disputing he's good. But a Secretariat equal or better? Time will tell. He's not there yet in my books.
@@rezotydnic What we do know is Flightline would never have lost to a horse named Onion. Lmfao!!
Thank you for the extended, behind the scenes look. It’s much appreciated.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks, I never thought I would get to be part of Flightline's entourage by video proxy. 😉
Thank you for a fantastic recap with great footage that made us feel up close and personal. I especially liked seeing Rich Strike and Olympiad as well as Epicenter who I pray will get back to his 100% self post surgery ( a sad happening for such a fine horse on this day).
I watched over 15 different reruns of this race, I must congratulate you on the BEST production for us fans, it was perfect, just as Flightline was; he didn’t disappoint. As for all of you naysayers out there saying this horse needs to prove himself with more races, he’ll shame y’all because he’s a champion and he can accomplish a lot more if given the opportunity. Do not sell him short. The racing world is changing from the era of Seattle Slew, Man O’War, Spectacular Bid, Secretariat and all the other legends we still honor. Back then they bred horses to race them, now they race horses to breed them. An unfortunate reality! Let’s hope Flightline’s ownership group will decide to let him compete as a 5 year old so he can prove to everyone questioning, that he is indeed a legend in the history of thoroughbred horse racing.
What you said about breeding horse's to race them and now they are racing horses to breed them is not true. They are still breeding horses to race them! The horses have to do well in the races or they wont make money off them in the breeding shed so breeding them to race is much more important.
Thanks for watching! Flightline has nothing left to prove in my eyes, he is the GOAT.
@Sheherizade Arabesque You claim he'll shame all the persons like me who demand he prove his greatness and not just fork over the title of "One of the Greatest of All Time." There is NO SHAME in holding high standards. If he does do it, which I doubt he will, fine. We thought the same of Arrogate, who accomplished much greater feats than Lifeline, like the fastest time for a mile and a quarter ever in the Travers Stakes run on the venerable Saratoga racetrack, then won the Breeder's Cup Classic over the previous winner California Chrome, won the Pegasus World Cup and the Dubai World Cup despite breaking from the gate slowly and having to beat a great horse named Gun Runner. He won almost $17 and a half million on the track. Yet because he did not maintain this form to the end he has been dismissed by most from the pantheon list of one of the "Greatest of All Time." Let Flightline's connections attempt as much with him and if he succeeds THEN he'll have earned The Title. NOT UNTIL!
@@apharoah12 You are easily convinced. He is not even the greatest of the decade let alone the GOAT.
@@vernonfrance2974 I still consider Arrogate one of the greatest I’ve ever seen. Just because he didn’t care anymore the last few races doesn’t discount the talent he exhibited. The Top 3 in my lifetime are Flightline, American Pharoah, and Arrogate
Totally agree. This is a super horse. A horse like this is born once every 50 years. Doubt he will race again- but his babies will. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
A super horse has a much longer career than a hand full of races spaced perfectly apart. Kelso was a super horse…..so was Citation, Secretariat, Etc…. A horse has to have a significant career in order to be a super horse….this horses career was so short that he reminds me of Wajima but at least Wajima faced significant older horses more than once in his short career.
Nice job! A lot of editing work went into this and it was enjoyable to watch
If he retires after this he might be the only TB racehorse to not feel the whip on his flanks while he raced. CMIIW
There are still people that need convincing that Flighline is something extra special, I think he would have to run the race backward to impress them. One guy told me he doesn't run that fast it took 2:00 to win. Flightline was eight lengths ahead of the next horse, a very very good horse so why did he need to run faster?
Exactly 💯 usually is THOSE EAST COAST 🤡 LIVING IN THE PAST WITH SECRETARIAT WHO LOST TO ONION FOLLOWING THE BIG BELMONT WIN 😂 SECRETARIAT COULDN'T WIN ON DIRT AGAIN AFTER THE BELMONT WIN 😂 THE LAST WIN FOR SECRETARIAT WAS ON GRASS 🤫 EASY GOER WAS SECOND BEST TO SUNDAY SILENCE 👊 GHOSTZAPPER LOST THE FIRST RACES NOTHING SPECIAL
every single one of them an absolute machine! but flightline ..wow just wow
There's nothing better looking then a thoroughbred horse after they took the saddle off him you can see how he is built literally like a tank Majestic
As always, phenomenal coverage! What a great BC weekend!😄
Such a fun few weeks. As always, thanks for your support and for watching!
