Storm Flag Flying (foaled April 11, 2000 at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky – January 22, 2016) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies in 2002.
In her second start on September 15, she stepped up to Grade I company in the Matron Stakes and "demolished" the field by 12+3⁄4 lengths despite shying at the whip.
[8] Storm Flag Flying was originally being trained for the Kentucky Oaks for her three-year-old campaign, but McGaughey decided not to rush her.
Bad luck in the 2004 Breeders' Cup Distaff saw Storm Flag Flying running last and trapped on the rail midway through the race.
When she finally broke through the horses in front of her, she made a strong run down the stretch but finished second after she ran out of ground before she could catch the winner, Ashado.
Her foals include:[14] Storm Flag Flying was the result of over fifty years of breeding by the Phipps family, who raced many of the horses that appear in her pedigree, including Bold Ruler, Buckpasser, Numbered Account, Relaxing, Easy Goer, Private Account, Personal Ensign and My Flag.
[2] She descends from one of the most distinguished female families of modern times, that of Grecian Banner – a Phipps homebred and the 1988 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year.