He’s been second and third in the Vice Regent Stakes and on Saturday, August 5, ROCKCREST has a good chance to win the $150,000 turf sprint for Ontario-bred three-year-olds and upward.
A $17,000 yearling purchase at the 2018 CTHS Ontario sale by Paul Mouttet, Rockcrest races for owner and trainer Nigel Burke who has seen his grey gelding blossom as a six-year-old in 2023. Rockcrest won his Woodbine debut this year over champion Filo di Arianna and then took the Pink Lloyd Stakes on June 4.
Keveh Nicholls returns to ride the son of Old Forester – Saint Judy by Mineshaft who was bred by Sherry McLean’s Northern Dawn Stable.