Fanshawe ‘happy’ with Rock star
The dual course and distance winner was something of a surprise victor when triumphing in the mud in the 2011 Jubilee, despite finishing second in the race a year earlier, but has proved that to be no fluke with a number of top-notch efforts at the highest level since.
Far from disgraced when a close-up fifth behind Australian wonder mare Black Caviar in this six-furlong Group One 12 months ago, the six-year-old went on to clinch his second Group One prize in the Betfred Sprint Cup at Haydock, and appeared better than ever when making a winning return in the Duke of York.
