With the New Zealand Trotting Cup this Tuesday lets remember one of the all time great winners Flashing Red who won the Cup in 2006 and backed up to take the prize again in 2007.
Flashing Red foaled in 1997, won both the Auckland Trotting Cup and two New Zealand Trotting Cups.
John Campbell bred Flashing Red at his London Valley Stud. Flashing Redby Echelon and he was the last foal of his dam the unraced CourvyKazi by Courvoisier.
Tasmanian Eric Blomquist, purchased Flashing Red privately as a yearling.
Flashing Red was a winner as a two-year-old for Blomquist and finished third in the Tasmanian Golden Slipper. He won 16 races from 60 starts for Blomquist including the Danbury Park Cup, the 2002 and 2003 Hobart Free For All, plus the $25,000 Devonport Cup by the end of his five-year-old campaign.
Barrie Rattray then purchased Flashing Red for a reported $20,000 and sold him afterwards to Stuart Hunter and Norm Jenkins. His new owners were hoping that he would be successful in Queensland racing. Flashing Red confirmed their hopes in 2004 by winning the $50,000 Cordina Sprint at Harold Park, Group 2 (G2) Queensland Winter Cup at Albion Park, pacing the 2,680 metres in 1.57.4 mile rate, and the (G2) Albion Park Winter Cup.[4]
In 2005 Flashing Red won the $105,000 Ballarat Pacing Cup when he defeated Sokyola, and the listed South Australian Barastoc Cup (Clipsal Cup) and also finished second in the South Australia Cup to Young Rufus.
In 2006 he won the New Zealand Cup, Popular Alm Free for All (FFA), Ashburton Flying Stakes, Methven Cup and two heats of the Inter Dominion Pacing Championship in Tasmania.
In 2007 he won the New Zealand Cup (for the second time) running a NZ record time over the 3,200 metres and Auckland Cup.
Flashing Red won the New Zealand Trotting Cup as a nine-year-old and 10-year-old, in 2006 and 2007. He also won the 2007 Auckland Cup and the 2006/07 New Zealand Horse of the Year and Australasian Pacers Grand Circuit titles.[3]
Flashing Red has been inducted into both Queensland (2008) and Tasmanian (2014) Hall of Fame.
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