News - FASTNET ROCK (AUS)
Asama Blue’s value will skyrocket if a Trentham plan can be successfully executed next month.
Stephen Autridge and Jamie Richards have two well-credentialled youngsters to lead the stable’s defence of a prized title at Ellerslie next month.
Champion sire Fastnet Rock has been in the news this week for producing million dollar mares at the Tattersalls Breeding Stock Sale in the UK, but at Bendigo on Wednesday we saw a taste of his new season Australian two year-olds with a stylish debut win for High Ratio.
The Tattersalls December Mare Sale got off to a strong start with the Group 1 winning Fastnet Rock filly INTRICATELY selling for 1,700,000 guineas.
Coolmore’s champion sire Fastnet Rock is powering through another stellar book of mares at their Jerry’s Plains headquarters this spring, but earlier this year he was plying his trade in Ireland.
The familiar navy blue Coolmore colours were carried to victory in the Listed MRC Merson Cooper Stakes at Sandown on Saturday by talented two year-old Fastnet Rock colt Long Leaf, a $750,000 NZB Premier purchase for BBA Ireland from the Curraghmore Stud draft.
The all-conquering Danehill sireline produced nine of the 25 stakes-winners at Flemington last week including the Group I winners Redzel, Merchant Navy and Shoals.
The flat season is drawing to a close in Europe, so it proved a timely win for Fastnet Rock’s 3-year-old daughter Star Rock in the Listed Gillies Fillies' Stakes at Doncaster.
Australia’s best bred filly Shoals raised the bar in impressive style at Flemington Saturday to beat the older mares and win the Group I VRC Myer Classic.
It only seemed fitting that a royally bred colt by Coolmore’s champion sire Fastnet Rock should win the $1million Group I VRC Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington on Saturday.
Two classy colts by champion sires Fastnet Rock and Snitzel will be out to boost their appeal as sire prospects in the Group I VRC Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington on Saturday.
Third in the Group I Premio Lydia Tesio Stakes at Cappanelle in Italy last year, Irish trained Fastnet Rock mare Laganore made amends this year when returning to score a dominant victory.
The $350,000 Group III MRC Blue Sapphire Stakes at Caulfield on Wednesday drew a strong field of three year-old sprinters with powerhouse Fastnet Rock filly Formality proving too good for Snitzel colt Jukebox.
The only filly in the 1250 metre three year-old maiden at Canterbury on Wednesday was Fastnet Rock filly Unforgotten, who made light work of beating her male rivals at her first run back from a break.
Fresh from a Group I double at Caulfield on Saturday with Aloisia and Gailo Chop, OTI Racing were taking it global overnight with a stakes-winner in France by champion sire Fastnet Rock.
Second in the Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes and fifth in the Golden Slipper, Fast ‘n’ Rocking is still going strong at age seven after scoring a tenacious win over Religify in the Listed MRC Weekend Hussler Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday.
It was to be a memorable Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe day at Chantilly for John Barnes and partner Joy Mackay, owners of the Queensland-based stud Canning Downs, who, along with their long-time bloodstock advisor Dermot Farrington, bred and raced the Group 1 Prix de la Foret hero Aclaim.
Last weekend High Chaparral (IRE) went into battle with the highest number of stakes runners and emerged with a Group double courtesy of Ace High and Bring Me Roses, this weekend we have a sire with the most runners so far we have seen and he’s not Snitzel.
Te Akau Racing posted a winning double at Riccarton in New Zealand on Saturday with two promising young gallopers by champion sire Fastnet Rock.
She's taken a while but beautifully bred Fastnet Rock filly State Of Play broke the maiden stylishly at Hawkesbury on Thursday and with an Oaks nomination in play could she be the next big addition to her big family?.