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series of races. En route, Fly So Free won the spring 1991
212:(March 3, 1988 – September 21, 2003) was an American
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in which he defeated two other top three-year-olds,
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564:"FLY SO FREE WON'T RUN IN PREAKNESS, BELMONT"
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237:producer and music publishing company owner
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639:Racehorses trained in the United States
609:Fly So Free's pedigree and racing stats
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604:Fall Highweight Handicap at the NYRA
380:Pedigree of Fly So Free (USA), 1988
276:. A few weeks later, in mid-April's
16:American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
351:Canadian Female Turf Horse Champion
102:Bruce Hundley & Wayne Garrison
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203:Last updated on December 28, 2006
644:Breeders' Cup Juvenile winners
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326:, Fly So Free was retired to
111:Tommy & Elizabeth Valando
349:winners, including the 1999
634:Racehorses bred in Kentucky
250:U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt
197:U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt
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387:Time For A Change (USA)
316:Fall Highweight Handicap
262:Fountain of Youth Stakes
241:and his wife Elizabeth.
224:U.S. Racing Hall of Fame
184:Fall Highweight Handicap
164:Fountain of Youth Stakes
341:Fly So Free sired five
246:Breeders' Cup Juvenile
154:Breeders' Cup Juvenile
649:Eclipse Award winners
629:2003 racehorse deaths
624:1988 racehorse births
293:1991 Preakness Stakes
324:Breeders' Cup Sprint
511:Dancing Lark (USA)
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297:1991 Belmont Stakes
285:1991 Kentucky Derby
471:Free to Fly (USA)
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30:Time For A Change
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222:. A grandson of
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498:Sherry Jen
210:Fly So Free
138:$ 2,330,954
48:Free To Fly
22:Fly So Free
618:Categories
550:References
522:Polynesian
506:Quittance
501:Sun Again
463:Misty Morn
441:Bold Ruler
301:Riva Ridge
143:Major wins
590:9 January
569:9 January
533:Say Blue
487:Nasrullah
447:Broadway
226:inductee
220:racehorse
35:Grandsire
513:b. 1960
478:b. 1959
473:b. 1974
436:Reviewer
432:b. 1974
405:Sunglow
397:b. 1964
393:Damascus
389:b. 1981
375:Pedigree
360:winner,
330:duty at
303:and the
283:For the
228:Damascus
217:Champion
135:Earnings
65:Stallion
56:Stevward
39:Damascus
528:Geisha
493:Segula
419:My Babu
415:Kerala
369:cardiac
295:or the
289:bettors
117:Trainer
99:Breeder
79:Country
53:Damsire
543:I Say
482:Nashua
395:(USA)
274:Hansel
191:Awards
186:(1993)
181:(1991)
176:(1991)
171:(1991)
166:(1991)
161:(1991)
156:(1990)
151:(1990)
127:Record
89:Colour
71:Foaled
456:Swaps
343:Group
107:Owner
592:2020
571:2020
385:Sire
328:stud
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27:Sire
469:Dam
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45:Dam
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