Flagship Uberalles was a racehorse, a half brother to the 1994 and 1995 Queen Mother Champion Chase winner

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, who raced between 1997 and 2005. He started his racing career as a Flat horse in

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and was trained by

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and made his race course debut in April 1997. He finished 5th on his 2 only starts for him, both in maiden flat races. He then joined the yard of Patrick Flynn and was immediately sent hurdling, where he won his first 2 races before running creditably in Grade 1 company. He had one more start under the care of Flynn, before joining the yard of Paul Nicholls. He had 15 starts under Nicholls, where he reached the very top with victories in races such as the

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and

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among others. In his final start for Nicholls in April 2000, he was pulled up. He then changed trainers again, and was sent to the yard

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, where he won the

again on his first start for the trainer. He went on to have 3 more starts for

, where he was unable to get his head in front again, before being sent to the yard of

Philip Hobbs Philip Hobbs (born 26 July 1955) is a British horse racing, racehorse horse trainer, trainer specializing mainly in National Hunt racing. He is based at stables near Minehead, Somerset. His biggest wins have come with Flagship Uberalles in the 20 ...

. On his first start under him in December 2001, he again won the

. It was under the care of

that he had the biggest success of his career as he won the race that had eluded him up till then, the

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. He had 14 starts under Hobbs in total and towards the end of his racing career, he was struggling, and ended his racing career in March 2005, finishing 18th in the

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at the

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. Flagship Uberalles was retired at J P McManus's Martinston Stud in Ireland alongside Istabraq, Baracouda & First Gold until his death in 2020. As well as having 5 different trainers, Flagship Uberalles also had 3 different owners, starting with A P Brady, then E Gutner & M Krysztofiak, before being bought by

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Flagship Uberalles All Time Results
Racehorses bred in Ireland Racehorses trained in Ireland Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom Cheltenham Festival winners 1994 racehorse births Thoroughbred family 1-x 2020 racehorse deaths