Easy Rocking coast-to-coast double

JANUARY 2009: The admirable flexibility of the Easy Rocking stock was perfectly illustrated by interstate metropolitan racing on Saturday, January 24, when the outstanding Wattle Brae Stud resident was represented by winners of different age groups on opposite sides of the country.

In the first race of the day at Eagle Farm, Funtantes (2f, Easy Rocking-Cantantes) started a juvenile event as an odds-on favourite and had little difficulty in winning by a clear-cut one and a half lengths. The youngster was having its initial attempt at 1200 metres and encountered a rain-affected surface for the first time in its life yet handled the assignment with aplomb.

Over the Perth, Western Australia, later in the same day, Rocking the Blues (4g, Easy Rocking-Tupelo) landed the last on the Ascot card, winning a 3YO & Upwards contest. The 4-year-old son of Easy Rocking was only having his second outing following a 41-week spell and has now won three of his lifetime 14 starts.

Funtantes was bred in partnership by trainer Robert Heathcote and has now won two of her three starts, having finished second at her only other outing.

Rocking the Blues was sold for $52,000 at a Horses-in-Training Sale staged in Western Australia in the second half of 2006 after being sold for $9,000 as a yearling earlier in the same year.

Author: Wattle Brae Stud 25/01/2009.