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Victorian-bred five-year-old Firerockfireroll has the background to be a prolific winner, with his sire Courage Under Fire and dam Rocknrolla both being Group 1 winners and starring on the track.
Firerockfireroll was the $1.40 favourite when he made his third appearance in Western Australia, starting off the front in the Scott Bunting Handicap at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
“He got away well before being interfered with by galloping horses,” said reinsman Gary Hall Jnr, who wasted no time as he dashed the gelding forward to take up the running after 750m. Firerockfireroll then dominated the race, and after sprinting the final quarters in 28.9sec. and 28.6sec. he won by a length from $6.50 chance Aussie Scooter, who raced three back on the pegs before running home strongly.
“This was his third WA starts,” said trainer Michael Young. “And he was probably unlucky not to have won at his first two runs here. He is still in a low grade, and we will just roll him through the classes.”
Firerockfireroll, bred and owned by Warren Stewart, has been raced sparingly, and he has earned $78,802 from nine wins and eight placings from 26 starts.
The New Zealand-bred Courage Under Fire was a champion pacer who had 56 starts for 41 wins and four seconds for stakes of $1,485,629. Rocknrolla, a mare by American stallion Grinfromeartoear, had 27 starts for 12 wins, seven placings and stakes of $287,351. She won the Group 1 Vicbred Super Series final for two-year-old fillies at Melton in July 2009 before winning the Group 1 Vicbred Super Sires Series final for three-year-olds in May 2010.