@@apharoah12 I love that you became a fan of Richie 😁
@@marlakay He’s such a special and fun horse. And his connections have been fantastic with sharing him with the world. Easy horse to root for.
Reminded me of the 1973 Belmont. Two horses going way in front
Yes.
I love how quiet everyone was while walking him back to the barn ... :)
The crowd went quiet when Epicenter broke down
Yes, hoping and praying that the steroids dont show up in the post race urine analysis.
@@penelopelopez8296
Do you have proof steroids were used? The race was a while ago, any drugs would’ve showed positive by now
Wonderful Flightline video……Thanks for the memories Big Fella ❣️🐎❣️
Flightline a champion horse but Secretariat is the G.O.A.T. horse!
You are right on about that.
Wrong Flightline is the G.O.A.T
@@sammysheeesh4730 FL has raced 6 times in 2 years. Secretariat raced 21 times in 16 months. Secretariat set 3 race records in the Triple Crown and other race records. Secretariat raced 3 times in 5 weeks in the Triple Crown races. Flightline ran 3 times this entire year! Flightline is a great horse but he doesnt even compare to Secretariat. Running 6 races, you can't be called a GOAT, no way.
Lmao Secretariat did all that beating weak competition. There's no way Secretariat could pass Life is Good running 1:07 change at 6f marker, he would've died down the stretch with Life is Good. Flightline is the G O.A.T period.
@@TimesUp777 Frequency of races means absolutely nothing when you’re looking at the pure talent of the horse. Secretariat never beat competition as good as Flightline did yesterday as easily as Flightline won. Secretariat lost 5 times against inferior horses, Flightline has never even felt the crop that’s how easily he wins. The way he ran past Life Is Good, who is one of the most gifted horses we’ve seen this century, is absolutely insane with how fast they went early. Flightline went right by and came back to the barn like nothing ever happened.
I'm really into the great horses of the past, but I don't really keep up with current races. I live only a couple hours from Oaklawn but I'm so busy I can't ever see the races. This is so cool. What a gorgeous boy, I hope I can start watching live races soon if I get the time.
Flightline really is one of the fastest and greatest of all time!!
@@paulcarpool2288 well I'll be pulling for him in the future!
@@coinwater8511 just found out they retired him.
@@paulcarpool2288 well, I wish him a good retirement. Certainly seems he's put in the work already.
Flightline is a magnificent horse with immense and rare talent and I'd certainly rank him in the top 5% of American race horses of the past century. However, the rush to declare him as good as Secretariat seems a little manufactured to me given his all too brief career. He seems on par with Arrogate-whose Dubai World Cup race was compared to Man o'War. I don't believe that Flightline broke or set any stakes or track records, and his 121 Beyer in the Classic is no where close to the 139 assigned to Secretariat's Belmont. Granted, he was never pushed. American P, Frankel, and Zenyatta are just a few of the exceptional horses I've seen in the past 40 years that I consider to be comparable. I hope that Epicenter can be saved. As always, thanks for your videos!
He really is lovely isn't he. And such a great horselover's video. Thanks AP.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the great video this will be remembered
Thanks for watching!!
Once more thanks for sharing this unike moment with this marvelous horse ,I am sad not to continue seeing him race it would it be the best
This is truly a great horse. Does it effortlessly. But Rich Strike was the most best looking of them all. What a gorgeous horse.
Richie is quite special ❤️
Thank God Epicenter is going to be all right, Rich Strike will run as a four year old, and Flightline will become one of the greatest stallions of all time as well. He is just a magnificent animal! His conformation is perfect!
Absolutely no guarantee that he will be a top sire. 5 lifetime starts is not an indication of durability.
@@adrianashilling2573 winning 6 races by. A combined 81 lengths. He had no competition no were in the world!!
Great work with these videos, watched them leading up to the race. Made me fall in love with him, getting up close and personal. Keep it up!!
Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching!! If he returns next year the goal is to attend all his races.
Thank you!!!❤
23:56...What a Magnificent Specimen
Classiest TB Ive ever seen.
I really enjoyed that video...thank you!
Very good video. Thanks for it.
Thanks for watching!
