News - FASTNET ROCK (AUS)
The Spring Carnival is in full swing so we have stakes racing every weekend and for breeders and stallion owners it’s all about which sires are doing well and getting the stakes winners when it counts - to get them you need runners, so let’s take a look into the crystal ball to see which stallions can fire up this weekend.
A brilliant winner of the Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes at two, powerhouse Fastnet Rock filly Catchy is no stranger to beating up on the colts and she did it again at Flemington on Saturday when surging clear to win the Group II VRC Danehill Stakes.
Two well-bred colts by champion sires opened their account at Pakenham on Tuesday and both have been nominated for the Group I MRC Caulfield Guineas.
Champion sire Fastnet Rock is having a very strong start to the season with his three year-olds and produced another impressive blueblood winner at Wodonga on Monday.
Australia’s best bred filly Shoals kept her unbeaten record intact when resuming from a spell to win the Listed MVRC Atlantic Jewel Stakes at Moonee Valley on Saturday.
Fastnet Rock sprinter Deploy is soaring to new heights this spring breaking the course record for 1200 metres at Randwick when resuming from a spell last month and then breaking the 1300 metre record at Rosehill on Saturday to win the Group II ATC Theo Marks Stakes.
Champion sire Fastnet Rock reeled off two blue-blooded three year-old maiden winners at Warwick Farm and Sandown on Wednesday.
Champion sire Fastnet Rock had a great crop of two year-olds last season and that success has quickly translated into serious spring aspirations with exciting Group wins on Saturday for Formality in Sydney and unbeaten Merchant Navy in Melbourne.
Any number of three-year-old’s nominated for Saturday’s Group III H D F McNeil Stakes (1200m) would be a worthy candidate for Best On Breeding, however, we have settled on a colt that comes from the family of the highly promising High Chaparral filly Anchor Bid who did the right thing by us at Flemington recently.
Last seen finishing a brave second in the Group I SAJC Goodwood Handicap, talented Fastnet Rock mare Missrock resumed from a spell with a resounding win over speedy mare Heatherly in the Listed MVRC Norman Carlyon Stakes.
Superbly bred and winner of his only trial, Workdrinks curiously started at the roughies odds of $21 but it didn’t stop him making a winning debut.
Champion sire Fastnet Rock was in hot form on Saturday with a Group double at Randwick courtesy of record breakers Formality and Deploy, while his royally bred son Comin’ Through indicated he’s in for a big spring with a sparkling return.
Right up with the very best two year-olds last season, Fastnet Rock filly Formality returned with a tenacious victory in the Group II ATC Silver Shadow Stakes at Randwick on Saturday to record a new race record in the 1200 metre sprint.
By champion sire Fastnet Rock from the family of Galileo, royally bred filly Alluringly gained her first Black Type success when winning the Listed Hurry Harriet Stakes at Gowran Park in Ireland overnight.
Champion Australian sire Fastnet Rock has more than made his mark in the Northern Hemisphere and added a 120th stakes-winner to his tally overnight with a York stakes success for three year-old filly Entsar.