[1] He was first in the 1979 Hopeful Stakes, but was disqualified and pushed to sixth place for interference.
Rockhill Native injured his tendon after the Belmont Stakes and was permanently retired from racing in April 1981.
[2] Rockhill Native died on March 19, 2009, at the age of 32 at Louis Haggin III’s Sycamore Farm near Lexington, Kentucky.
He was being cared for by Don Robinson of Winter Quarter Farm.
He is buried next to his dam, Beanery, and Zenyatta's granddam, For the Flag.