WOW, what a great video. Thanks so much. SUPER HORSE. Now a three way conversation, isn't it, about the best ever.
Unbelievable video. Unbelievable. Thanks.
Thank You very much for your magnificent video.
Thanks for watching!
Flightline is greatness.Having actually seen Secretariat at Belmont in person and being very close to him physically all I can say is he was Godlike.Spirit made manifest on Earth.
Flightline is great but Secretariat is the Superior Super Horse.
Secretariat was God's gift to Horse Racing. Look at the front end of him. No other horse can compare to him.
Then compare his on track times. No horse can run Track and World Records each time he ran.
Secretariat was a monster size of a horse. He destroyed all comers. Even his stablemate Riva Ridge. He ran just as fast on dirt as on Turf.
Only jockey error and something wrong physical got him beat. Even his trainer said. That he shouldn't had never been beaten.
Go back to that Belmont win. And those record wins. No horse has come close to Big Red. Period
Lmao at Flightline naysayers with the Secretariat crap. Flightline would've destroyed Secretariat without evening trying
@@sammysheeesh4730 In your dreams !!
Wrong, 7 horses finished in front of Big Red. One, a former claimer.
Has not raced enough to be an all-time great!! NOT EVEN CLOSE
I can't help but wonder what was going through his mind as he stared off into the incredible kentucky sunset. . We would All love to see more, but you have done what you needed to do to etch your name into time as 1 of the Very Greatest Race Horses to Ever step foot on this earth.
Great horse ,would love to have seen it up against frankel
I have seen Secretariat run live in 1973, that was a truly SPECIAL horse.
From what i saw of This horse today, he is special, but not Secretariat special.
That is not to say he can’t be special, but lets not compare him to the greatest of all time just yet.
I am not knocking this horse at all, but it’s not a fair comparison to say like some are saying that he is “ as” good or better than the greatest horse… ever
This horse has more racing to do before he should be compared to the “ GREATEST “ of all time.
No horse ever lived that could have beat Secretariat in the Belmont! I watched that race on TV. But Flightline is a great one and was great in Breeder's cup race. Liked the race a lot!
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CONGRATULATIONS FLIGHT LINE AND COMPANY. Well I'm certainly glad that they said he's one of the greatest and not the greatest. Sorry folks but it shouldn't be said that Flight Line is as good or the best since Secretatiat. The Breeders Cup first ran in 1984 and Secretariat was long retired by then so there's nothing to compare there. The only comparison that can be made between the two is even dominance over the fields that ran against. If Flight Line did what Secretariat did in the Triple Crown you can then respectively say Flight line is as good as Big Red. Just because he dominated the field in all of his six races just as Secretariat did at Belmont winning by 31 lengths and nailing down the track record. He also holds the track record at Church Hill Downs during his triple crown quest.
In 2020 Authentic won the Classic at the same track same conditions with a time of 1:59.60... And in 2015 American Pharoah ran at the same track same conditions with a time of 2:00.07 the same time as Flight Line and no comparison to Secretatiat was made for either of horse. It's pretty obvious that the powers that be in horse racing are over sensationalizing this because horse racing is hurting, and they're trying to fabricate a phenom. Flight Line is truly a great horse but not to be mentioned in the same sentence as Secretariat.
I hate to say it because I love Pharoah, but Pharoah and Authentic’s classics did not have the field quality of what Flightline beat today. You can’t compare track conditions year after year. I talked to both Johnny V and Mike Smith a few days before the race and they mentioned how the track had been dead and deep for front runners at the end of the meeting, and no front runners were winning on the dirt this weekend except Flightline. Flightline won by the largest margin of victory in BC Classic’s 39 year history without being asked with the crop and against the toughest field the Classic has ever seen. Secretariat never beat the quality of horses Flightline did today. Unfortunately we’ll never know, but if we had a match race between the two my money would be on Flightline without any hesitation.
@@apharoah12 yeah but that doesn't matter because the actual time of the race reveals much more than the field of horses that he ran with
@@AmericanAbsolute Time does not. Every track plays different on every day. Time means nothing at the end of the day.
@@AmericanAbsolute If you really want to look at times, speed figures are a better way to tell than the time themselves. Flightline earned a 121 Beyer, Pharoah a 120, Authentic a 111. Authentic may have had a faster time, but that doesn’t mean he ran anywhere near as good nor beat the best competition
Flightline
Destroys toughest field on the planet.
