Flintshire (GB)

Winning his debut in May of 2013, Flintshire quickly made his way to the group stakes level, winning first a Group 3 then the Group 1 Grand Prix De Paris. In 2014, the then-four-year-old ran second in the Group 1 Coronation Cup behind super gelding Cirrus Des Aigles. Coming back in the fall, the colt first finished second in the Group 2 Prix Foy before finishing second in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe to Treve.He next headed to America where he ran in the biggest turf race in the country, the Breeders' Cup Turf, and finished second to Main Sequence.

Flintshire capped his 2014 season with a win in the Group 1 Longines Hong Kong Vase and remained in training for his five-year-old season in 2015.

In 2015, Flintshire finished in the top three in three straight Group 1 races before he earned a dominant victory in the Grade 1 Sword Dancer Invitational Stakes on the Travers Stakes undercard. He then finished second in the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and Longines Hong Kong Vase before switching to the barn of U.S.-based trainer Chad Brown for his 2016 season.

Flintshire emerged as adominant force in the turf male division in 2016, winning the Grade 1 Woodford Reserve Manhattan Stakes and the Grade 2 Bowling Green Handicap before securing a repeat win in the Sword Dancer Stakes to cement his credentials as the leading contender for the 2016 Longines Breeders' Cup Turf. In his final prep for the Turf, Flintshire was upset by Ectot in the Grade 1 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes at Belmont Park, where he finished a distant second. 

Flintshire ran a strong race in the Turf but came up short of runaway winner Highland Reel, who coasted to victory after building a massive early lead. 

After the 2016 season, Flintshire was named the Eclipse Award winner as champion turf male.