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Rating Roch ‘N’ Horse’s career

Moroney mare in elite company when it comes to Group 1-winning sprinting mares

ROCH 'N' HORSE.
ROCH 'N' HORSE. Picture: New Zealand Bloodstock

The announcement of Roch 'N' Horse's retirement brings down the curtain on one of the most remarkable careers by a Kiwi sprinter.

The daughter of Per Incanto won't be remembered as one of New Zealand's all-time greats, but her career is the stuff of fairytales given she did not start racing until almost three months into her four-year-old season.

Now six, she went on to win five of 23 starts, the two biggest of which came in 1200-metre Group 1 events at Australia's most famous track – Flemington.

She announced herself to Australian racing fans with victory at $101 in the 2022 Newmarket Handicap and proved that was no fluke eight months later when she upended Nature Strip, among others, in the inaugural running of the $3 million Champions Sprint.

Those performances have Roch 'N' Horse in elite company when it comes to mares to have won 1200m Group 1 races in Australia this millennium.

In fact, only seven females aged four and above have won Australian Group 1s at that distance with a higher rating than the 118 Timeform rating Roch 'N' Horse was awarded for her Newmarket win.

Black Caviar did it 10 times in Australia (and once in England), the best being her 2011 Newmarket win in 135, with the peak rating for the others being:

127: Miss Andretti (2007 VRC Sprint Classic)
124: Imperatriz (2023 William Reid Stakes)
123: Sunline (2000 Manikato Stakes)
121: Samaready (2013 Moir Stakes)
120: Sea Siren (2012 Manikato Stakes)
120: Bella Nipotina (2022 Manikato Stakes)

Driefontein, Platelet and English all matched Roch 'N' Horse's Newmarket Handicap-winning rating in their 1200m Group 1 wins.

Roch 'N' Horse's Champions Sprint win earned her a Timeform rating of 116.

Roch 'N' Horse will head back to New Zealand to take up residence at Little Avondale Stud and later this year will visit Rich Hill's boom sire, Proisir, who will stand for NZ$77,000 in 2023.


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Flemington Saturday, 12th March 2022

5f212y TURF GOOD
AUD $1,502,100

Yulong Stud Newmarket Hcp (G1)

AUD $1,502,100
Type: OPEN
5f212y TURF GOOD
FP Silk Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 11. ROCH 'N' HORSE (NZ) 5yo M
PER INCANTO (USA) - ROCHFORT (NZ)
PATRICK MOLONEY
MICHAEL MORONEY
$101
52.5kg
A S Williams, Mrs C Williams, A Cassin, G McLeod, G Pickering, R Wilson, M Smith, G Sharman, W Parkinson & P Collett

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2nd 15. THE ASTROLOGIST (AUS) 5yo G
ZOUSTAR (AUS) - AQUADA (AUS)
Fred W Kersley
Leon & Troy Corstens
$61
52.5kg
Bennett Racing (Mgr: N Bennett), Southstar 1 (Mgr: A Downard), Zoustar Five (Mgr: A Stanley), Ginza Racing (Mgr: D Sullivan), S Roth, L Thomas, D Higginbotham, D & Mrs A Newton, P Camilleri, D Bolch, L Pearson, Mrs S Smallwood, S Mchenry, M Ramsey, Mrs A Hare, M Bone, D Mullen & Mrs L Bliss

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3rd 12. SEPTEMBER RUN (AUS) 4yo M
EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) - PITTSBURGH FLYER (AUS)
JAMIE KAH
CHRIS WALLER
$26
52.5kg
Hermitage (Mgr: Ms S M Beasley)

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4th 6. LEVANTE (NZ) 5yo M
PROISIR (AUS) - ISLAND DOY (GB)
MICHAEL DEE
KEN & BEV KELSO
$17
53.5kg

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5th 14. SWATS THAT (AUS) 4yo M
SHAMUS AWARD (AUS) - IS IT A MOSQUITO (AUS)
CRAIG WILLIAMS
Leon & Troy Corstens
$17
52.5kg

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6th 16. ARTORIUS (AUS) 3yo C
FLYING ARTIE (AUS) - GRACIE'S LASS (AUS)
CRAIG NEWITT
A & S FREEDMAN
$9
51kg

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7th 1. MASKED CRUSADER (AUS) 5yo G
TORONADO (IRE) - SHE'S GOT GEARS (AUS)
JYE MCNEIL
M, W & J HAWKES
$9.5
57kg

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8th 4. ZOUTORI (AUS) 6yo G
ZOUSTAR (AUS) - ATOTORI (AUS)
DAMIAN LANE
MATHEW ELLERTON
$31
55.5kg

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9th 2. HOME AFFAIRS (AUS) 3yo C
I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS) - MISS INTERIORS (AUS)
JAMES MCDONALD
CHRIS WALLER
$4.5
56kg

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10th 7. HALVORSEN (AUS) 6yo G
MAGNUS (AUS) - FLOURISHING (AUS)
DEAN HOLLAND
R GRIFFITHS & M DE KOCK
$41
52.5kg
11th 10. QUANTICO (AUS) 5yo G
I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS) - HOSS AMOR (AUS)
KERRIN MCEVOY
JOHN O'SHEA
$9.5
52.5kg

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12th 9. POLAND (AUS) 4yo G
SO YOU THINK (NZ) - SUN SONG (AUS)
MICHAEL POY
MICHAEL MORONEY
$61
52.5kg

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13th 17. FINANCE TYCOON (AUS) 3yo C
WRITTEN TYCOON (AUS) - DAROOK PARK (AUS)
JOSH RICHARDS
DANNY O'BRIEN
$41
50.5kg

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14th 3. LOST AND RUNNING (NZ) 5yo G
PER INCANTO (USA) - DREAMLIFE (NZ)
HUGH BOWMAN
JOHN O'SHEA
$4.2
56kg

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15th 13. SNAPDANCER (AUS) 5yo M
CHOISIR (AUS) - SNAPDRAGON (IRE)
HARRY COFFEY
CIARON MAHER & DAVID EUSTACE
$26
52.5kg

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16th 5. COUNT DE RUPEE (AUS) 4yo G
REAL IMPACT (JPN) - TIMELESS CHOICE (AUS)
BROCK RYAN
R & L PRICE
$31
54kg

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17th 8. OXLEY ROAD (AUS) 4yo H
EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) - BONNIE MAC (NZ)
BLAIKE MCDOUGALL
PETER G MOODY
$26
52.5kg

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