Quality in first two days for Road to Rock
Wellfield Stud's dual Group One-winning newcomer stallion Road to Rock has served a black type-winning mare on days one and two of his new career at stud.
"He covered Hanabananah (SAJC Proud Miss Stakes-LR) yesterday and has Tehama (CJC Warstep Stakes-LR) lined up today," Wellfield's Huw Taylor told NZTM this morning.
"Yesterday he covered Ruppertsberg, a Montjeu daughter of the 1000
"Before the weekend he will have served Cold Shoulder, a half-sister to the Melbourne Cup winner Efficient."
Before the weekend he will have served Cold Shoulder, a half-sister to the Melbourne Cup winner Efficient
Road to Rock (Encosta de Lago ex Trewornan, by Midyan) retired to stud a couple of months ago hard off the back of a season which netted two Group One victories.
Last September he outgunned the dual Stradbroke Handicap winner Black Piranha in the AJC George Main Stakes-Gr.1 (1600m), while more recently he defeated Triple Honour and
Before that he had placed second to Rangirangdoo in the Group One Doncaster Handicap (1600m). Road to Rock's rider, Damien Oliver, weighed in a kilo over which cost the rider a three week suspension.
Like the boom young Australian stallions Manhatten Rain (Arriowfield Stud) and Northern Meteor (Widden Stud), Road to Rock is a sire-son of Encosta de Lago, the Coolmore Stud stallion who has two Australian Premierships to his credit and 69 individual stakeswinners to date.
Wellfield Lodge has announced an Open Day at the stud on Sunday, 26 September where Road to Rock will be paraded along with the other two stallions on the Wellfield roster, Alamosa and Handsome Ransom.
By Adrian Clark, NZTM