Eagle Mountain's Sire, Rock of Gibraltar pictured here at Coolmore Ireland.
Rock of Gibraltar
Bay 1999 16.0 hh
Danehill - Offshore Boom
Distances won over: 1000 to 1600m.
Rock Of Gibraltar was a World Champion racehorse. He was a dual Gr.1 winning juvenile and then 5-time Gr.1 winning 3-year-old resulting in him becoming the first horse ever to win 7 consecutive Gr.1’s in the Northern Hemisphere breaking Mill Reef’s 30-year-old record. ‘The Rock’ is from the family of Champion sire Riverman.
From his first 3 crops on the track (Northern Hemisphere) he is already the sire of Gr.1 winners Mount Nelson, Diamondrella, Varenar and Eagle Mountain, Gr.2 winner Kitty Matcham and Gr.3 winners Yellowstone, Theann, Utrecht, Unilateral etc. Southern Hemisphere winners include Gr.1 winners Rock Kingdom, Seventh Rock, Gr.2 winners La Rocket, Book of Kells and Lovetrista, Gr.3 winners Murtajill, Gamble Me, Pillar of Hercules, Musidora, Rockwood and Sliding Cube etc.
ROCK OF GIBRALTAR - WINNER OF 7 CONSECUTIVE GROUP 1 RACES
AT 2 YEARS
1st Dewhurst Stakes - Gr.1, 7f., Newmarket, from dual Gr.1 winner Landseer, with Tendulkar third and subsequent Gr.1 winner Where Or When fourth.
1st Grand Criterium - Gr.1, 7f., Longchamp, by 3 lengths from Bernebeau and Dobby Road.
1st Gimcrack Stakes - Gr.2, 6f., York, by 3 lengths from Ho Choi & Twilight Blues.
1st Railway Stakes - Gr.3, 6f., Curragh, by 2 lengths from Hawk Wing.
1st Maiden, 5f., Curragh, by 2 lengths from Sandford Park and Mahsusie.
Rated 118 by Timeform
AT 3 YEARS
WORLD CHAMPION RACEHORSE OF 2002
1st St. James’s Palace Stakes - Gr.1, 8f., Royal Ascot, by 1¾ lengths from Landseer.
1st Irish 2,000 Guineas - Gr.1, 8f., Curragh, by 1½ lengths from Century City and Della Francesca.
1st 2,000 Guineas - Gr.1, 8f., Newmarket, by a neck from Hawk Wing and Redback.
1st Prix du Moulin - Gr.1, 8f., Longchamp, by ½ length from Banks Hill and Gossamer.
1st Sussex Stakes - Gr.1, 8f., Goodwood, by 2 lengths from Noverre and Reel Buddy.
2nd Breeders’ Cup Mile - Gr.1, 8f., Arlington Park beaten ¾ of a length by Domedriver with Good Journey third.
Rated 133 by Timeform