The career of well-travelled gelding Flash Aah is set to come to an end after Saturday’s Toowoomba Cup and his local trainer Troy Pascoe is hoping he can bow out in style.

The 10-year-old had been through seven different stables before landing with Pascoe at the end of 2023, racing everywhere from Victoria all the way up to far north Queensland.

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But Saturday’s $125,000 Toowoomba Cup (2000m) will be his final start and Pascoe is confident Flash Aah will give his all.

“This will be his last start,” Pascoe said.

“There’s nothing wrong with him but we just want to make sure he goes out in good health.

“So the plan was to retire him after Saturday so hopefully it’s a Rocky Balboa story for him, or something like that.

“He’s been a great horse over the years that always tried his guts out and I’d imagine he’ll do the same on Saturday.”

Pascoe and Flash Aah will take on the likes of Chris Waller, Tony Gollan and Michael Freedman on Saturday but it’s not something the local trainer is scared of.

The pair faced a similar scenario earlier in the year when the son of Lucas Cranach saluted in the Ipswich Cup at $31.

“We’re up against the big guns here but we were up against them at Ipswich too and it worked out well for us,” Pascoe said.

“Winning that race was great but it’s a big thrill to have a runner in the Cup at my home track.

“We didn’t keep him going just to have a runner in it but it’s just the way it’s all worked out.”

It’s likely that bookies will again install Flash Aah as a rough chance to win following his last two starts but Pascoe admits there were excuses out of those efforts.

“I think he just jarred up a touch at Eagle Farm and then coming back to Doomben, it wasn’t ideal coming back to a mile,” Pascoe said.

“I had him in a 2000m race the week prior to that but I just wasn’t happy with him, so I gave him an extra week to recover from it, and he pulled up well from the mile race.

“He was looking for the 2000m then, so he certainly is now so he’s in a good spot.”

Originally published as Flash Aah chasing fairytale farewell in Toowoomba Cup