Carroll excited about the future with Avie's Flatter

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Avie’s Flatter stamped himself a leading contender for next summer’s Queen’s Plate with a half-length victory over Federal Law in last Sunday’s Coronation Futurity.

Trainer Josie Carroll said Avie’s Flatter came out of the Coronation Futurity in good order, and will get some time off before resuming his training at Palm Meadows training center in Florida this winter.

“He’s heading down to Wavertree Stables in Ocala to turn out for four or five weeks and freshen up, and then he’ll come into Palm Meadows,” she said. “We’ll bring him in off his holiday and then make our plans.”

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Avie’s Flatter finished off his juvenile campaign with 3 wins from 4 starts. He won his maiden going five furlongs on Tapeta on Aug. 12, before running a troubled fourth in the Grade 1 Summer Stakes on turf on Sept. 16. From there, he won back-to-back stakes, becoming the first horse since Hollinger in 2009 to sweep both the Cup and Saucer and the Coronation Futurity. Hollinger was named Canadian champion 2-year-old that year, and Avie’s Flatter figures to get strong consideration for that honor this season.

Carroll said she was proud of Avie’s Flatter’s campaign and has high hopes for the colt moving forward.

“I think he’s a serious horse,” she said. “He has a great temperament. He handles everything so well and he continually gets the job done.”