Drops Mic
Walks off into Immortality to make babies and live the Superstar good life.
We are all blessed to have seen such a race horse in our lives.
He's such a well behaved boy. He's just a sweetheart! Rich Strike on the other hand... He was being a pill at the Breeder's Cup. Not as bad as the Derby though.
They all have their personalities . They do so much unnatural stuff for humans Some horses are moldable and others are full of themselves "Richie" is feeling his oats. He's as much of a joy to watch as any of them Congrats Eric Reid and connections
And yes Flightline is a gentkeman
Personally I think he is the best dirt horse there has ever been
And yes greater than secretariat
Best dirt horse that has ever been? Pull up the YT video of the 1976 Marlboro Cup. Forego won that race by a head, ran the race faster than Flightweight won the BCC yesterday, carrying 137lbs, the track was mud, Forego had just run in and won the 9f Woodward 2 weeks before while carrying 134lbs. He ran from 1973 to 1978, 57 starts/34 wins, 8 Eclipse awards, 3 times HOY, voted into the racing HOF the year after he retired - BUT YOU ARE SAYING THIS PIECE OF CHICKENSHIT IS BETTER THAN FOREGO??????
Easy to say. Impossible to prove. However, they both broke world records. Has Flightline? He has never faced another great horse. Both MOW and Secretariat did. He has never raced at a mile and a half. Both MOW and Secretariat did. He's never run on the turf or traveled abroad to race. Secretariat did. Lifeline did not even beat the records of three other winners of the BCC including the previous two winners Knicks Go and Authentic. Now they are Authentic champions.
I agree 👍
Awesome access!!
Once in a lifetime ✨️
Very young fan. Study the game over the past 70 years and will see several lifetimes
This is a case of hyperbole. We all want to believe events are great and amazing. However, Flightline has not had the quantity or quality of successes or the competition sufficient to make a valid claim that he is "One of the Greatest of All Time." He will have to do a lot more than he has in his six races - races which are good but not anywhere near the more numerous and more significant accomplishments of horses like Man O War, Citation, Native Dancer, Secretariat, Seattle Slew, Affirmed, Spectacular Bid or even Ghost Zapper, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Tiznow, Zenyatta, Gun Runner or Arrogate. He has never run a mile and a half. He has never run against another great horse. He has never traveled abroad to face other outstanding horses on their own turf. He has set no world records. Every one of these achievements are not essential for giving him accolades but let's stop handing over the title of "One of the Greatest of All Time" when he did not even run the BCC as fast as the last two winners did - Authentic (2020) or Knicks Go (2021).
If the owners want to prove he's so great he must compete more and travel farther afield.
I agree with your last sentence. Flightline I'm sure if he was given the opportunity, would prove every bit as good as they say he is. Unfortunately we will never know. Btw, can't compare times. Different tracks. Different variables. He was never even pushed.
This race broke my heart :( Big LIG fan :(
I would have loved to see him race this year. Just to see what kind of a 4 year old season he would have had. But I totally understand the business side of a horse of his credentials. Just 1 loss and his stud fee is no longer in the stratosphere. He’s a nice horse. But I was lucky enough to see Secretariat on that amazing day. My father took me to see Secretariat as part of summer vacation that year. I was 6 years old. I’m almost 60. And Secretariat is still and will always be number 1 on my list.
I know little about 🐎 but really well behaved
Very nicely done video. One of the, maybe best runner we will ever see. If pushed hard, he could have broken the track records too
Thanks for watching! Scary to think we’ve never seen him fully asked!
Flightline has never been pushed, I don't think Flavien ever considered using the whip, we might never know just how much more Flightline is capable of.
If they want him to be deserving of the title "The Best," they are going to have to stop coddling him, running him only after months and months, and claiming they are not getting him to do his best. A great horse does his/her best often instead of their connections saying "Oh, he could have done better." That's easy to say, but to be a great one it has to be demonstrated. The proof is in the pudding. Actions speak louder than words.
@@apharoah12 What's scary is that people will let his connections get away with the claim he can do better but are have so far been totally reluctant to prove it.
@@vernonfrance2974 Nobody came within five lengths of him his entire career . He’s the best horse to come out since Zenyatta. He’s a champion and he did it like he was working out he is a great one.
