YEARLING DETAILS
Highlander Training Center
Highlander Training Center is proud to offer these exceptional Yearlings.
For more detailed information, feel free to contact Jeff Hooper
Hip 230 – Flying Tex (TX)
Bay Colt; foaled Feb. 1, 2022
(Connect x Stranger Tides, by Union Rags)
Accredited Texas-Bred.
Ken Carson, Retired General Manager of Valor Farms, is one of the Thoroughbred industry’s foremost pedigree authorities. Highlander Training Center is proud to offer Carson’s notes & analysis on each of the yearlings in our consignment. We hope you find this information of benefit when evaluating these Highlander-consigned yearlings.
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Ken Carson Pedigree Analysis:
TX BRED B colt (2/1/22) by Connect x Stranger Tides, by Union Rags
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*CONNECT won 6 of his 8 outs and earned $1,370,000. He won the Cigar Mile H.-G1, the Pennsylvania Derby-G2, the Westchester S.-G3, and the Curlin S.
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*This colt's dam, Stranger Tides, traces to Northern Dancer four times.
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* This filly goes in direct female line to the great mare GREY FLIGHT (family 5-f)
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*This 5-f family has produced such top runners as Ad Valorem, Adjudicating, Bold Lad, Capot, millionaire fillies Dispute and Educated Risk, Inside Information, Champion sprinter Kona Gold, champion Misty Morn, CCA Oaks winner On a Soapbox, Champions Smugglerand Tight Spot, and the great What A Pleasure
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