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.

His win came over a strong international field that included Better Talk Now, English Channel, Cacique, and the 2005 World Champion, Hurricane Run.

Red Rocks won his next start in the 12 July 2008 Grade I Man o' War Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York in which he defeated Curlin.

Red Rocks was retired from racing to stand as a breeding stallion at the Centro Equino Arcadia in Italy.