AMAZING, amazing video. I have never seen anything like this - such access! Subbed. BTW, do you know where I can get a Flightline hat? Want to pair it with my Reed Racing Rich Strike. ☺️
Also, why no Insta?
If you want a BC hat you have to get one from one of his connections or maybe find one online in an auction or something. If you just want general merchandise, LE *might* sell something for him, but I don't know for sure.
@@meganproffitt424 Thanks. I got my RS hat from Tag Your Swag out of Louisville. They seem to be pretty big and I figure all the owners use the same company, so I emailed them today and hopefully they’ll reply tomorrow when they get in to work. BTW, what is LE?
@@eddiefigueroa9080
Owners get their BC hats directly from the Breeder’s Cup management. There is a secured website. That’s where I got my hats for my BC horses was the secure website for connections.
LE is Lane’s End. They are Flightline’s majority owners :)
Champion
Not as great as Secretariat or MOW but he didn't even look like he was running very hard. Highly doubtful but I hope we get to see more of him.
Better than both. Flightline would destroy both easily.
@@sammysheeesh4730 Easy to say. Impossible to prove. However, they both broke world records. Has Flightline? He has never faced another great horse. Both MOW and Secretariat did. He has never raced at a mile and a half. Both MOW and Secretariat did. He's never run on the turf or traveled abroad to race. Secretariat did.
@Dark Knight FLIGHTLINE 🛫✈️✈️ IS THE BEST EVER UNDEFEATED CHAMPION 🏆 UNBEATABLE 🛫🛫 SECRETARIAT LOST TO ONION FOLLOWING THE 30 LENGTH BELMONT WIN 😂 SECRETARIAT COULDN'T WIN ON DIRT AFTER THE BELMONT WIN 😂🤣 THE LAST SECRETARIAT WIN CAME ON GRASS 🤫 THE BEST HORSE EVER FLIGHTLINE ✈️
@Dark Knight WHAT BEER OR ALCOHOL YOU DRINKING 🍺🤡 FLIGHTLINE IS THE BEST EVER UNDEFEATED BREEDERS CUP CLASSIC CHAMPION 🏆 UNBEATABLE 🛫
Some say Man o' War, while others swear by Secretariat. There is Citation, Kelso, Dr. Fager, and Native Dancer, to name a few more. We will never know for sure who was the greatest of all-time, and in the grand scheme of things, it does not matter. Still, it is fun to imagine. Does Flightline even belong in such a discussion? Time and races both run, and still to come, will be the ultimate judge of the greatness of Flightline.
It's criminal that these 'once in a lifetime' horses are always retired
prematurely. Zenyatta was the last one who I can remember racing
for an extended period of time.
That’s because she was a mare.
@@6cobrasnake9 She did nothing in the breeding shed and it's a fact
that most successful mares are those who were not champion level
horses. Zenyatta would have been better off continuing to race, for
when she hit her best stride in the latter stages of races, there wasn't
another horse who could keep up with her. She only lost her one and only
time against top males competition in the Breeders Cup Classic the 2nd
time she performed in it and she was only held off from winning that by
quickly diminishing head by the winner who she would have sailed by in
another stride or two. Never saw a more impressive late runner in my life.
@@ridgemanron You don’t want to run them out to the ground. Aren’t you aware that 100 things can go bad in horse racing? If they would’ve not raced her in her last race, she would’ve been a true champion by being undefeated. All races all wins! But to please people like you she lost. Go and see what happened to Ruffian & maybe you will understand more about this sport.
@@ridgemanron By the way, she won a BCC against the males a year before. I was there at S.A. And when she won a BC the year before that also against filly’s & mares.
