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Flightline finishes up as the 19 1/4-length winner of the Pacific Classic last year at Del Mar. “It doesn’t hurt that we are 100 yards from the Pacific Ocean and we race in the summer,” said Tom Robbins, a longtime fixture at Del Mar who is the executive vice president of racing and industry relations. When you combine that with …

Santa Anita-based Flightline easily wins Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year

Flavien Prat rides Flightline to victory during the Breeders’ Cup Classic race at the Keenelend Race Course in November. Flightline, whose brief two-year, six-race career drew comparisons to Secretariat, was given horse racing’s highest annual honor on Thursday when he was given the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year. He also was named top Older Dirt Male among the …

Breeders’ Cup Classic champion Flightline retired to stud

Flavien Prat rides Flightline to victory during the Breeders’ Cup Classic race at Keeneland Race Course on Saturday in Lexington, Ky. So, with that in mind, the sport’s latest superstar, Flightline, was retired on Sunday, one day after a dominating record-setting win the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland Race Course. It was expected that Flightline would never race again, but …

Flightline dominates Breeders’ Cup Classic, winning by 8¼ lengths

Flavien Prat rides Flightline to victory in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland Race Course on Saturday. No matter how big the hype, no matter how high the expectations, Flightline exceeded every marker in his historic win Saturday in the $6-million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland Race Course. It was the second Breeders’ Cup win for trainer John Sadler, the …

Breeders’ Cup Classic will determine Flightline’s place in racing history

A horse named Flightline might be the most dominant competitor currently in any sport. The name recognition might get a little bump Saturday when he competes in the $6-million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky. The Breeders’ Cup is the two-day Super Bowl of horse racing with 14 races whose purses total more than $31 million. …

Rising star Flightline is dominant, winning Pacific Classic by almost 20 lengths

Flightline, ridden by Flavien Prat, is eased up at the wire as he wins the $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar on Saturday by 19¼ lengths. “He’s just a special horse and what makes him so special is he’s just one of those rare shooting stars,” Sadler said. Joe Harper, who has been the chief executive at Del Mar …

WASHINGTON — The Air Force ordered a broad review of security at all its installations on Friday, after an unarmed man got access to the flightline at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland and entered an aircraft used by top U.S. and military officials. “Everybody is taking this very seriously,” said chief Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, adding that the Air Force …