Fly (AUS) Horse

Country

Australia

Foal Date

28-Sep-21
Sex
gelding

Colour

chestnut

Sire

Merchant Navy

Dam

Shrill

Prize Money

85165

Owners

G D Semple, G J Koehne, A Rehberg, K F King, Mrs S Collman, D O'Brien, J P Smith, L Marriott, A E Kingshott, S R Hine, R Norton, B J Walsh & C Tucker

About

Fly, a 4yo chestnut gelding from Australia, is trained by Gary Clarke in Darwin. He is by the stallion Merchant Navy out of the mare Shrill. To date he has won three races. On 31 Jan 2026 at Darwin, Fly secured his biggest victory, taking the $40,000 0‑70 handicap.

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Darwin 06-Mar-26 1300m WET FAST R2 3&4Y BMNT 60 $4,300 (of $21,500) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:14.900, SP: 1.90 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.550 1st Bruno Bruno ( R Vigar 60 ) 2nd Fly ( J Todd 60 ) 1.50L 3rd Vanguard Legend ( H L Blanc 62 ) 2.00L See full resultsJ Todd 60 1.50L2 (5)
Darwin 31-Jan-26 1200m WET FAST R5 0-70 $25,600 (of $40,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:09.190, SP: 2.15 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.640 1st Fly ( J Todd 56 ) 2nd Bruno Bruno ( V A Arnott 58 ) 1.30L 3rd Bryce ( W R Davis 55.5 ) 1.80L See full resultsJ Todd 56kg1 (9)
Darwin 17-Jan-26 1100m GOOD R5 0-58 $13,650 (of $21,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:03.120, SP: 1.70 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.410 1st Fly ( J Todd 60 ) 2nd Pleasing Smile ( D B Barton 57 , Cd 54 ) 2.00L 3rd Sassy Abbey ( W R Davis 55.5 ) 7.00L See full resultsJ Todd 601 (7)
Darwin 05-Jul-25 1600m GOOD R9 3YO Open Set Weight $5,250 (of $75,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:35.370, SP: 8.00 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.940 1st Vanguard Legend ( J L Hampson 58 ) 2nd The Men Went Home ( P Denton 58 ) 1.50L 3rd Bruno Bruno ( R C Vigar 58 ) 5.50L 4th Fly ( A Nicholls 58 ) 5.70L See full resultsA Nicholls 58kg 5.70L4 (11)
Darwin 21-Jun-25 1300m GOOD R2 3YO BM 66 Hcp (of $23,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:14.410, SP: 3.40 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.730 1st Bruno Bruno ( R C Vigar 56.5 ) 2nd The Men Went Home ( P Denton 56.5 ) 0.80L 3rd Vanguard Legend ( J L Hampson 58 ) 0.90L 4th Fly ( A Sweeney 55 ) 3.40L See full resultsA Sweeney 55kg 3.40L4 (11)
Darwin 07-Jun-25 1200m GOOD R2 MDN-SW $13,325 (of $20,500) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:08.550, SP: 1.50 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.200 1st Fly ( A Nicholls 58.5 ) 2nd Rossanado ( P J Shiers 56.5 ) 0.20L 3rd Vieri ( S D Logan 58.5 ) 5.00L See full resultsA Nicholls 58.5kg1 (10)
Darwin 10-May-25 1100m GOOD R4 Mdn Set Weight $4,100 (of $20,500) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:03.170, SP: 3.40 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.200 1st Tugela Falls ( P J Shiers 59 ) 2nd Fly ( A Nicholls 58.5 ) 0.20L 3rd Vieri ( S D Logan 58.5 ) 4.00L See full resultsA Nicholls 58.5kg 0.20L2 (9)
Bendigo 02-Mar-25 1400m GOOD 4 R4 3YO+ Mdn Set Weight $4,500 (of $50,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:24.020, SP: 3.50 In-running: Settled 4th, 800m 4th, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:36.660 1st Sandwina ( L Currie 57.5 ) 2nd Thinxzo ( W J Egan 59 ) 0.50L 3rd Fly ( D Bates 59 ) 0.60L See full resultsD Bates 59kg 0.60L3 (13)
Kilmore 11-Feb-25 1462m GOOD 4 R5 3YO Mdn Set Weight $4,590 (of $27,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:30.960, SP: 2.70 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 5th, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:36.480 1st Fitzroy Street ( J B Stanley 56 ) 2nd Fly ( J Allen 58 ) 0.50L 3rd Point Of Ecstasy ( J Childs 56 ) 2.25L See full resultsJ Allen 58kg 0.50L2 (9)
Mornington 22-Jan-25 1200m GOOD 4 R2 3YO Mdn Set Weight $1,100 (of $55,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:11.210, SP: 31.00 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.460 1st Summer Flame ( D M Lane 56 ) 2nd Climb The Ladder ( M Zahra 58 ) 1.75L 3rd Alero ( T Stockdale 58 ) 2.21L 7th Fly ( D Bates 58 ) 4.27L See full resultsD Bates 58kg 4.27L7 (9)