Rock On Ruby

Rock On Ruby
Rock On Ruby at Sandown in April 2012.
SireOscar
GrandsireSadler's Wells
DamStony View
DamsireTirol
SexGelding
Foaled11 May 2005[1]
CountryIreland
ColourBay
BreederJohn O'Dwyer
OwnerThe Festival Goers
TrainerPaul Nicholls
Harry Fry
Record27:12-8-5 (as of November 2015)
Earnings£636,290
Major wins
Gerry Feilden Hurdle (2011)
Champion Hurdle (2012)
Relkeel Hurdle (2014)
Ascot Hurdle (2015)

Rock On Ruby, (foaled 11 May 2005) is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. A specialist hurdler he is best known for his performances in the 2011–2012 National Hunt season, when he won the Gerry Feilden Hurdle at Newbury in November before winning Britain's most prestigious hurdle race, the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham on 13 March.[2] After failing to make a mark as a steeplechaser he returned to hurdling and won the Relkeel Hurdle in 2014 and the Ascot Hurdle in 2015.

  1. ^ "Rock On Ruby pedigree". Equineline. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Rock On Ruby form". Racing Post. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2012.