Cornerstone Stud are excited to report that the first three mares served by their new stallion Valentia have all tested positively pregnant in the last few days.
A son of champion sire Fastnet Rock , he was a terrific winner of the Gr.2 Skyline Stakes (1200m) as a two-year-old, a race previously won by the likes of Snitzel , Choisir and another son of Fastnet Rock , the young boom sire Hinchinbrook .
An outstandingly powerful looking individual, VALENTIA was a Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale topper when fetching $1.35 million as a yearling in 2013, the highest price achieved at the sale over the previous five years.
Valentia was a dual winner at two and
is one of only six Group winning two-year-old colts by Fastnet Rock .
Upon his retirement, trainer Gai Waterhouse remarked, "Valentia is
arguably the best looking colt ever seen at Tulloch Lodge."
"He won the Skyline Stakes Group Two very comfortably and he was my number
one chance in the Golden Slipper."
"Sadly a tendon injury restrained him from fulfilling the great
three-year-old career that he was destined for."
As a three-year-old Valentia placed
3rd in the Gr.3 Up And Coming
Stakes (1300m) when he was beaten less than half a length by Scissor Kick despite
striking interference and conceding 4.5kgs.
In the Gr.2 Stan Fox Stakes
(1400m) he also placed 3rd behind Shooting to Win, a horse he had previously
beaten in the Up And Coming Stakes.
Coming from a high-class speed family, Valentia
is out of Smart Company, a winning full-sister to dual Group One winning
sprinter Super Elegant (by
Mister C).