| Owner: William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire Breeder: Colonel Leonard Childers Winnings: 2 Starts: 2 - 0 - 0
26 Apr 1721 - 500gns match v Speedwell (4 miles); 22 Oct 1722 - 1,000gns match vs Chanter [Chaunter] (6 miles)
Undefeated in 2 starts
In 1721, carrying 9st 2lbs, he won a trial against Almanzor and Brown Betty over 3 miles 6 furlongs and 93 yards, in 6 minutes and 40 seconds. An entry in the 2nd Duke of Devonshire's trial book notes on 10 May 1722 "Chillders & Fox run over ye long corse, Chillders carried 9 st & Fox 8 st Chillders beat Fox a distance & half" [C.M. Prior - Early Records:160]; Fox had won 3 King's Plates in 1720 and 1721 and was a high class racehorse
Considered by contemporaries to be by far the greatest racehorse seen to then
Actually called Childers; not called Flying until at least 5 years after his death
Champion Sire 1730, 1736
Sire of [Devonshire] Blacklegs (Champion Sire 1746); Blaze (Champion Sire 1751, sire of Cypron, dam of [King] Herod, 8 times Champion Sire); and Snip, sire of Snap (Champion Sire 1767, 1768, 1769, 1771)
Died at Chatsworth in 1741
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