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26 New York Breeder | nytbreeders.org | May 2017 Bluegrass Flag adds Park Avenue to her Cicada score ROBERT MAUHAR/NYRA ADAM COGLIANESE/NYRA Vincent Fusaro, lef, and Tomas Albrecht with Bluegrass Flag Bluegrass Flag wins the Park Avenue by six lengths WHEN IT COMES TO RACING, Thomas Albrecht is a man of faith, especially con- cerning his broodmare No More Flags (by Personal Flag) and stands by the concept of breeding to the best and hoping for the best. That faith was amply rewarded in the form of No More Flags' fourth foal, Bluegrass Flag, a fast and talented daughter of Bluegrass Cat whom Albrecht co-bred and co-owns. "At the time, Bluegrass Cat was one of the better stallions in New York, and we wanted to stay in New York. He was a son of Storm Cat and had a good race record. Although it wasn't that great of a match on the nick, we took a shot with it. And it's really paid off," said Albrecht, who owns Blue - grass Flag in partnership with his friend Vincent Fusaro. "Her frst foal, One More Chief, could run a little bit (winning four of 14 starts). But he had some physical issues. Right now we have two on the farm (from No More Flags), a (2-year-old colt by) Posse and a (yearling colt by) Dublin." Bluegrass Flag arrived in the starting gate for the $100,000 Park Avenue Division of the New York Stallion Stakes April 22 having won two of her four career races, punctuated by a handy last-out stakes tally in the open Cicada Stakes. The main competition for the Thomas Morley-trained 3-year-old flly in the NYSS appeared to be Noble Freud (by Freud), out of the well-accomplished mare Noble Fire, who had previously produced Eclipse Award winner La Verdad (by Yes It's True) and the feet Hot City Girl (by City Zip). Noble Freud had galloped in her lone start, a front-running score at Raising the Flag B Y PA U L V O L P O N I