2-time G1 winner Fastnet Rock arrived in the UK today "quite the traveler" according to Dutch pilot Dick Van't Hof, who captained the Martinair flight on its final leg from Dubai to London Stansted (a Northern part of London).

The winner of $1.725m to date, the son of Danehill flew non-stop (except for the refueling stops) to the UK but the captain said he was the perfect passenger.

"He was a lovely horse, not as restless as many others I've seen. He even nodded off to sleep once in awhile! Perhaps flying was a little boring for him!"

This will be reassuring news for trainer Paul Perry who was quoted in The Australian earlier this week saying: "The big thing with why Choisir did so well was he was such a great traveler. That can make all the difference to a campaign when you're looking at something so far away. But this horse (Fastnet Rock) is the same type - laid-back, unfazed and he's never been a problem to travel."

The flight arrived on schedule in the UK (7 am London time), the captain confirming that Fastnet Rock (the only horse on the flight) "was offloaded within 15 minutes of parking." 3 grooms travelled with the horse.

Fastnet Rock will start in the King's Stand Stakes (1000m) on June 14 (the opening day of Royal Ascot, to be staged this year at York). All things going to plan he will back up four days later in the $650,000 Golden Jubilee Stakes (1200m).

Meanwhile he has joined Elvstroem at the Newmarket stables of Geoff Wragg, where Perry stabled Choisir 2 years ago.