ARO - Vale Fastnet Rock

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TURFFONTEIN - INSIDE - 9 Apr 2026
Races at TURFFONTEIN - INSIDE - 9 Apr 2026
- MR 86 HANDICAP over 1450m, RAN 74,219 FATHER CHRISTMAS (SAF) 2021, wins by 1.3 length(s) in 88.92 secs...
- FM 86 HANDICAP (F & M) over 1450m, RAN 71,250 AMERICAN BEAUTY (SAF) 2022, wins by 1.2 length(s) in 89.38 secs...
- MR 81 HANDICAP over 2000m, RAN 74,219 KUDZU (SAF) 2020, wins by 0.4 length(s) in 128.83 secs...
- MIDDLE STAKES over 2000m, RAN 95,000 THE PLAYBOY BOMBER (SAF) 2020, wins by 0.9 length(s) in 128.55 secs...
- MR 104 HANDICAP over 1600m, RAN 95,000 KING'S EXPRESS (SAF) 2019, wins by 0.3 length(s) in 98.58 secs...
- MAIDEN PLATE (F & M) over 1600m, RAN 62,344 MIRACULOUS MOMENT (SAF) 2022, wins by 7 length(s) in 100 secs...
- MAIDEN JUVENILE PLATE over 1600m, RAN 77,188 PARACHUTE ADAMS (SAF) 2023, wins by 0.25 length(s) in 102.46 secs...
- MAIDEN JUVENILE PLATE (FILLIES) over 1600m, RAN 71,250 HIGHWAY HEIRESS (SAF) 2023, wins by 0.4 length(s) in 103.04 secs...

Vale Fastnet Rock

08 Sep 2025 11:29

Multiple champion sire Fastnet Rock has died. The son of Danehill was 24.

Fastnet Rock’s total number of individual Stakes winners stands at 197, including Atlantic Jewel and arguably his greatest ever performer Via Sistina, still flying the flag for him.

Crowned Champion Broodmare Sire for the past two seasons, his legacy will live on through his daughters who have already produced a phenomenal 150 Stakes winners, as well as his sire sons such as Acrobat.Coolmore issued the following statement – Earlier today our much-loved Champion Sire Fastnet Rock was humanely euthanized at Coolmore, his place of birth and home for the past 20 years. In that time, Fastnet Rock forged a legacy that will see him recognized as one of the greatest stallions Australia has ever produced.

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