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FLAME N FLASH si 94, $420,926
Champion 3-Year-Old Filly
Breeder: Dr. Ed Allred
Owner: Robert Williams
Trainers: Juan Aleman and Elena Andrade Jockey: Francisco Rubio
2012 Record: 8-4(2)-1(1)-1(0) $353,756, 1st
Mildred N. Vessels Memorial Handicap-G1, 1st La Primera Del Ano Derby-G3, 2nd Champion Of Champions-G1, 4th Los Alamitos Winter Derby-G1, 6th Los Alamitos Super Derby-G1
It can be tough for a 3-year-old filly to hold her own against the boys. It can be even tougher for a 3-year-old filly to be competitive against older mares. And it’s rare that a 3-year-old filly
can match strides with older horses. Flame N Flash did it all.
Owned by Robert Williams, Flame N Flash started her year with a strong fourth- place finish in Kobe’s Los Alamitos Winter Derby-G1. Runner-up Deniro went on to
win the Los Alamitos Super Derby-G1, while show finisher Check My Thoughts became the meet’s only two-time derby winner. Facing her own age and sex in her next two races, Flame N Flash won a trial to the La Primera Del Ano Derby-G3 and then the $210,014 final.
Rather than staying in the derby ranks, Flame N Flash faced older mares in the Mildred N. Vessels Memorial Handicap-G1, going wire to wire to win by a half-length. Among the horses she beat that night were eventual Champion Aged Mare Fredaville, graded stakes winner Thisfeatureisspecial, and 2010 Champion 2-Year-Old Filly Flying Fig. The win earned Flame N Flash a berth in the Champion Of Champions-G1, where she would again have to face older horses.
Before that December classic, however, Flame N Flash dropped back into the derby ranks, winning a trial to the Los Alamitos Super Derby-G1. She lost all chance in the final when she was pinballed at the start, finishing sixth.
Accepting the challenge of competing in the Champion Of Champions, Flame N Flash was overlooked at odds of 26-1 in the field that included Champions Rylees Boy, Jess You And I and Cold Cash 123. But in the end, Flame
N Flash ran a stunning race to nearly defeat Rylees Boy, finishing second by just a head.
“It’s very tough to lose in the final strides,” said trainer Elena Andrade, who got Flame N Flash just a month before the Champion Of Champions. “It’s a heartbreaker, but how can I be disappointed with the way things have gone with her? It was a great opportunity to train a great filly. I am so happy that we were the ones that had the chance to do it.”
Flame N Flash defeats older mares in the $150,000 Grade 1 Mildred N. Vessels Memorial Handicap.
First Down Dash
Walk Thru Fire
Sweet Beduino
Dash For Cash
First Prize Rose
Beduino TB
Sweet Game
Rocket Wrangler
Find A Buyer TB
Gallant Jet
Rose Bug
Romany Royal
Jo-Ann-Cat
Game Plan
Sweet Feast
Star Kingdom
Oceana
Have Tux
Marga
Jet Deck
Sugar Spice
Rocket Bar TB
Tinky Ann
Rocket Bar TB Go Galla Go To Market Hide And Seek Jet Deck
Leo Jewel
Lady Bug’s Moon Casco Rose
Grey Sovereign Romany Belle Rejected
Quick Eye
Easy Jet
Go Maggie Go Leo Feast
Cherry Sweet
Stardust Impromptu Colombo Orama
Imbros Ritakan Hawley
Shore Patrol Moon Deck Miss Night Bar Sugar Bars Kings Squaw Three Bars Golden Rocket Tinky Poo Annahi TB
Three Bars Golden Rocket Go Man Go
La Galla Win Market Wise Pretty Does Alibhai
Scattered
Moon Deck
Miss Night Bar Leo
Linda Jewel
Top Moon
FL Lady Bug Levan
Prissy Hankins Nasrullah
Kong
Vilmorin
Romany Chi Revoked
By Line
Depth Charge Eye To Eye
Jet Deck
Lena’s Bar
Go Man Go Maggie Mcgowan Feast TB
Kay Cindy Leo Custus Rastus TB Cherry Chub
Hyperion Sister Stella Concerto Thoughtless Manna
Lady Nairne Diophon Cante Lupe Polynesian Fire Falls Nathoo Theater Time Blue Larkspur Aristocracy Equestrian Holua
Top Deck TB Moonlight Night Barred
Belle Of Midnight Three Bars TB Frontera Sugar Little King Oklahoma Squaw Percentage Myrtle Dee Cartago Morshion Wayward Irving Little Peach
High Step Verda Ann
FLAME N FLASH, ‘09 f. Noholme II
Shirley’s Champion TB
Oh La Proud
Oh La Ree
Nevada Marga
Jet Spice
La Ree’s Rocket
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