ARO - Vale Fastnet Rock

Recent Meetings

DURBANVILLE - 21 Oct 2026
Races at DURBANVILLE - 21 Oct 2026
- C STAKES over 2000m, RAN 71,250 FORT LIAM (SAF) 2022, wins by 0.75 length(s) in 124.75 secs...
- CLASS 5 over 1250m, RAN 59,375 DREAM TRIP (SAF) 2023, wins by 1.75 length(s) in 77.03 secs...
- B STAKES over 1250m, RAN 83,125 IRELAND FOREVER (SAF) 2022, wins by 1.5 length(s) in 76.53 secs...
- B STAKES over 1600m, RAN 83,125 SOHO HEARTTHROB (SAF) 2022, wins by 1.75 length(s) in 100.36 secs...
- MAIDEN PLATE (F & M) over 1400m, RAN 59,375 VIRGINIA BLUEBELL (SAF) 2023, wins by 1.25 length(s) in 87.5 secs...
- MAIDEN PLATE over 1400m, RAN 71,250 NAVIGATION (SAF) 2023, wins by 1.75 length(s) in 87.66 secs...
- MAIDEN PLATE over 1400m, RAN 71,250 RAIN IN FRANCE (SAF) 2023, wins by 9.75 length(s) in 85.99 secs...
- MAIDEN PLATE (F & M) over 1000m, RAN 59,375 AFRICAN KINGFISHER (GB) 2023, wins by 1.25 length(s) in 60.03 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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