Starcraft (NZ)
Soviet Star (USA) - Flying Floozie, by Pompeii Court (USA). Chestnut 2000 16.2hh
2013 Fee: $22,000 inc GST
Overview
2013 YEARLINGS SOLD UP TO $420,000
2013 FEE: $22,000 INC. GST
Updated to 11 May 2013 - from 4 Australian crops of racing age
A proven Group 1 sire and source of high-class speed, STARCRAFT has headlined this season with quality Group performers HALLOWELL BELLE, CRAFTY IRNA, LUNAR RISE & 2YO Havana. Their performances were not overlooked by buyers - including Peter Moody & Shadwell Australia - who paid an average price of almost $178,000 for Starcraft's 2013 ANZ Major Sale yearlings.
IN AUSTRALIA, 2012/13
• $1.7 million earnings and 38 winners inc:
• HALLOWELL BELLE (VRC Gilgai S. G2; 3rd, VRC Victoria Racing Club S. G1)
• LUNAR RISE (VRC Carbine Club S. G3)
• CRAFTY IRNA (ATC City Tattersalls Club Cup LR; 3rd, VRC Matriarch S. G2)
• 3YO Stella Lante (2nd, MVRC Moonee Valley Fillies Classic G2)
• 2YO colt Havana (3rd, ATC Todman S. G2)
• Promising 3YO winners Right to Roam & Seductive Star
OFFSHORE, 2012/13
• In Hong Kong: Cape Canaveral (3 wins)
LIFETIME & WORLDWIDE STATISTICS
• 23 Stakes Performers inc. 13 Stakeswinners
• 9.3 per cent of his runners are Stakes Performers
• Dual G1 winner STAR WITNESS (Champion Australasian 3YO Sprinter; twice G1-placed at Royal Ascot)
• Dual G1 winner WE CAN SAY IT NOW (at 3 in New Zealand)
• Multiple G1-placed G2 winner HALLOWELL BELLE
• Group 1-placed SW BASCHAR & 2YO SW DON'T TELL MARY (in Europe)
• 2YO debut G3 winner & G2-placed DO YOU THINK
• 3YO G3 winners CRAFTY IRNA, LUNAR RISE & STARCHEEKA
• 3YO Stakeswinners AIN'TNOFALLENSTAR, CELEBRITY GIRL, PERFECT PUNCH & SINGAPORE SLING
• Champion NZ 2nd Season Sire, 2011 - 6 winners from 7 runners inc. 3 SW, $410,590
• 7th, Australian 1st Season Sires' list, 2010 - 6 winners, $857,930
• 4th, Australian 2nd Season Sires' list, 2011 - 21 winners, $1.6 million
• 5 stakes performers from Starcraft's sole UK crop inc. 2012 SW BASCHAR.
IN AUSTRALIA, 2011/12
• 7th, 3rd Season Sires' list by earnings - $2.3 million, 56 winners & 3 SW
• From a small 2YO crop (conceived in 2008 when his season was limited by injury): 7 runners, 4 winners
Starcraft's 9 Stakes Performers in Australia in 2011/12 were:
• 3YO HALLOWELL BELLE (ATC Darby Munro S. LR, 2nd, ATC Flight S. G1; 3rd, ATC TJ SMith S. G1, etc)
• 3YO CELEBRITY GIRL (VRC Cap d'Antibes S. LR, SAJC Redelva S. LR & G2-placed)
• 3YO PERFECT PUNCH (SAJC Hill Smith S. LR)
• 3YO Do You Think (3rd, ATC Roman Consul S. G2)
• 4YO Crafty Irna (2nd, ATC Epona S. G3, Millie Fox S. G3, Kingston Town S. G3)
• 3YO The Social Network (2nd, WATC Western Australian Oaks G3; 3rd, Western Australian Derby G2)
• 3YO Secret Hills (2nd, MRC Caulfield Guineas Prelude G3)
• 3YO Quackquack (2nd, ATC Dulcify H. LR)
• 2YO Stella Lante (3rd, SAJC Dequetteville S. LR)
On the Track
- Champion in both hemispheres
- 2004 Champion 3YO of Australia
- 2005 World Champion Older Turf Miler
- A winner of 5 Group 1s in 4 countries
Stakes won: A$3,081,215
1st
- AJC Australian Derby G1 (2400m)
- AJC Chipping Norton G1 (1600m)
- Hawke's Bay Mudgway S. G1 (1400m)
- Newmarket Queen Elizabeth II S. G1 (1600m)
- Prix du Moulin de Longchamp G1 (1600m)
- STC Tulloch S. G2 (2000m)
- Hawke's Bay Stoney Bridge S. G2 (1600m)
- VRC Debonair S. G3 (1410m)
2nd
- VRC Australian Guineas G1 (1600m)
- Hawke's Bay Kelt Capital S.Gr.1 (1600m)
3rd
- MVRC W.S Cox Plate G1 (2040m)
- MRC Caulfield S. G1 (2000m)
- York Queen Anne S (1600m)
In the Ring
Yearling Sale Statistics 2009-2012
• 29 Starcraft yearlings have made $150,000 or more
• 11 have sold for more than $250,000
• Top price: $500,000 for the filly ex Dashing Granada, 2010 (named CELEBRITY GIRL, she is a G2-placed stakeswinner)
Yearling Sale graduates by Starcraft include:
• Dual G1 winner STAR WITNESS (sold for $150,000, won $1.3 million, now standing at stud, 2012 fee $29,700)
• G2 winner HALLOWELL BELLE (sold for $170,000)
• G3 winner DO YOU THINK (sold for $360,000)
• G3 winner CRAFTY IRNA (sold for $NZ125,000)
• G3 winner LUNAR RISE (sold for $380,000)
• Dual stakeswinner AIN'TNOFALLENSTAR (sold for $270,000)
• Melbourne stakeswinner CELEBRITY GIRL (sold for $500,000)
Starcraft yearlings in 2013
Inglis Australian Easter Sale, Session 1
Average: $246,667 (3 sold)
Top Price: filly ex Kivazi, Arrowfield/Shadwell Australia, $420,000
Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale
Average: $142,500 (6 sold)
Top Price: filly ex Victory Cry, Mill Park/BC3 Thoroughbreds, $320,000
New Zealand Premier Sale
Average: $176,667 (3 sold)
Top Price: colt ex Calveen, Haunui Farm/NZ Bloodstock as agent, NSW, $NZ310,000