Eagle Mountain is a racehorse, sired by seven-time group one winner Rock of Gibraltar (horse)

Rock of Gibraltar (horse)

Rock of Gibraltar is a Champion racehorse and stallion owned by Coolmore, for whom he currently stands in Ireland and Australia .He is named after the Rock of Gibraltar, a monolithic limestone promontory located in Gibraltar on...

 and trained by Mike de Kock.

Aged two, he won the Beresford Stakes

Beresford Stakes

The Beresford Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Ireland which is open to two-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run at the Curragh over a distance of 1 mile , and it is scheduled to take place each year in September or October....

 Grade 2, finished second in the Futurity Stakes

Futurity Stakes

Futurity Stakes may refer to:*Futurity Stakes , a horse race held at Caulfield Racecourse in Australia.*Futurity Stakes , a horse race held at the Curragh in Ireland....

 in Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

. and finished second in the Champagne Stakes

Champagne Stakes

Champagne Stakes may refer to:*Champagne Stakes , a horse race held at Randwick Racecourse in Australia*Champagne Stakes , a horse race held at Doncaster Racecourse in Great Britain...

.. Aged three he won the Royal Whip Stakes

Royal Whip Stakes

The Royal Whip Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Ireland open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at the Curragh over a distance of 1 mile and 2 furlongs , and it is scheduled to take place each year in August....

 Grade 2, finished second in the 2007 Epsom Derby

Epsom Derby

The Derby Stakes, popularly known as The Derby, internationally as the Epsom Derby, and under its present sponsor as the Investec Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies...

 and finished second both the Champion Stakes

Champion Stakes

The Champion Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 1 mile and 2 furlongs , and it is scheduled to take place each year in October...

 and York Stakes

York Stakes

The York Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at York over a distance of 1 mile, 2 furlongs and 88 yards , and it is scheduled to take place each year in July....

 Grade 2. Aged four he was sold and Mike De Kock trained him for South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

. He went on to win the Joel Stakes

Joel Stakes

The Joel Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile , and it is scheduled to take place each year in late September or early October.The event was formerly known...

 Grade 3, was set to run in the Breeders' Cup Turf. Afterwards, he went was in the Hong Kong Cup

Hong Kong Cup

The Hong Kong Cup is a Group 1 flat horse race in Hong Kong which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run over a distance of 2000 metres at Sha Tin, and it is scheduled to take place each year in mid December....

, and won it by 1 1/4 lengths.