Glenfiddich is SW160 for Fastnet Rock winning the Gr2 Stutt Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley.
Settled on the lead by Luke Nolen, Glenfiddich was at full stretch into the home straight and was always holding a game Holyfield (I Am Invincible) with Cherry Tortoni (Night Of Thunder) staying on for third. (Racing Pictures: Natasha Morello)
It is the second win from 11 starts for Glenfiddich which sold for $200,000 as a Magic Millions Gold Coast yearling.
He is the best winner to date for Nothin But A Dream (First Defence), twice a winner in North America and a half-sister to Smokin’ Alice (Smoke Glacken), the winning dam of Restricted Listed Magic Millions Guineas winner Eleven Eleven (Fastnet Rock).
Nothin But A Dream is also a half-sister to Quiet Alice (Quiet American), the winning dam of Venezuelan Champion Mare Endrygol (Evolutionist).
The granddam Darling Alice (Northern Flagship) won the Audubon Oaks at Ellis Park and was runner-up in the Gr2 Mrs Revere Stakes at Churchill Downs.
Glenfiddich’s fourth dam is the Canadian Oaks winner Avowal (L’Enjoleur).
Gr1 winner Fastnet Rock (Danehill) shuttles between Coolmore farms in Ireland and Australia.