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Fastnet Rock (AUS)

2001 DANEHILL (DANZIG) x PICADILLY CIRCUS (Royal Academy)
Stands at Deceased

Dual Champion Sire. Proven Sire of Sires. Proven Broodmare Sire.

193 Stakes winners worldwide with earnings of over $258m.

Deceased

Deceased

Latest News

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.

Vale, Fastnet Rock

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. 

G1 Empire Rose Goal for $1.1million Fastnet Mare

Victorian bloodstock agent Sheamus Mills is known for his good record with expensive fillies and $1.1million Inglis Easter purchase On Display showed she was in line for a good spring campaign when charging home to win at Caulfield on Saturday.

Via Sistina Joins Two Group One Legends

Via Sistina is certainly in rare air and if you want another stat to put her in perspective – yesterday’s Winx Stakes win saw her become one of only three horses in the last 40 years to win eight Group One races in a 12-month period.

Current Runners Accepted

Saturday, November 22
Pioneer Park Race 3 - 1100m Benchmark 54
Duty (ex: Risk Aversion) Tnr: Ray Viney Rdr: Jessie Philpot
Ascot Race 3 - 2100m BenchMark 66+
Armino (ex: La Luna Rossa) Tnr: Aaron Mitchell Rdr:
Cranbourne Race 8 - 1600m Open
El Rocko (ex: Butters) Tnr: John McArdle Rdr: Jamie Mott
Gold Coast Race 5 - 1200m Restricted 58
Strike The Heart (ex: Anisha) Tnr: David Vandyke Rdr:
Inverell Race 4 - 1200m Class 2
Fast Da (ex: O'marilyn) Tnr: Scott Cover Rdr: Yvette Lewis
Inverell Race 6 - 1800m Open
Mammoth Mountain (ex: Spectacular Vision) Tnr: Paddy Cunningham Rdr: Wendy Peel
Morphettville Race 4 - 1200m Benchmark 70
Charlesfort (ex: Small Minds) Tnr: Chris Bieg Rdr:
Sunshine Coast Race 10 - 1200m Benchmark 78
Aldolfito (ex: Madame Lily) Tnr: Matthew Hoysted Rdr: Damien Thornton
Sunday, November 23
Beaudesert Race 6 - 1400m Benchmark 60
Strike The Heart (ex: Anisha) Tnr: David Vandyke Rdr:
Bunbury Race 7 - 1000m Class 3
Mantua (ex: Viadana) Tnr: Dylan Bairstow Rdr: Zephen Johnston-Porter
Canberra Race 7 - 1400m Open
Coastwatch (ex: Bullion Mansion) Tnr: R and W Freedman Rdr: Nick Heywood
Canberra Race 7 - 1400m Open
Mayfair (ex: Cicatrix) Tnr: Bjorn Baker Rdr: Rachel King
Kilmore Race 8 - 1600m Open
El Rocko (ex: Butters) Tnr: John McArdle Rdr: Jamie Mott
Sha Tin Race 5 - 1400m Class 3
Motor (ex: Orangey Red) Tnr: W K Mo Rdr: Alexis Badel
Sha Tin Race 8 - 2000m Open Gr2
Straight Arron (ex: Imperial Lass) Tnr: David Hayes Rdr: Vincent Ho
Sha Tin Race 9 - 1200m Class 3
Golden Empire (ex: Pretty Paper) Tnr: Brett Crawford Rdr: Lyle Hewitson
Taree Race 7 - 1005m Class 3
Rock 'n' Reign (ex: Crimson Reign) Tnr: Cassandra Stummer Rdr: Ben Looker
Wednesday, November 26
Ipswich Race 3 - 1350m Benchmark 65 0
Strike The Heart (ex: Anisha)
Tnr: David Vandyke
Ipswich Race 4 - 1200m Class 1 0
Strike The Heart (ex: Anisha)
Tnr: David Vandyke
Thursday, November 27
Albany Race 3 - 1230m BenchMark 58+ 0
Subsix (ex: Espresso Martini)
Tnr: Dylan Bairstow
Albany Race 4 - 1600m BenchMark 58+ 0
Hesket (ex: Hard Rider)
Tnr: Dylan Bairstow
Saturday, December 13
Ascot Race 2 - 1400m Open Gr3
Coastwatch (ex: Bullion Mansion)
Tnr: R and W Freedman
Mayfair (ex: Cicatrix)
Tnr: Bjorn Baker
On Display (ex: Different To)
Tnr: M G and M Price and Kent

