Coolmore Ireland Handbook 2020

and ROCK OF GIBRALTAR , which create 4x3 to Danehill, could reinforce Starspangledbanner’s speed. There is also plenty of scope with other branches of the DANZIG line, most notably the GREEN DESERT line. Mares by CAPE CROSS , DESERT PRINCE , DESERT STYLE , INVINCIBLE SPIRIT and OASIS DREAM create only 5x4 to DANZIG . One of Starspangledbanner’s best Group winners, Anthem Alexander, is out of a fast daughter of NIGHT SHIFT who also enjoyed success with Choisir and several sons of Danehill. PIVOTAL sired the dam of Gr.3 winner Spangled, so mares by KYLLACHY and SIYOUNI are also likely to suit. Choisir’s Coventry Stakes winner Rajasinghe has a second dam by CATRAIL , who also sired the dam of one of Choisir’s Gr.2 winners in Australia. Daughters of GIANT’S CAUSEWAY , SHAMARDAL and FOOTSTEPSINTHESAND are options from this line, as Danehill Dancer sired the high-class Planteur from a GIANT’S CAUSEWAY mare. Starspangledbanner’s pedigree rules out very few European mares. Mares by AHONOORA , INDIAN RIDGE and INCHINOR look a sure-fire means of producing smart juveniles and sprinters and it was an INDIAN RIDGE mare which produced the Gr.1 Cheveley Park S. winner Millisle. SHARPEN UP is so far back in Starspangledbanner’s pedigree that there is no obstacle to sending him mares from this male line, which has worked so well with Danehill and his sons. Starspangledbanner could be an interesting match for mares by several MR PROSPECTOR line stallions, such as MACHIAVELLIAN , WOODMAN and ZAFONIC . The faster members of the BLUSHING GROOM male line represent another option for this top sprinter. He sired the useful filly Meliora from a NOVERRE mare.

BREEDING INSIGHTS: Millisle heralds the second coming of her sire … the recent Group 1 Juddmonte Cheveley Park Stakes winner Millisle… owned and bred by the Jennings-family’s Stonethorn Stud Farms Ltd, the Jessica Harrington trained juvenile is a daughter of Starspangledbanner … Deemed subfertile after his first year at stud, he has since made a remarkable recovery on that front and Millisle is really a member of his first full crop of northern hemisphere runners…Now that the second wave of runners is getting to the track, and given increased support from some of the best breeders in Europe, the second chapter of the sire’s story is set to get better. L EO P OWELL , 4 TH O CTOBER 2019

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