Updated: September 16, 2014
It was announced today that the striking grey son of Tapit, Flashback, a Grade 2 winner of the Robert B. Lewis Stakes in his second start, will retire to Hill ?n? Dale Farms. Raced in the colors of Gary and Mary West, Flashback rose to the top of the 3-year-old class after a scintillating 6 1/4 length victory in his Stakes debut around two turns in the Grade 2 Robert B. Lewis at Santa Anita. Sent off the favorite in the $750,000 Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby, Flashback was narrowly defeated by Goldencents while sustaining an injury.
A model of consistency as a racehorse, Flashback was never off the board in seven career starts. ?He was brilliant, striking to look at and by Tapit. I think he is a great sire prospect,? said Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert.
?We will be supporting Flashback with carefully chosen mares we own and will purchase mares specifically to breed to him,? Gary West said. ?We are all in on Flashback as well as our other stallions and will unveil an innovative incentive-laden program in the coming days to let breeders know how much we covet their support and stand with them when they breed to our stallions. Between Flashback, New Year?s Day and Power Broker, we offer promising Grade 1 stallions with superb race records and pedigrees at unrivaled value.?
?Flashback is an extremely athletic and smooth horse. He is a great physical horse with brilliance, pedigree and by Tapit, the most important sire in North America. Combined with the West?s commitment to both support the horse and incentivize breeders, we think he will be a standout choice in the marketplace and have every chance to become an important sire,? said John G. Sikura.
Flashback is available for inspection at Hill ?n? Dale.