Sales

AUSTRALIA

Sold
Average
Median
Top
2025
4
$202,500
$185,000
$350,000
2024
13
$209,153.85
$210,000
$480,000

Top Sales

2023 ex Roebuck Bay(AUS)
$350,000
2023 ex Tantalus(NZ)
$280,000
2023 ex I See Fire(NZ)
$160,000
2023 ex Jolie's Shinju(JPN)
$90,000
2023 ex Francesca(NZ)
$90,000

Australia Yearling Stats

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Pedigree Table

Danehill (USA) 1986
Piccadilly Circus (AUS) 1995
Danzig (USA) 1977
Razyana (USA) 1981
Royal Academy (USA) 1987
Gatana (AUS) 1989
Northern Dancer (CAN) 1968
Pas De Nom (USA) 1968
His Majesty (USA) 1974
Spring Adieu (CAN) 1974
Nijinsky II (CAN) 1969
Crimson Saint (USA) 1969
Marauding (NZ) 1984
Twigalae (AUS) 1979
Almahmoud: 5s x5s
Natalma: 4s x4s x5d
Native Dancer: 5s x5s
Nearctic: 4s x5d
Northern Dancer: 3s x4d

Runners Today

Ascot
Race 3 Armino 6g ex: La Luna Rossa
Morphettville
Race 4 Charlesfort 6g ex: Small Minds
Pioneer Park
Race 3 Duty 9g ex: Risk Aversion
Cranbourne
Race 8 El Rocko 7g ex: Butters
Inverell
Race 4 Fast Da 5g ex: O'marilyn
Race 6 Mammoth Mountain 7g ex: Spectacular Vision
Sunshine Coast
Race 10 Aldolfito 4g ex: Madame Lily
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Australasian Distance Performance

All
Winners
Short <= 1200m
44%
36.7% - (1252)
Sprint 1201m - 1400m
24%
28% - (953)
Mile 1401m - 1600m
15%
19.4% - (660)
Mid 1601m - 2000m
10%
11.2% - (382)
Stay 2001m - 2400m
5.5%
4.1% - (141)
Long 2400m+
1.5%
0.6% - (19)

Top Nicks

Galileo
59 wnrs , (16 sw) Via Sistina
Galileo
53 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

Race Record

At 2
2nd - Handicap
2nd - Group 3 (1200)
2nd - Group 2 (1200)
3rd - San Miguel AJC Sires Produce Stakes (1400) Gr.1
4th - Aami Golden Slipper Stakes (1200) Gr.1
4th - Group 2
At 3
1st - TEAC Lightning Stakes (1000) Gr.1
1st - Oakleigh Plate Gr.1
1st - Lexus Stakes (1200) Gr.2
1st - Group 3 (1200)
1st - Group 2 (1200)
1st - Group 3 (1200)
2nd - Seppelt Wines Newmarket Handicap (1200) Gr.1
2nd - Blackmores TJ Smith Stakers (1200) Gr.1
2nd - Group 2 (1000)
2nd - Group 3 (1400)
3rd - Colts & Geldings

Stud MediaMore Media

Another Group 1 winner for Fastnet Rock as Via Sistina captures Ranvet

Sons of DANEHILL at Stud in Australasia

Grandsons of DANZIG at Stud in Australasia