Champion sire Fastnet Rock featured overnight in Ireland when his progressive three year-old filly
SOMEHOW took out the Group 3 Snow Fairy Stakes at The Curragh.
Somehow (3f Fastnet Rock-Alexandrova, by Sadler´s Wells) looked better than ever at the Curragh as she cruised home to win by seven lengths. This was her 3rd win in seven starts.
The Fastnet Rock filly took the Cheshire Oaks in May and now looks set for a step up in grade after this impressive success.
“She is an improving filly and Fastnet Rocks seem to get better as they get older,” said trainer Aidan O’Brien.
“I’m not to be afraid of going back with her for the G1 Matron Stakes. She’s getting quicker.”
"She´s an improving filly and it´s amazing what they can do when they start to come right. So I’m not to rule out running her in the Matron Stakes (Group 1),” said Aidan O´Brien.
A Listed winner back in May she was fourth in the Epsom Oaks and fifth in the Irish Oaks, before finding top form to claim this 1m1f (1800m) feature by a dominant seven lengths.
Bred by the Coolmore and retained to race,
Somehow is a half-sister to Group 2 winner Alex My Boy and is the second stakes-winner for high class Sadlers Wells mare Alexandrova, the Champion Filly of 2006, who won both Epsom, Irish and Yorkshire Oaks.
FASTNET ROCK
The flagship sire at Coolmore Australia, Fastnet Rock covered 206 mares last spring and was in fantastic condition at the recent Coolmore stallion parade as he prepares for his 12th season at stud.
Fastnet Rock is one of the best sire ( if not the best) in the Southern Hemisphere.
He is the sire of 23 individual Gr.1 winners –
First Seal, Wanted, Irish Lights, Heroic Valour, Magicool, Fascinating Rock, Qualify, Diamondsandrubies, Amicus, Rock Classic, Lone Rock, Atlantic Jewel, Driefontein, Mosheen, Planet Rock, Rock ‘N’ Pop, Foxwedge, Sea Siren, Nechita, Super Cool, Albany Reunion, Your Song & Atlante.
9 million dollar yearlings since the start of 2015!
FASTNET ROCK has produced 803 Winners of 1,990 races with 95 Stakes Winners (23 Gr1 Winners), 87 Stakes Placed (15.2% Black Type Earners to Runners (7.9% Runners to Stakes Winners) and over $99 million in earnings.
In the Southern Hemisphere, Fastnet Rock has produced 934 Runners : 660 Winners = 70.1% Winners : Runners as well as 78 Stakes Winners and 56 Stakes Placed.
134 Black Type Earners from 934 Runners = 14.4%
128 Black Type Earners from 660 Winners = 19.4%
In Australia with 78 Stakes Winners. (16 Group 1 Winners) from 660 Winners he has a high 11.8% conversion of Winners to Stakes Winners.
With statistics like this these are the reasons the professional buyers want to secure progeny of FASTNET ROCK.
Especially the colts with big pedigree's that could become potential stallion prospects.
In 2016, Dynamic Syndications purchased 2 colts by the Champion Sire at the prestigious Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale to be trained by HALL OF FAME trainer GAI WATERHOUSE.
Lot 263 ex Distinctly (IRE) is Sold Out - A Staying prospect - he is named “GO THE GREY”
Lot 69 ex Sevruga only has a few shares remaining in this sprinting type. 5% Shares at $10,997
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