Oaks Contender for High Chaparral

Tara Madgwick - Saturday May 12
She's bred to win an Oaks and on Saturday at Doomben progressive High Chaparral (IRE) filly Youngstar showed that might be a real possibility when scoring a dominant win in the Group II BRC Doomben Roses as favourite.

Prepared by Chris Waller, Youngstar only broke her maiden at Hawkesbury on April 17 and then followed up with a facile three length romp at Newcastle on April 28.

Those easy wins in lesser grade prompted a trip to Brisbane to take on the better staying fillies and Youngstar relished the challenge.

Youngstar as a yearlingRidden quietly, she unleashed a powerful finish for Kerrin McEvoy to forge clear and win the 2000 metre staying test by a length over her stablemate Another Dollar, a daughter of Cox Plate winner Ocean Park.

A $200,000 Inglis Premier purchase for Anton Koolman Bloodstock from the Bowness Stud draft, Youngstar runs for a syndicate that also includes Arthur and Charlotte Inglis.

She has already won three of six starts earning over $164,000 and is just at the start of what looks like a promising staying career.

"Obviously on her pedigree being by High Chaparral we felt she was going to be an Oaks horse and about this time last year after a few of her trials we thought about this race," said stable representative Charlie Duckworth.

"Right from her very first start we thought she had plenty of ability, although it's been a little while until today that she's rewarded us."

Youngstar is a half-sister to stakes-placed Eleven Seconds and is the best of four winners from Irish bred Danehill mare Starspangled (IRE), a sister to Group III winner Downtown and daughter of Champion 3YO Filly User Friendly, a five-time Group I winner.

Bowness Stud sold the current yearling from Starspangled, a filly by Adelaide (IRE), for $80,000 at Inglis Easter to Anton Koolman Bloodstock.

Starspangled has a weanling colt by Dissident and was covered last spring by High Chaparral's champion son Dundeel.

Youngstar is the 113th stakes-winner for the much missed classic sire High Chaparral, who has been enjoying further success as a sire of sires through his star son So You Think


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