 He was sired by Galileo, a son of the fourteen-time Champion sire in Great Britain & Ireland, Sadler's Wells.Red Rocks' dam, Pharmacist, is a daughter of Machiavellian, a multiple Group One winner who was a son of North American Champion sire, Mr. Prospector.A non-winner as a two-year-old, Red Rocks made his racing debut in September 2005, finishing ninth in a Conditions stakes at Newbury Racecourse.