First Flight (racehorse)
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| First Flight | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Mahmoud |
| Grandsire | Blenheim |
| Dam | Fly Swatter |
| Damsire | Dis Donc |
| Sex | Filly |
| Foaled | 1944 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney |
| Owner | Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney |
| Trainer | Sylvester E. Veitch |
| Record | 24: 11-3-3 |
| Earnings | US$197,965 |
| Major wins | |
| Fashion Stakes (1946) Astoria Stakes (1946) Matron Stakes (1946) Futurity Stakes (1946) Monmouth Oaks (1947) Fall Highweight Handicap (1948) | |
| Awards | |
| American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (1946) | |
First Flight (foaled 1944 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was voted the American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly of 1946[1]
First Flight was bred and raced by Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney[2] and conditioned for racing by Hall of Fame inductee, Sylvester Veitch.