Rock Sturdy Out of Epsom

Tara Madgwick - Wednesday October 1

Fastnet Rock entire Rock Sturdy may be looking for a home at stud sooner rather than later after being withdrawn from the Group I ATC Epsom Handicap this Saturday due to injury.

The Joe Pride trained four year-old scored a dominant win in the Group II ATC Shannon Quality last Saturday and would have been favourite for the Epsom.

The Gooree Stud homebred has a suspensory ligament issue which may ultimately prove career ending.

Rock Sturdy raced just 11 times winning four races and placing five times with earnings topping $320,000.

Rock Sturdy is the best of three winners from Tzu Hsi, a metro winning half-sister by Quest for Fame (GB) to Group III winning sprinter Swift Alliance, who stands at Akaroa Thoroughbreds in NSW.

Tzu His has a Northern Meteor yearling filly and is due to foal to another of the Gooree Stud bred young sires in Smart Missile.

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