Fascinating Win for Rock

Tara Madgwick - Tuesday May 5
Dermot Weld's classy Fastnet Rock four year-old Fascinating Rock made it two wins in as many starts this year when taking out the Group III So You Think European Breeders Fund Mooresbridge Stakes at The Curragh overnight.

Run over a mile and two furlongs, it was the first race So You Think contested in the Northern Hemisphere for Aidan O'Brien and he won by 10 lengths.

Fastnet RockFascinating Rock was not quite that impressive, but he did win by a length and three-quarters over Jim Bolger's Group I winner Parish Hall, so can certainly be winning more good quality races this year.

"He´s just a very good horse. We´ll keep him going over the summer in races like the International Stakes and races that we used to win with Famous Name at the likes of here and Leopardstown before taking in more serious challenges in the autumn," said Dermot Weld.

"He loves soft ground and is very effective on it and on testing ground. We´ll see how the year pans out."

A two time Group III winner last year, Fascinating Rock has won five of eight starts and is the best of three winners from Miss Polaris, a sister to stakes-winner Euro Falcon.

Fastnet Rock did not shuttle to Ireland this year remaining at Coolmore Australia and his service fee for 2015 is listed as Private
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