Hilton Flight is a horse ridden in international show jumping by Richard Spooner.
- Color: Bay
- Markings: Star, near fore sock
- Height: 17.0 hh (173 cm)
- Sex: Gelding
- Born: 1993 in Ireland
- Breed: Irish Sport Horse
- Breeding: by Errigal Flight (ISH) out of Occasion VII (WNTR Thoroughbred)
- Breeder: Jennifer Giles, Kilmurray, Kilmacanogue, Bray, Co. Wicklow
- Rider: Richard Spooner
- Owner: Emily McDaniel
Hilton Flight is by the Irish Sport Horse stallion Errigal Flight, who is a son of the great Irish Draught producer of show jumpers King of Diamonds. Errigal Flight also sired Ado Annie ridden by Will Simpson. He was ridden successfully as a young horse in Ireland by Clement McMahon before being sold to the U.S. where he has won Grand Prix's with Richard Spooner.
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