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Last of the Danehill Mares – A Good Read

Tara Madgwick - Monday August 11

Racenet’s Shayne O’Cass has stepped sideways from penning his usual racing stories in search of the next winner and has come up with a story about an exceptional broodmare.

23 year-old Starspangled (IRE) is believed to be the last active daughter of champion sire Danehill still at stud and the dam of Group I winners Youngstar and Funstar is expecting another foal this spring.

Starspangled (IRE) was bought for $30,000 at the 2014 Inglis Australian Broodmare Sale.

Click here to read a great story about an amazing old girl, who has had 12 named foals, 10 to race eight winners.

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Her G1 winning daughters Funstar and Youngstar are both now at stud in Japan having sold for $1.4million and $2.7million respectively.

She also has a G1 winning grand-daughter in Tofane, who was bought by Yulong for $3.1million, so it’s a family being given every chance on the world stage.

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