Opportunity Knocks

Tara Madgwick - Saturday March 10
With a smorgasbord of Group I racing in Sydney, Melbourne and New Zealand today it's always good to see which stallions have the best opportunity to succeed.

Fastnet RockTo win the big ones, you need to have runners and champion sire Fastnet Rock has a strong hand to do battle for him.

His Group I runners are: Age of Fire (Randwick Guineas), Avantage (Sistema Stakes), Catchy (Newmarket Handicap), Condor (Randwick Guineas), Fastnet Tempest (Newmarket Handicap), Merchant Navy (Newmarket Handicap), Missrock (Newmarket Handicap) and Siege of Quebec (Randwick Guineas).

Snitzel hangs his hat on: Showtime (Canterbury Stakes), Tangled (Randwick Guineas), Thronum (Newmarket Handicap) and Trapeze Artist (Randwick Guineas).

Click here to see all the stakes runners today by sire
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