Cavalli (Flightline) was made a 6-1 shot by the bettors for his debut race here.The 2-year-old was forwardly placed, but rank as he passed the grandstand. Having to check when he was squeezed between runners around the first turn, the colt settled down in fifth place as Ferrous (Nyquist) continued to show the way up the backstretch.The hooded Cavalli tipped off the rail by the top of the lane, began to uncork and the homebred nailed his opponent at the wire to graduate with flair.The first foal for his dam, the winner has a yearling half-brother by Not This Time and a weanling half-brother by Munnings. Star of India visited Maxfield for next spring.Herself a half-sister to English Group 1 winner Dutch Art (GB) (Medicean {GB}), Cavalli's second dam–Irish multiple group stakes winner Up (Ire) (Galileo {Ire})–is responsible for GII Lake Placid Stakes winner Aspray (Quality Road).Cavalli is the ninth winner for his freshman sire (by Tapit).7th-Keeneland, $110,000, Msw, 10-9, 2yo, 1mT, 1:37.27, fm, neck.CAVALLI (c, 2, Flightline–Star of India, by Medaglia d'Oro)Sales History: $675,000 Wlg '24 FTKNOV; $375,000 RNA Ylg '25 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $62,233. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel Racing.O/B-Ran Jan Racing, Inc. (KY); T-Brendan P. Walsh.(4) Cavalli and @tyler_gaff catch (6) Ferrous in the final strides of race 7! (1) Seminal is third. https://t.co/gCP4uMUckp— Keeneland Racing (@keenelandracing) October 9, 2026The post Flaps Down! Flightline’s Cavalli A Late Arrival In Keeneland Maiden appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.