Flashy Bull

Breeding: Holy Bull - Iridescence (Mt. Livermore)

Owner: West Point Stable

Trainer: Kiaran McGlaughlin

Flashy Bull 2nd in Fountain Of Youth

Flashy Bull finished third in the Fountain of Youth but was placed second following the disqualification of first-place finisher Corinthian. The performance was a step forward from Flashy Bull's fourth-place finish behind the undefeated Barbaro four weeks earlier in the Grade 3 Holy Bull Stakes.
" I considered scratching because I was afraid he could get hung up very wide with the short run to the first turn," McLaughlin said. "But the timing of the races down here is excellent if you're looking to get a horse to the Kentucky Derby, and I really didn't want to disrupt his schedule. And after watching the replay and sleeping on it for a couple of days, I don't think the post was as big a negative coming out of the race as I thought it might have been going in.
" The rider did have to ask him a little leaving there to stay out of trouble on the first turn, and when he asked him again through the stretch the colt responded."
McLaughlin, who narrowly missed winning the 2005 Kentucky Derby with Closing Argument, said he likes the fact that the Florida Derby is carded five weeks before the main event at Churchill Downs.
" A lot of people say you can't win the Derby running in a prep five weeks out," said McLaughlin. "But that's because very few horses have tried it since traditionally most of the final preps have been carded three weeks before the Derby."