It doesn’t matter where Flying Spur appears in a pedigree, he works.  The Arrowfield champion’s status is thoroughly established with 84 stakes winners headed by 12 Group 1 winners.

Flying Spur (Danehill) extends that total every season and he was represented by another four stakes winners in Melbourne during the spring.  That all four are fillies belies his lifetime record which shows his stakes winners are almost evenly split between the sexes: 40 colts, 44 fillies.

Meanwhile, his admirable son Flying Fulton scored his second black type win in Singapore this season when victorious in the G1 New Year Cup onn New Year’s Day.  The 5YO gelding is among Flying Spur’s 16 stakes winners in Asia, South Africa, New Zealand and Europe.

Trainer Mark Walker’s comments about Flying Fulton after last weekend’s win from a wide gate under top-weight of 58 kg were warmly appreciative.  “He’s such a tough and consistent horse.  We spelled him a couple of times but we realised he’s better off racing than staying in his box. I think he’s also getting better with age.”

Flying Spur made an early start as a broodmare sire with four of his daughters producing stakes winners when he was only an 11 year-old.

The tally of stakes winners from Flying Spur mares now stands at 23, including Group 1 winners Headway, Sebring, Delago Deluxe and Grand Journey.  Currently fifth on the Australian Broodmare Sires’ list, he is still the youngest stallion in the Top 10.

Results over the past few weeks have highlighted Flying Spur’s third act, as a sire of sires.  His first season sire sons Casino Prince, Shaft and Volitant have all broken through for their first winners since early December, and it surely won’t be long before Magnus joins them – he’s had two Flemington placegetters already.

This trio follows Flying Spur’s son Jet Spur who has sired five stakes performers from his first three crops.

Buying yearlings by Flying Spur is a smart strategy for racing and for longer term breeding success.  Arrowfield’s 2012 draft for the Gold Coast Magic Millions includes fillies from Hula Here, Hussta la Vista and Distinctive plus colts from Ready Magic and Ruski Rose.

But wait, there’s more…Arrowfield is also selling three colts from the Flying Spur mares Portrayal, First Date and Flying Single.  They are by Charge Forward, Starcraft and Hussonet respectively.