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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

Monday, January 12
Dubbo Race 6 - 1018m Benchmark 66
Rock 'n' Reign (ex: Crimson Reign) Tnr: Cassandra Stummer Rdr: Jake Pracey-Holmes
Taree Race 6 - 1000m Benchmark 58
Rock 'n' Reign (ex: Crimson Reign) Tnr: Cassandra Stummer Rdr: Ben Looker
Werribee Race 5 - 1014m Benchmark 56
Fire (ex: Keep On Singing) Tnr: Michael Harrison Rdr:
Tuesday, January 13
Yarra Glen Race 6 - 1000m Benchmark 56
Fire (ex: Keep On Singing) Tnr: Michael Harrison Rdr: Jackie Beriman
Yarra Glen Race 8 - 1200m Benchmark 56
Ugly Nicos (ex: Vivi Veloce) Tnr: Angela Bence Rdr: Cian Macredmond
Wednesday, January 14
Ascot Race 5 - 2200m Open
Armino (ex: La Luna Rossa) Tnr: Aaron Mitchell Rdr:
Doomben Race 2 - 1615m Maiden
Banxi (ex: At Last) Tnr: Chris Waller Rdr: Ryan Maloney
Happy Valley Race 2 - 1650m Class 4
Setanta (ex: Legally Bay) Tnr: Mark Newnham Rdr: Andrea Atzeni
Randwick-Kensington Race 7 - 1800m Benchmark 72
Willie Oppa (ex: Roz) Tnr: Chris Waller Rdr: Jason Collett
Riccarton Park Race 7 - 1600m Benchmark 65
Akenehi (ex: Igraine) Tnr: Terri Rae Rdr: Leah Hemi
Thursday, January 15
Ipswich Race 3 - 1100m Restricted 62 0
Storm Force Ten (ex: Shrill)
Tnr: Stuart Kendrick
Ipswich Race 5 - 1350m Benchmark 58 0
Retainer (ex: Veneers)
Tnr: Stuart Kendrick
Seymour Race 5 - 1100m Benchmark 62 0
Fire (ex: Keep On Singing)
Tnr: Michael Harrison
Seymour Race 6 - 1300m Benchmark 62 0
Ugly Nicos (ex: Vivi Veloce)
Tnr: Angela Bence
Friday, January 16
Pakenham Race 5 - 1000m Restricted 62 0
Fire (ex: Keep On Singing)
Tnr: Michael Harrison
Sunshine Coast Race 3 - 1400m Benchmark 62 0
Retainer (ex: Veneers)
Tnr: Stuart Kendrick
Saturday, January 17
Gold Coast Race 2 - 1400m Open 0
Convert (ex: Telaawa)
Tnr: R and L Price
Gosford Race 2 - 1600m Benchmark 64 0
Rico Suave (ex: Annata Lady)
Tnr: Stephen O'Halloran
Rosehill Race 1 - 2000m Open LR
Sun God (ex: Seaduced)
Tnr: Chris Waller
Rosehill Race 5 - 2400m Benchmark 78 0
Tazaral (ex: Tarana)
Tnr: Fabio Martino
Tumut Race 6 - 1400m Maiden 0
I Am A Rockstar (ex: I Am A Star)
Tnr: Matthew Kelley

Sales

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

Taree
Race 6 Rock 'n' Reign 5g ex: Crimson Reign
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Yesterday's Results

Australasian Distance Performance

All
Winners
Short <= 1200m
44%
36.8% - (1255)
Sprint 1201m - 1400m
24%
27.9% - (953)
Mile 1401m - 1600m
15%
19.4% - (661)
Mid 1601m - 2000m
10%
11.3% - (384)
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

Grandsons of DANZIG at Stud in Australasia