William I. Mott
Junior Alvarado
Preston Stables LLC
Nikolaus Bock
Flat Out |
Flatter | A.P. Indy |
| Praise | ||
| Cresta Lil | Cresta Rider | |
| Rugosa |
| Sale / Hip / Type | Buyer / Consignor | Price |
|---|---|---|
OBSOCT2006Hip 933 | Weanling |
|
$11,000 |
FTKJUL2007Hip 283 | Yearling |
|
$85,000 |
Owner Art Preston—who raced top horses like champion Victory Gallop, two-time Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T) winner Da Hoss, and multiple grade 1 winner Flat Out—died March 25, according to his sister-in-law, Melissa Preston. He was 88.
Tobey Morton's Pacific Gale became the first black-type stakes winner for freshman sire Flat Out when she rallied three-wide into the lane and drew off for a 3 1/4 length victory in the $60,000 Sorority Stakes Sept. 2 at Monmouth Park.
After a session topped by an Astrology filly bought by Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill Farm for $300,000, the Ocala Breeders' Sales' 2-year-olds in training sale ended June 14 with double-digit increases in average and median prices.
Spendthrift Farm stallion Flat Out is batting 1.000 in his young career in the breeding shed after his daughter, the aptly named Flat Drunk, became his first starter and first winner when she captured the first race on the card at Keeneland April 13.
When trainer Mark Casse signed the sale ticket for a Flat Out colt on behalf of John Oxley at the Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream 2-year-olds in training sale, the purchase price of $400,000 represented a profit of $310,000 for Q Bar J Thoroughbreds.
