Rockys Favourite (2021) Horse

Foal Date
01-Jan-21
Colour
bay
Sire
Ol' Man River
Dam
Virginia Rose
Prize Money
889
Owners
Crane Crew Syndicate
About

Rockys Favourite is a 4yo bay trained by Paul Mulligan. The colt is by Ol' Man River out of Virginia Rose. He has not yet secured a win, remaining maiden after eight starts. In his latest outing at Bellewstown on 1 Oct 2025, Rory Mulligan rode him to an eighth-place finish, with Just Jump taking the victory.

Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Bellewstown 01-Oct-25 1600m SOFT R1 Md (of $12,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:46.810, SP: 81.00 1st Just Jump ( J M Sheridan 125 ) 2nd Late Night Talking ( C Keane 128 ) 1.50L 3rd All Told ( D B Mcmonagle 125 ) 3.00L 8th Rockys Favourite ( R Mulligan 128 , Cd 135 ) 36.25L See full resultsR Mulligan 58.1kg, Cd 61.2kg 36.25L8 (8)
Sligo 08-Aug-25 3600m GOOD R4 HcpH (of $9,999), Winning Time: 04:20.900, SP: 51.00 1st Torquay Road ( D Gilligan 168 ) 2nd Lodilomoco ( J J Slevin 161 ) 2.50L 3rd Shing Shilla ( S O'callaghan 143 ) 0.50L 11th Rockys Favourite ( P Cleary 157 , Cd 164 ) 26.10L See full resultsP Cleary 71.2kg, Cd 74.4kg 26.10L11 (14)
Galway 31-Jul-25 2450m SOFT R5 Md (of $16,998) Barrier 15, Winning Time: 02:51.660, SP: 81.00 Tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, ridden and lost place approaching straight, soon no extra 1st Edelak ( G Benson 155 ) 2nd Nakassama ( O Mcgill 166 ) 4.50L 3rd Mont St Michel ( P J Smullen 166 ) 0.50L 12th Rockys Favourite ( K P Healy 166 , Cd 173 ) 48.10L See full resultsK P Healy 75.3kg, Cd 78.5kg 48.1kgL12 (18)
Downpatrick 14-Jul-25 3570m GOOD R2 MdH $500 (of $9,999), Winning Time: 04:12.900, SP: 126.00 Towards rear, 7th halfway, headway to 4th after 3 out, pushed along after 2 out, weakened run-in 1st Full Confession ( P W Mullins 166 ) 2nd Power Of Words ( J Kennedy 154 ) 2.00L 3rd Front Door Famous ( K C Sexton 158 ) 8.00L 4th Rockys Favourite ( P Cleary 154 , Cd 161 ) 21.00L See full resultsP Cleary 69.9kg, Cd 73kg 21.00L4 (9)
Fairyhouse 05-Feb-25 3220m HEAVY R5 MdH (of $9,999), Winning Time: 06:54.300, SP: 251.00 Always towards rear, never a factor, no extra from 3 out, tailed off 1st Good To Be Alive ( S Ewing 161 ) 2nd Sundance Sioux ( B W Harvey 161 ) 6.00L 3rd Atlantic City ( E Walsh 154 ) 6.50L 11th Rockys Favourite ( A Harvey 161 , Cd 166 ) 85.55L See full resultsA Harvey 73kg, Cd 75.3kg 85.5kgL11 (13)
Leopardstown 27-Dec-24 3220m SOFT R1 MdH (of $15,000), Winning Time: 04:00.900, SP: 251.00 Rear, not fluent at 1st, weakened before 2 out, never a factor 1st Wendrock ( S Ewing 154 ) 2nd Galileo Dame ( J J Slevin 147 ) 2.00L 3rd Money Dancer ( D Meyler 147 ) 0.15L 15th Rockys Favourite ( S O'keeffe 154 ) 86.65L See full resultsS O'keeffe 69.9kg 86.7kgL15 (16)
Dundalk 19-Dec-24 2410m GOOD R7 Md (of $12,499) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 02:37.600, SP: 201.00 Tracked clear leader in 2nd, led over 3f out, ridden and headed entering straight, weakened 1st Inthesmallhours ( G F Carroll 129 ) 2nd Aird ( W J Lee 133 ) 2.75L 3rd Bloom Vega ( C Keane 129 ) 0.50L 10th Rockys Favourite ( R Mulligan 134 , Cd 141 ) 21.25L See full resultsR Mulligan 60.8kg, Cd 64kg 21.25L10 (12)
Dundalk 09-Dec-23 1610m GOOD R2 Md (of $7,710) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:39.890, SP: 125/1 Slowly away and rear, ridden 3f out, no extra over 2f out, weakened 1st Raknah ( S Foley 128 ) 2nd The Old Nine ( P A Harnett 133 ) 0.30L 3rd Nerano ( M P Sheehy 133 ) 1.25L 13th Rockys Favourite ( R Whearty 133 , Cd 0 ) 0.00L See full resultsR Whearty 60.3kg, Cd 0 0.00L13 (13)