flying cloud
Year of Birth:
1964
Immortal:
Yes
Elected as Immortal:
1985
Year of Death:
1983
Gait:
Trotter
Record:
t,3,2:04.1
Earnings:
$41,261
Sire:
Florican
Dam:
Flying Queen
Sire of Dam:
Bombs Away
Biography:
The daughter of Florican and Flying Queen, this foal of 1964 was a multiple stakes winner who finished fifth in a heat of the 1967 Hambletonian. Flying Cloud's most impressive achievements came later, as a broodmare. In terms of money won by her offspring, she was the leading American trotting broodmare of all time in 1985, with a total approaching $2 million. Among Flying Cloud's "name" offspring are MacArthur, Pershing, Angels Flight, Sealed With A Kiss, Precious Memories, Messerschmitt and Lonely Teardrops.
Published in the Harness Racing Museum's 1994 book, The Immortals