First ‘down under’ winners for Warrawee Needy

Warrawee Needy (1:46.8), the former world champion and Canadian 2YO Colt of the Year who is now standing stud in New South Wales, Australia, was represented by his first Australian winner when the two-year-old filly Rockindownunder emerged successful at Bathurst (NSW) on Monday afternoon (March 2).

 

Coming from second last and racing wide throughout, the filly clocked a 1:59.5 mile rate over 1730 metres.

 

Thirty minutes later Warrawee Needy produced his second winner in the two-year-old gelding The Grogfather, an end-to-end winner in a 1:58 mile rate.

 

A first foal, Rockindownunder was purchased for a modest $17,500 at last year’s Australian Pacing Gold yearling sale in Sydney.

 

She is out of the Rocknroll Hanover mare Rockin Lu Lu, an unraced half-sister to eight winners including the NSW and USA winner Saint William 1:51.2 ($798,759) and the NSW Breeders Challenge 2YO Final winner and former national juvenile mile record holder No Ah Saint 1:54.3 ($232,035).

 

A graduate of the 2019 Bathurst Gold Crown Yearling Sale, The Grogfather is out of the six- win Rustler Hanover mare Satellite Star, the dam of earlier winners in Imthevillagestar 1:51.9 ($111,275), Star Play (1:55.2) and Sputnik (1:56.3).

 

 

Warrawee Needy had 47 foals in his first crop and already five have raced for two winners and a placegetter.