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Juvenile stakes winning son of Fastnet Rock will stand for $13,750
Coolmore Australia has announced that stakes winning two-year-old Acrobat (Fastnet Rock) will stand at the farm in 2022.
Trained by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace was the two and a quarter length winner of the Inglis Nursery (RL, 1000m) in December 2020, scoring in a time of 56.02 seconds breaking the Randwick track record for juveniles over that distance.
"Not only did Acrobat break the Randwick two-year-old track record, he also won this important pre-Christmas juvenile test in faster time than Blue Diamond winner and now sire-sensation Extreme Choice," said Coolmore's Racing Manager Rob Archibald.
"By winning the Inglis Nursery in 56.0s, he also won in faster time than Moir Stakes winner Wild Ruler, as well as Golden Slipper stars She Will Reign and Mossfun.
"Acrobat was always extremely natural and fast, from the day he was broken-in at Coolmore until his unfortunate career ending accident at a time where he was one of the favourites for the Golden Slipper. There is no doubt in our minds that he would have reached great heights on the track and it is a great shame that he could not realise his immense potential."
Acrobat is one of three stakes winners out of Group 2 winning Stravinsky (Nureyev) mare Hips Don't Lie who has also produced stakes winning duo Ennis Hill (Fastnet Rock) and Lake Geneva (Fastnet Rock) - who placed in both the Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) and Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) - as well as the stakes placed Memphis Rock - another son of Fastnet Rock.
Acrobat was injured in the lead-up to the Inglis Millennium and never raced again, however, his Inglis Nursery victory demonstrated both his precocity and record-breaking speed.
Coolmore Australia Principal, Tom Magnier is adamant that Acrobat has all the credentials required to forge a successful career at stud.
"He's the fastest two-year-old ever by legendary sire and sire-of-sires Fastnet Rock – rated higher as a two-year-old than even Fastnet Rock's Group One Blue Diamond winner Catchy," said Magnier.
"He's from a mare by Champion sprinter and leading broodmare sire Stravinsky, from a brilliantly fast Australian two-year-old speed pedigree. His dam Hips Don't Lie won a Golden Slipper lead-up, the Group 2 Reisling Stakes and has produced not only Acrobat but also Group 3 Chairman's Stakes-winning juvenile Ennis Hill and Group One Golden Slipper and Blue Diamond place-getter Lake Geneva.
"And to top it all off, he was valued at $1 million as a yearling and is one of the best-looking Fastnet Rock colts I have ever seen. At his introductory fee of $13,750, there will be no better value sire prospect retiring to stud in 2022."