@@6cobrasnake9 - I see you are the one who doesn't have a clue with regard to
what happened to Ruffian, or to Sham in the Belmont. Two close friends of mine
were New York jockeys named Michael Venezia and Ben Feliciano. They both
confirmed that when fastest run races was all the rage years ago, they would in
special instances, such as the match race Ruffian ran in, and the Belmont Stakes
that Secretariat ran in, 'pack down' the track, making it like hard concrete, for this
would produce record shattering times. Ruffian broke down on such as surface,
but Penny Tweedy who had a lot of clout, especially since having a horse who won
the Ky. Derby & Preakness, and she was obsessed with speed, having accused
Pimlico as not having properly timed Secretariat's Preakness win, which had her
make sure the track was lightning fast since she felt Secretariat had thick legs and
could handle such a track. Meanwhile, Sham wound up 'breaking down' in the race
and of course Secretariat would win by an astronomical amount of lengths against
the remaining inferior competition. Trainer John Campo, who had a participant in
the race, whom he knew didn't belong in it, gave way to intense pressure to enter his
horse to make it look like a truly competitive race when only Secretariat & Sham
belonged in it. Sham was a much slimmer horse than Secretariat and the 'concrete ' track resulted in his breaking down. His connections were so outraged that The
Racing Commission, not wanting this 'track packing' to run wild in the media, stopped allowing this dangerous 'track packing' to continue. That is why Ruffian and
Sham broke down. Trainer Howard Jergens was so outraged by what Penny Tweedy
concocted and told Michael Venezia and others that he would 'personally' prove that
Secretariat was overrated. He ran two of his horses against him. One was a six year
old '$15,000' claimer named Onion, who had lost 39 of 54 races, and Prove Out, a 4
year old who was beaten 30 out of 39 races. After defeating Secretariat convincingly with both horses, he was asked why he had the nerve to run these mediocre horses against 'The Great Secretariat' and he simply said, 'Because I believed he was overrated and I wanted to prove it !' I think you'll agree he proved his point. The odds on a huge, super developed, strong horse like Zenyatta likely breaking down would have been beyond remote & she could have gone down as the
greatest of all time had she continued racing for a few more years.
In minute 22:32 of the video, Flightline hears his name, and he suddenly turns his head as if he is asking " You tawlking to me"?
Very nice horse 6 for 6 and he's 4 we need to see him run alot more to be called a great. He is primed for this race his whole life well done
You are right on with that comment. You can call him great but he doesn't compare with the likes of Secretariat or MOW. Secretariat ran three races in 5 weeks and set race records in the TC. FL ran three races all year and didn't set a race record. Love FL but he would have to win a lot more races and set record times to even compare to the greatest horses.
And, just who is going to race against Flightline? All time, Secretariat # 1, Flightline, 1A.
@@jakebender9355 His connections seem to be reluctant to do anything but give him the easiest career with not even an effort to have him travel abroad. Why should they, though, if they can get by without having to? It's up to discerning fans, analysts, breeders, owners, trainers and others to see to it they don't get by with this deception.
Not really he's taken the biggest prize on his first attempt at grade 1. And 6th race at that hope he trains on but they satatations were saying that if frontline ran in any of the previous breeders cup classics he would of won them all that's saying something.
@@jakebender9355 you do realize that FL only won 4 GR 1 races in 2 years?! FL can't even be mentioned in the same breath as Secretariat. FL won all his races by so much because he had no competition, accept for the BCC, and he had months to rest between races! Secretariat raced 21 times in 16 months and FL raced 6 times in 2 years!! Secretariat raced 3 times in 5 weeks in the TC. FL raced 3 times a year. What a joke.
Me ha recordado realmente el poder de su abuelo seattle slew, sangre brava
I just came here to read the comments....everybody crowing their opinions lol
I just read on Blood Horse that Flightline is retired from racing.
Reminds me of the GREAT John Henry Legend!!
I did not indicate that it was a “guarantee”. And I did not mention durability. But I have
studied his bloodline Adriana, and have studied and reviewed the owners of Lane’s End,
and his bloodline is awesome, and the Breeders give me confidence of success. So I
look forward with great anticipation.
Yes, a great horse, but my heart is with John Henry. His last race still tears me up, " here comes the Old Man,..John Henry......
Cannot be considered one of the greatest that lightly raced.
Can anyone explain how these horses reach inside you and deposit themselves? The power , awe and grace they display is truly desirable but unattainable by mere humans. They must be specifically designed somewhere in a dream
How did happy saver make it in there?
