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El Roca (AUS)

2010 Fastnet Rock (Danehill) x Rubimill (Rubiton)
Westbury Stud

A son of the wonderful influence Fastnet Rock, El Roca has two Group 1 winners to his name so far, with a further 4 of his progeny being placed at the elite level. El Roca has been extremely versatile producing tough, sound racehorses capable of competing at the highest level over a variety of distances, while his progeny have sold to $400,000 in the marketplace.

Westbury Stud

Westbury Stud

Stands at Westbury Stud
2025 FEE: $10,000

Westbury Stud is a New Zealand thoroughbred breeding operation who have produced Champions such as Bonneval, Sofia Rosa, Good Luck Friend, Ruud Awakening, Grout, Buzz Lightyear, Il Quello Veloce and Ruby Clipper, along with a host of stakes winners and performers including more recently Miami Bound, Julius, Little Giant, The Inferno, Lord Arthur, Ranting, De La Terre, Hypnos, Mascarpone, Romancer, Music Magnate, and Night’s Watch.
Westbury Karaka \ 700 Linwood Road, Karaka, Auckland 2580, NZ

Westbury Waikato \ 65 Hopkins Road , Matamata, NZ, 3472
info@westburystud.com
westburystud.com
+64 9 292 7070
Russell Warwick - General Manager
+64 21 367 252

Latest News

G2 Eight Carat Attracts Star Fillies

Graham Richardson and Rogal Norvall’s star filly Lollapalooza is set to be joined in the Gr.2 Hallmark Stud Eight Carat Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie on Boxing Day by her rapidly emerging stablemate Fleeting Star.

Birchley Trained El Roca Filly on Track for Karaka Million

Trainer Liam Birchley has long earmarked the Listed TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) for highly promising juvenile Dream Roca, and the daughter of El Roca took another step in the direction of the Ellerslie feature with a dominant win at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

El Roca Filly Primed for G1 Grand final

Matamata trainer Graham Richardson views Saturday’s Gr.1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) as a wide-open contest and is hoping Lollapalooza can be right in the thick of the $600,000 prize.

New SW El Roca - Swiss Prince Wins G2 Sarten Memorial

A sensational few weeks for Stephen Marsh’s three-year-olds kept rolling on at Tauranga on Saturday when Swiss Prince led home a quinella for the Cambridge trainer in the Gr.2 James and Annie Sarten Memorial (1400m).

El Roca Filly Wins G3 Gold Trail

Lollapalooza went into Saturday’s Gr.3 Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie as a maiden, but she came out of it as one of the leaders of her generation and the clear favourite for the Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m).

Inglis Digital Bargain Buys Deliver Kosciuszko Dreamers

Sunshine Law was not the only Inglis Digital success story to come out of the Rosehill meeting on Saturday with two contenders for this year’s $2million Kosciuszko also giving connections cause to dream big and one of them is an unbeaten mare with a Black Type pedigree.

