Fastnet Rock (AUS)
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Chris Waller Does Love a Fastnet Rock Import!
Champion trainer Chris Waller has achieved stunning Group I success with NH bred Fastnet Rock imports Via Sistina (IRE) and Buckaroo (IRE), could he do it a third time with Sun God (GB)?
200th Stakes-Winner for Fastnet Rock
Much missed Coolmore champion sire Fastnet Rock hit a milestone on Saturday at Scone when producing his 200th stakes-winner and fittingly it was trained by Chris Waller, who put the polish on the best Fastnet Rock ever in Via Sistina (IRE).
Via Sistina is the Ultimate Champion
Fastnet Rock’s champion daughter Via Sistina (IRE) is the best racehorse in the country and she showed us exactly why at Flemington Saturday when overcoming a heavy track and testing conditions to win the $3million Group I VRC Champions Stakes (200m) for the second year in a row.
Sale Cup Winner Adds to Fastnet Rock Super Weekend
It’s been quite the weekend for the late great champion sire Fastnet Rock with a Cox Plate quinella on Saturday and then on Sunday he produced a new stakes-winner when seven year-old gelding El Rocko captured the $200,000 Listed Sale Cup (1600m).
2025 Cox Plate Result - Fastnet Rock and Waller Quinella
A genuine champion sire should be able to produce the horses that win the very best races in the country in which they stand and the late great Fastnet Rock have us a demonstration of that when his high class Northern Hemisphere bred offspring Via Sistina (IRE) and Buckaroo (GB) fought out an epic finish to the $6million Group I MVRC WS Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday.
Fastnet Rock was a crowd pleaser when paraded as a living legend at the Coolmore stallion parade last month, but sadly this spring was to be his last.
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| Sire of Dam | Winners | Best Horse |
|---|---|---|
| Galileo | 60 wnrs (16 sw) | Via Sistina |
| Galileo | 55 wnrs (13 sw) | Via Sistina |
| Zabeel | 46 wnrs (7 sw) | Avantage |
| Stravinsky | 36 wnrs (7 sw) | Mosheen |
| Snippets | 25 wnrs (6 sw) | Merchant Navy |
| Woodman | 25 wnrs (5 sw) | Rothesay |
| Encosta De Lago | 67 wnrs (4 sw) | Coastwatch |
| More Than Ready | 33 wnrs (4 sw) | Atlante |
| Fusaichi Pegasus | 30 wnrs (4 sw) | Catchy |
| Bite The Bullet | 9 wnrs (4 sw) | Galaxy Star |
Dual Champion Sire. Proven Sire of Sires. Proven Broodmare Sire.
193 Stakes winners worldwide with earnings of over $258m.