I can say I called this horse being a monster. But now a living legend. Damn
Such a great race horse. A pleasure to watch perform. By far the best 4 year old in several years, maybe decades. We sure needed another hero to keep interest up in the sport. But please don’t put this very, very special horse in a situation that he can’t finish like he and his connections deserve. 6 remarkable starts at 4. The courage and talent this horse possesses is truly remarkable and the training job John Saddler and and his crew put together may never be matched. I have not one knock on this remarkable colt other than needing to see what he could do at 5. I can understand the decision to retire him as his sire will need him to take over in a few years as a should be historic sire. I suspect he will possibly surpass Tapit as an outstanding sire. I have been a student of the game since Secretariat proved he was the perfect thoroughbred to ever race. After 45 years of studying and being in awe of these magnificent creatures ( not really betting on them much) but just researching to the beginning and development of the breed, I have came to the conclusion that we will never see a thoroughbred racehorse like Secretariat there are some that keep you hoping. I have only seen clips of Man o war, which were unbelievable. I could name at least 25 horses male and female that are much more accomplished than Flight Line. Please understand I am in no way taking anything away from this remarkable horse ( as if I could or would want to) but there are so many things that have to be accomplished in what it really takes to be considered among the top30 race horses of the past 100 years. And I am talking about dirt racers . It gets much deeper when you bring up turf. Just remember 6 starts has never been in the conversation with being in the same class as the top 50. I could name 30 quickly that are far above Flight Line but I shouldn’t bore you with the facts. Flight Line is a truly remarkable animal and I pray his health will hold for a long time and look forward to seeing his babies
His stride is much longer and more effortless.
Flightline looked at you and said "Take my picture 😁✨"... Unbelievable horse.... wish he raced more, but looking forward to his offspring.
Buddy awesome job
Thanks for watching!
Prat is a Great Rider.
shame we got to see so little of this precious animal
Flightline is a direct descentand of Secretariat - check his pedigree! Since he has won all his races he more valuable as a stud than as a racehorse because there is always danger of injury - tho people would like to see more races - let his children carry on his legacy
Super horse. Far the best one these last decades.
First 3 Quaters in 1:07 when did other fast horses in history even went under 1::09
@Apharoah12. What is the white area on the right side of his neck? Just grey hair or ?
I am curious about that as well.
When he injured his right rear in a stall injury they put drugs into that area on his neck to help him heal. The hair follicles died and turned white. I got this info from a Blood Horse article.
@@ernesthercher5193 Thanks for the info!
You are welcome. I live a mile from Oaklawn in Arkansas and love horses and racing. Your videos are all good but this one is your best.
@@apharoah12 btw. Your horse has already been retired to his new home at Lanes End. Wikipedia has already said he retired as well. 4 Grade 1 wins. Big deal is all I can say. FL is beautiful and a very good horse but he's just another Justify accept Justify did more then FL. A year from now FL will be nothing more then a fart in the wind, just like Justify. 1000 years from now they will still be talking about Secretariat. FL will be long forgotten and nothing more then a horse on the internet.
I'm sorry. Big Red danced every dance. As a Horse of Year 2 year old and 3 year old.
He beat his Handicap Champion stablemate at World Record time at 9 furloughs .
In that same race he beat other Champions and got revenge on the horse that beat him on a Jockey error.
In the Triple Crown races, he broke long standing track records. And he beat Sham 3 times after the Wood race, that proved. He ran 3rd on a throat problem.. His $6.06 Million Dollars backers got his first loss . Then , they got Greatness for the rest of the year. Save for the jockey error in the Whitney and Woodward stake races.
I Already learned that it takes about 26 lifetime races to watch.. Before I declare any horse the greatest of all time .
Flightline will be retired to Stud . As a Champion, but not as the Greatest of all time, that Big Red was for 2 full seasons of racing.
I, for one . Was a great athlete for my size in just about every sport I tried. Not on one sport like Michael Jordan or any other Champion.
Just get real EVERYONE. Nowadays, the Media Hype is everything. Run in 6 races and be declared as the best there ever was. Prove it in at least 10 more races on 10 more races tracks and on the turf like Big Red.
You are right on for sure! Secretariat raced 21 times in 16 months! Flightline raced 6 times in 2 years and he never set any race records. It's a joke that some of these hyped up fans think FL is better then Secretariat. Big Red is the greatest by far.
@@TimesUp777 I will bet good money, that half the people didn't have a nickel on his races. Just sunny weather fans. The Media Hype is just too much for an under raced horse.
@@miguelnolasco2533 exactly. He would have to race atleast 10 more times, win 90% of them, and set a race record or 2, too be compared to Secretariat. FL has been great but by no means the greatest. He might be rated in the top 20 or 30 of all time, maybe.