Current Runners Accepted

Friday, January 2
Tauranga Race 2 - 2100m Benchmark 75
Rua Rocks (ex: Heartache) Tnr: Carl Henderson Rdr: Hayley Hassman
Tauherenikau Race 5 - 1600m Maiden
Merroca (ex: Mercy Hill) Tnr: Roydon Bergerson Rdr: Jim Chung
Saturday, January 3
Ipswich Race 6 - 2000m Benchmark 70
Indy Rose Warrior (ex: Black Cat) Tnr: Paul L Shailer Rdr: Dylan Turner
Randwick Race 6 - 1400m Benchmark 78
Aroha Stone (ex: Luminescent) Tnr: Nathan Doyle Rdr: Dylan Gibbons
Selangor Race 5 - 1020m 4A.?+6
Blaze Titan (ex: Silent Truth) Tnr: HY CHENG Rdr: SCR
Te Aroha Race 4 - 1150m Maiden
Cloture (ex: Kayture) Tnr: Debbie Sweeney Rdr:
Trentham Race 6 - 1600m Open Gr3
Enrico (ex: Voodoo) Tnr: Ilone Kelly Rdr: Madan Singh
Trentham Race 7 - 1400m Open Gr2
Swiss Prince (ex: Phoenix) Tnr: Stephen Marsh Rdr: Joe Doyle
Trentham Race 8 - 1200m Open Gr1
Navigator (ex: Joiya) Tnr: Cody Cole Rdr: Ryan Elliot
Woolamai Race 6 - 1608m Restricted
Silver Springs (ex: Singa Songa) Tnr: Troy Kilgower Rdr: Leigh Taylor
Sunday, January 4
Omoto Race 6 - 2000m Benchmark 65
Ruffhouse Rosie (ex: Shabana) Tnr: Alan Browne Rdr: Kylie Williams
Tuesday, January 6
Colac Race 7 - 1610m Benchmark 62 0
Off His Roca (ex: White Nymph)
Tnr: Andrew Bobbin
Wednesday, January 7
Warwick Farm Race 5 - 1600m Benchmark 72 0
Cuesta (ex: Maenoha)
Tnr: Bjorn Baker

Sales

New Zealand Yearling Stats

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Pedigree Table

Fastnet Rock (AUS) 2001
Rubimill (AUS) 2004
Danehill (USA) 1986
Piccadilly Circus (AUS) 1995
Rubiton (AUS) 1983
Mill Rani (AUS) 1981
Danzig (USA) 1981
Razyana (USA) 1981
Royal Academy (USA) 1989
Gatana (AUS) 1989
Century (AUS) 1977
Ruby (AUS) 1977
Millionaire (IRE) 1974
Sana Rani (NZ) 1969
Natalma: 5s x5s
Northern Dancer: 4s x5s

Runners Today

Tauranga
Race 2 Rua Rocks 8g ex: Heartache
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Yesterday's Results

Australasian Distance Performance

All
Winners
Short <= 1200m
44%
31.1% - (163)
Sprint 1201m - 1400m
24%
30.9% - (162)
Mile 1401m - 1600m
15%
18.9% - (99)
Mid 1601m - 2000m
10%
10.9% - (57)
Stay 2001m - 2400m
5.5%
7.8% - (41)
Long 2400m+
1.5%
0.4% - (2)

Top Nicks

Colombia
2 wnrs , (2 sw) Travelling Light
Swiss Ace
6 wnrs , (1 sw) Swiss Prince
Danehill Dancer
5 wnrs , (1 sw) Lucky Patch
Pentire
3 wnrs , (1 sw) Ima Roca Bee
Sir Percy
3 wnrs , (1 sw) White Noise
Black Minnaloushe
2 wnrs , (1 sw) Mali Ston
Duelled
2 wnrs , (1 sw) Renegade Rebel
Showcasing
2 wnrs , (1 sw) Lollapalooza
El Hermano
1 wnrs , (1 sw) Romancing The Moon
Mastercraftsman
1 wnrs , (1 sw) Rocababy

Race Record

At 3
1st - Eskimo Prince Stakes (1200) LR
1st - Westbury Stud Challenge Stakes (1200) LR
1st - Fully Fledged At Fairdale Mdn (1000)
2nd - Royal Randwick Guineas (1600) Gr.1
2nd - Liverpool City Cup (1300) Gr.3
2nd - Beck Caulfield Gneas Prelude (1400) Gr.3
3rd - George Ryder Stakes (1500) Gr.1

Stud MediaMore Media

Stakes winner #12 for El Roca as Swiss Prince captures Group 2 Sarten Memorial

Fee History

2025-$10,000 , 2024-$15,000 , 2023-$15,000 , 2022-$12,500 , 2021-$8,000 , 2020-$8,000 , 2018-$7,500 , 2017-$7,500 , 2016-$7,500