2015 Grand National runner profile: Rocky Creek
Published:
Rocky Creek
Age: 9
Weight: 11st 3lb
Owner: The Johnson & Stewart Families
Trainer: Paul Nicholls. Grand National Record – 1992 Just So (6th); 1996 Vicompt De Valmont (10th), Deep Bramble (PU 29th), Brackenfield (UR 19th); 1997 Straight Talk (Fell 14th); 1998 What A Hand (Fell 1st), Court Melody (Fell 6th), General Crack (PU 11th); 1999 Strong Chairman (15th), Double Thriller (Fell 1st), 2000 Earthmover (Fell 4th), Torduff Express (Fell 13th), Flaked Oats (Fell 20th), Escartefigue (UR 30th); 2001 Earthmover (Fell 4th); 2002 Murt’s Man (PU 17th), Ad Hoc (BD 27th); 2003 Montifault (5th), Fadalko (UR 6th), Ad Hoc (UR 19th), Shotgun Willy (PU 22nd), Torduff Express (UR 27th); 2004 Exit To Wave (PU 9th); 2005 Royal Auclair (2nd), Heros Collonges (8th), L’Aventure (15th), Ad Hoc (Fell 22nd); 2006 Royal Auclair (Fell 1st), Le Duc (UR 8th), Silver Birch (Fell 15th), Heros Collonges (UR 15th), Le Roi Miguel (PU 19th), Cornish Rebel (PU 19th); 2007 Le Duc (UR 6th), Royal Auclair (Fell 9th), Eurotrek (PU bef 22nd), Thisthatandtother (PU 30th); 2008 Cornish Sett (12th), Turko (Fell 25th), Mr Pointment (PU 30th); 2009 My Will (3rd), Big Fella Thanks (6th), Cornish Sett (17th), Eurotrek (PU 17th); 2010 Big Fella Thanks (4th), Tricky Trickster (9th), My Will (Fell 4th), Nozic (UR 20th); 2011 Niche Market (5th), Ornais (Fell 4th), The Tother One (Fell 6th), What A Friend (PU 27th); 2012 NEPTUNE COLLONGES (WON); 2013 Join Together (12th), What A Friend (PU 19th), Harry The Viking (PU 26th); 2014 Rocky Creek (5th), Hawkes Point (18th), Tidal Bay (UR 8th)
Jockey: Sam Twiston-Davies. Grand National record – 2010 Hello Bud (5th), 2011 Hello Bud (7th), 2013 Imperial Commander (PU Bechers, second circuit), 2014 Tidal Bay (UR 8th)
Form: 218/21113/225-2P1
*Fifth, beaten 19 lengths, in last year’s Crabbie’s Grand National.
*Officially 9lb well in after a decisive six-length victory in a Grade 3 chase over 3m at Kempton Park on February 21.
*Second to Road To Riches in Grade 1 JNwine.com Champion Chase at Down Royal in November, but disappointed when pulled up in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury later the same month.
Race Record: Starts: 14; Wins: 5; 2nd: 5; 3rd: 1; Win & Place Prize Money: £224,150
