One To Watch - Warwick Farm

Mark Smith - Monday June 8

Lightly raced Your Song gelding Frosty Rocks obviously shares his dads love of a heavy track as he demolished a handy field in Monday’s Microphone @ Darley (Bm70) over 1300 metres at Warwick Farm.

Nash Rawiller was content to keep the grey gelding wide on the track from his outside barrier. Well before the home turn he had the field off the bit chasing and it was a procession from there on.Frosty Rocks was a $140,000 Magic Millions yearling

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Under little urging Frosty Rocks romped to an eight and a quarter length victory over the favourite Hit The Target (Uncle Mo) with Defeat (I Am Invincible) a further two lengths back in third.

Trained by Bjorn Baker, Frosty Rocks could not buy a win in his first five starts despite racing consistently.

He broke his maiden over 1100 metres at Warwick Farm on April 29 before letting favourite backers down when unplaced on the Kensington track at Randwick at his most recent start.

Bred by Daleigh Park Livestock, the 3yo gelding advances his record to 2 wins, 1 second and 2 thirds from 8 starts with earnings of $102,940.

Nash Rawiller is in no doubt the striking grey is a Saturday class horse.Your Song (Mark Smith)

“He was lovely and relaxed and has a nice cruising speed, which I let him use and concentrated on his breathing,” Rawiller said.

“He will run 1400 or 1500m no problem and I would be taking him straight back to Saturday grade and might even be better than that.”

Purchased by Boomer Bloodstock (FBAA)/Bjorn Baker Racing for $140,000 out of the Edinglassie Stud draft at the 2018 Gold Coast Yearling Sale, Frosty Rocks is the best of three winners from five to race out of the winning Galileo mare Virtual Velocity whose granddam Winning Hawk (Bletchingly) is a three-quarter-sister to Tommy Smith’s champion Bounding Away (Biscay) the Horse Of The Year in 1985-86.

David Vandyke purchased a full-brother to Frosty Rocks for $100,000 at this year’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.

Virtual Velocity foaled a filly by Your Song last spring and was retired in April.

Your Song won the 2013 Group 1 QTC Cup on a bottomless track. The striking son of Fastnet Rock will stand at a fee of $8,800 at Widden Stud in 2020.

 

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Race Result - Microphone @ Darley (Bm70) 1300m

Warwick Farm Track: Heavy(8) Time: 1:17.71
1
Frosty Rocks
- 3g Your Song (AUS) x Virtual Velocity (AUS) (Galileo (IRE))
Tnr: Bjorn Baker Rdr: N Rawiller 58
2
8.3
Hit The Target
- 5g Uncle Mo (USA) x Points (AUS) (Canny Lad (AUS))
Tnr: S C Jones Rdr: Chris C Williams 60
3
10.3
Defeat
- 4g I Am Invincible (AUS) x Shepishir (AUS) (Shepherd's Field (USA))
Tnr: T J Bartley Rdr: S Clipperton 60
4
11.6
Boomtown Rat
- 5g Rock 'n' Pop (AUS) x Irish Belle (NZ) (O'Reilly (NZ))
Tnr: Bjorn Baker Rdr: A Hyeronimus 60.5
5
11.8
Lubuk
- 3g I Am Invincible (AUS) x Bippo No Bungus (AUS) (Dubawi (IRE))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: Tommy Berry 54.5
6
12.0
Jetski
- 3g Lonhro (AUS) x Outdoor (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: James Cummings Rdr: K Mc Evoy 59.5
7
13.8
Kimpembe
- 3g Savabeel (AUS) x Registered Nurse (USA) (Unbridled's Song (USA))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: J B Mc Donald 56
8
14.4
Generalissimo
- 6g Dream Ahead (USA) x Leanders Choice (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: G K White Rdr: B Avdulla 59.5
9
14.7
Stately Lord
- 7g Arena (AUS) x Miss Superb (AUS) (Splendent (USA))
Tnr: J A Steinmetz Rdr: A Adkins 57.5
10
14.9
After All That
- 8g Time Thief (AUS) x Octavia Belle (AUS) (Octagonal (NZ))
Tnr: R P Northam Rdr: Tim Clark 61
11
15.3
Mandalong Nicko
- 5h Great Hall (AUS) x Queensgate (AUS) (Danehill (USA))
Tnr: P D Flood Rdr: R Dolan 56
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