Flooring Porter is a bay with no white markings horse bred in Ireland by Sean Murphy who is based at the Ryehill Stables in County Galway.
[9] Four weeks after his win at Bellewstown, Flooring Porter started favourite for a novice hurdle at Downpatrick Racecourse and finished fourth of the eight runners behind Nibblers Charm.
[10] At Leopardstown Racecourse on 29 December Flooring Porter contested a novice handicap in which he was among the leaders for most of the way but faded in the closing stages and came home sixth behind Peaches And Cream.
On his first start of his second season Flooring Porter was assigned top weight of 164 pounds for a minor handicap over three miles at Gowran Park on 20 July.
[11] The gelding was beaten in handicaps on his next two starts, finishing third to Great White Shark at Galway on 31 July and second to Streets of Doyen at Gowran Park on 3 October.
[12] Twenty-three days after his win at Navan, the gelding was stepped up in class for the Grade 1 Christmas Hurdle at Leopardstown, after his owners paid a supplementary entry fee, and went off the 11/1 fifth-choice in the betting.
"[14] On 18 March at Cheltenham Racecourse Flooring Porter was partnered by Danny Mullins when he started at odds of 12/1 in a fifteen runner field for the Grade 1 Stayers' Hurdle.
In a repeat of his performance at Leopardstown Flooring Porter made all the running, broke clear after the second last flight and kept on well up the run-in to win by three and a quarter lengths from Sire du Berlais.