26 Apr 1721 - 500gns match v Speedwell (4 miles); 22 Oct 1722 - 1,000gns match vs Chanter [Chaunter] (6 miles)

Undefeated in 2 starts

In 1721, carrying 9st 2lbs, he won a trial against Almanzor and Brown Betty over 3 miles 6 furlongs and 93 yards, in 6 minutes and 40 seconds. An entry in the 2nd Duke of Devonshire's trial book notes on 10 May 1722 "Chillders & Fox run over ye long corse, Chillders carried 9 st & Fox 8 st Chillders beat Fox a distance & half" [C.M. Prior - Early Records:160]; Fox had won 3 King's Plates in 1720 and 1721 and was a top class racehorse

Actually called Childers; not called Flying until at least 5 years after his death

Champion Sire 1730, 1736

Sire of [Devonshire] Blacklegs (Champion Sire 1746); Blaze (Champion Sire 1751, sire of Cypron, dam of [King] Herod, 8 times Champion Sire); Snip, sire of Snap (Champion Sire 1767, 1768, 1769, 1771); and many mares which bred on successfully

Died at Chatsworth in 1741