@@TimesUp777 I wish the trainer could tell us. Why this horse only race so little for his career. The Owner, too. Were they afraid to get beaten. Flightline is just a , " speed freak" . Let's see him run a mile and a half race.
Life is Good, proved to be one for sure. A " speed freak". He ran the last half mile on Saturday in over 54 seconds.
@@TimesUp777 Better than Flightline for sure.
Flightline isn't one of the all time greats at horse racing just because he won the 2o22 Beeeders Cup Classic with a time of 2:00.05. Just two years ago Bob Baffert's horse Authentic, won the Breeders Cup Classic with a time of 1:59.60. He isn't considered one of the all time greats.
Spectacular Bid, who I saw run, has the world record at 1 1/4 mile with a time 1:57.80. Time wise, using my five horse length per second handicapping technique I would say that Spectacular Bid would have beaten Flightline by slightly over ten lengths. Spectacular Bids record was 26 wins, 2 second place finishes, and 1 third place finish. That's what I call greatness. Longevity at winning counts.
Flighline is a good horse not a great horse.
Good comments. I would say FL is great because of how much he won by. With that said he isnt in the same league as Secretariat, MOW, the BID, Seattle Slew, and many other horses.
Your argument is very weak. The weather, the condition of the track... conditions change from day to day and race to race. Really, the only thing that matters is how a horse beats his opponents on that day... and on EVERY day that Flightline raced he OBLITERATED his competition, and in this last one his competition was a very impressive field. "Flighline is a good horse not a great horse" is just silly.
@@rexgoodheart3471 duration matters in horse racing, 6 races just isn’t enough to be an all time great. In my opinion you need at least 10-15 races to be in that category. 6 races against small fields and always off a long layoff while on good tracks screams very good, but not great. Heck I would take a Citation over Flightline at this point.
@@1stdown407 YOU 🤡 LIVING IN THE PAST WITH OVERRATED HORSES 🤣 TAKE OUT THE BIG BELMONT 30 LENGTH WIN BY SECRETARIAT WHO LOST TO ONION FOLLOWING THE BIG BELMONT WIN 👀 🤔 SECRETARIAT COULDN'T WIN ON DIRT AGAIN LMAO AFTER THE BELMONT WIN 🤣 SECRETARIAT LAST WIN CAME ON THE GRASS 🤫 THE GOAT COULDN'T WIN ON DIRT 🤣
@@rexgoodheart3471 FL has had his moments of greatness for sure. If Secretariat would have been rested for months on end in between races he would have won every race by 30 lengths. The reason FL won by so much all the time is because the horses were week, accept for the BBC, and he got to rest for months in between races! SECRETARIAT raced 3 times in 5 weeks in the TC and set 3 race records. FL raced 3 times a year and set NO race records. He only won 4 GR1 races also.
Please let him keep Running for Glory and for Horse Racing and don't retire him!!
He's just been retired.
kina boreing for a race as we "knew the outcome but marvelous to know a Horse like Flightline was breed on American soil ca ching its about the noteriety but the money in the industry is nice to see ...keepin it goin
Flightline a good horse won string of races by amounts of lengths yes lots of hype . American phorah won grandslam her 4 big races triple crown winner dont put flight line in the same sentence as American phorah , secretariat , thats crazy . Repect to all the triple crown winners past and present .
121 Beyer. Has nothing else left to prove. Probably looking at an initial stud fee in the $200-250K range. Certainly ranks up there with the all-time greats.
Come to Dubai World Cup 😂😂😂 Then we will see how great he is. Legend or Noob
He'll probably be retired. Horseracing is nothing what it used to be. Horses run less than before and then they breed unsound horses. I love this sport but hyping a horse and saying he's as great as Secretariat is ridiculous. There are actual people saying that Flightline is better than American Pharoah, like really? 😂
Not taking away from his win but honestly the hyping is ridiculous. He'll win HOTY no doubt but saying he's one of the "greatest" is a bit of a stretch
No thanks.
Why? Country that harbors terrorists F## Dubai F### the Saudi Cup too
@@sammysheeesh4730 lol If you want big crunchy millions come here and race, or else just sleep on your 🛌 lol hahahaah 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
It's a shame that a high caliber horse runs only 5 Times all his career.
Zenyatta is much greater overall, beat the boys and and was spectacular in all her races as we know. She would of blown right by him!