New lifetime mark for Fleeting Flirt

A top card at Harrah's Chester, Pennsylvania, last Monday saw a double recorded by two former Canterbury horses. Fleeting Flirt (4m Man Around Town-Eyre Time), who exited New Zealand with a win at the Ashburton in Cup Week in last year, recorded a career best mark of 1.51.8 when taking out a $27,000 event. She has now won six of her 15 starts in America for Maryland trainer William Roberts, who bought her through Bruce Hutton. Mighty Cullen (6g Christian Cullen-She’s Mighty), part of the powerful Virgil Morgan Jr/Joe Muscara arsenal, won his second race in a row and sixth in America when finishing late to win in 1:52.2. On the same track two days later, former Robbie Holmes-trained Wainui Tabman (4g Presidential Ball-Gwyneth) was a debut winner, running 1:53.4 in the $12,100. He is in the Pennsylvanian stable of Sam Beegle,... [read full story]