Desert Fling

Brown gelding, 2002 – 24/5/2006 by Hurricane Sky ex Beats Crying (NZ)
Trainer: Matthew Smith at Warwick Farm, NSW
Owners: MA O’Gorman, DJ Fairfull, RW Croghan, P Campbell
1 0-0-0 $0 Stakes AU
Promising galloper, Desert Fling won his only trial, and started a hot favorite but stumbled and fell in his first and only race start. He fractured his leg and was euthanized, Canterbury races, 24th May 2006. He was described as being ‘like a pet’ by his heartbroken trainer.