 For the 1991 Kentucky Derby, bettors made Fly So Free the second choice to Hansel but both horses disappointed, Fly So Free finishing fifth and Hansel tenth to winner Strike the Gold.Fly So Free was not entered in the Preakness Stakes or the Belmont Stakes but won the Riva Ridge and Jim Dandy Stakes.Racing at age four, Fly So Free met with modest success, most notably a second to Strike the Gold in the 1992 Pimlico Special.