FLYING OPTION (AUS) Horse

Country
Australia
Foal Date
04-Sep-06
Sex
stallion
Colour
brown
Sire
Immovable Option
Dam
Flying Festival
Prize Money
7270
Trainer
Norma King
Owners
N M King
About

FLYING OPTION, a 19yo brown stallion from Australia, is trained by Norma King of Miles. His sire is Immovable Option and his dam is Flying Festival. He remains a maiden, having failed to win in ten starts. In his latest start at Rockhampton Sand Track on 19 Jan 2010, Michael Cullen rode him to a third‑place finish, behind winner Hezaburraboy. That race on 19 Jan 2010 was his final start, marking the end of his racing career.

Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Rockhampton Sand Track 19-Jan-10 1600m GOOD 3 R6 CL3-SW $1,200 (of $12,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:37.500, SP: $9 In-running: 800m 9th, 400m 10th 1st Hezaburraboy ( S L Evans 57 ) 2nd Dandy Kat ( A Coome 57 ) 1.30L 3rd Flying Option ( 55.5 ) 3rd FLYING OPTION ( M Cullen 55.5 , Cd 56 ) 4.30LM Cullen 55.5kg, Cd 56kg 4.30L3 (10)
Ooralea 15-Jan-10 1500m GOOD 3 R5 CL1 (of $12,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:31.539, SP: $9 In-running: 800m 2nd, 400m 3rd 1st Sir Echo ( D Green 55 ) 2nd Grand Nediym ( T Bannon 56.5 ) 1.30L 3rd Moubassin ( D Simmons 56.5 ) 2.10L 5th FLYING OPTION ( M Cullen 55.5 , Cd 56 ) 3.30LM Cullen 55.5kg, Cd 56kg 3.30L5 (12)
Ooralea 22-Dec-09 1250m GOOD 3 R3 CL1 $2,000 (of $10,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:13.789, SP: $13 In-running: 800m 6th, 400m 5th 1st Borrowed Hope ( A J Butler 55.5 ) 2nd Flying Option ( 54 ) 3rd Basheeba ( D Missen 57.5 ) 6.50L 2nd FLYING OPTION ( C Beets 54 ) 5.00LC Beets 54kg 5.00L2 (9)
Chinchilla 19-Dec-09 1200m GOOD 3 R5 CL3-SW $1,320 (of $6,600) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:10.720, SP: $11 1st Lindner Girl ( S Richardson 56 ) 2nd Flying Option ( 56.5 ) 3rd Sofie Fatale ( L Roberts 56 ) 1.10L 2nd FLYING OPTION ( G Butler 56.5 , Cd 57 ) 0.80LG Butler 56.5kg, Cd 57kg 0.80L2 (11)
Thangool 05-Dec-09 800m SOFT 5 R5 CL2 $1,200 (of $6,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 00:45.120, SP: $13 1st General Pompei ( C Pye 57.5 ) 2nd Flying Option ( 55 ) 3rd Mitsioux ( M Cullen 57 ) 3.60L 2nd FLYING OPTION ( C Beets 55 ) 3.50LC Beets 55kg 3.50L2 (12)
Clermont 21-Nov-09 1000m GOOD 3 R2 CL2 $400 (of $4,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 00:57.190, SP: $3 1st Show Seeker ( D Simmons 57.5 ) 2nd Montazoa ( T O'hara 58 ) 1.50L 3rd Flying Option ( 56.5 ) 3rd FLYING OPTION ( M Barnham 56.5 , Cd 57 ) 2.80LM Barnham 56.5kg, Cd 57kg 2.80L3 (5)
Rockhampton Sand Track 17-Oct-09 900m GOOD 3 R2 CL1 Barrier 2, Winning Time: 00:52.900, SP: $13 1st Final Handout 10th FLYING OPTION ( A Taylor 52 ) 13.20LA Taylor 52kg 13.20L10 (10)
Longreach 25-Jul-09 1400m GOOD 3 R1 CLB (of $6,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:21.400, SP: $4.20 1st Craiglea Pursuit ( C Dixon 59 ) 2nd Pure Ebony ( C Rogers 56.5 ) 4.00L 3rd Elimination ( D M Baker 59 ) 4.20L 8th FLYING OPTION ( M Cullen 57.5 , Cd 58 ) 10.30LM Cullen 57.5kg, Cd 58kg 10.30L8 (10)
Oak Park 11-Jul-09 1400m GOOD 3 R1 CL2 $750 (of $7,850) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:24.580, SP: $8 1st Dream Scene ( F Edwards 56 ) 2nd Classy Lil ( M J Stephens 56.5 ) 0.80L 3rd Flying Option ( 56.5 ) 3rd FLYING OPTION ( M Cullen 56.5 , Cd 57 ) 1.00LM Cullen 56.5kg, Cd 57kg 1.00L3 (8)
Oak Park 10-Jul-09 1000m FIRM 2 R2 CLB $400 (of $7,850) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 00:56.580, SP: $5 1st Benny Angle ( C Eaton 57.5 ) 2nd Costplus ( D Slack-smith 57.5 ) 4.50L 3rd Ninety Degrees ( K Rockett 61.5 ) 4.90L 4th FLYING OPTION ( S Kaya 58 ) 5.70LS Kaya 58kg 5.70L4 (10)