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relegated Flight into second place, by a head, with Russia a distant third 10 lengths away. Flight's other second placings included those in the
Tramway Handicap, the L. K. S. Mackinnon Stakes and A.J.C. Autumn Stakes. Flight had two starts in Brisbane, finishing unplaced in the Doomben Ten Thousand
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Flight had wins in the W. S. Cox Plate, L. K. S. Mackinnon Stakes and in the
Essendon Stakes. She was second in the Rosehill Hill Stakes (to Bernborough), the Linlithgow Stakes, C. F. Orr Stakes and twice to Shannon (in the George Main Stakes and King's Cup).
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daughter of Royal Step her dam was the unplaced mare, Lambent (NZ) by
Tractor (GB). A half-sister to Flight, Sparkle (NZ) by Colonel Cygnus (GB), won the 1940 Dunedin Cup. Flight was
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and Russia; carrying the top weight she won the A.J.C. Phar Lap
Handicap by a margin of four lengths with three lengths back to the third place-getter. In Melbourne she won the
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Nursery. Later that season she won the A.J.C. Havilah Handicap, Rosehill Nursery Handicap,
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and A.J.C. Plate, in which in the two latter races
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443:Starters and results showing the winner, Flight
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630:won the 1960 Golden Slipper Stakes and VRC
641:A race named in honour of Flight, the AJC
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699:Chersonese
600:Stud record
581:Bernborough
461:Race record
278:Bernborough
927:Categories
822:References
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794:Kilbroney
712:Roseflight
707:Chelandry
549:Sydney Cup
481:Sydney Cup
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158:Major wins
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769:Vahren
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702:Cylgad
684:Valais
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