Starspangledbanner
Starspangledbanner showed great versatility, establishing himself as a top-class performer on two continents, while winning Gr.1 races over 5½, 6 and 8 furlongs. Now he is showing similar versatility as a stallion, with Group winners from 5f to 10½f, and his progeny’s success on the racecourse is being reflected in the sales ring. His versatility is also underlined by the fact that his 31 worldwide Group winners are out of mares by 28 different stallions.
Starspangledbanner’s multiple Gr.1-winning son State of Rest is out of a mare inbred 3x3 to MR PROSPECTOR, her sire QUIET AMERICAN being a son of FAPPIANO. MR PROSPECTOR line mares have also supplied several of Starspangledbanner’s good 2yos. The smart Castle Star is another with a dam inbred to MR PROSPECTOR. His dam is by IFFRAAJ, whose son WOOTTON BASSETT sired the dam of another smart 2yo in Gr.2-placed Cheerupsleepyjean. The Gr.3 winner Hermana Estrella is out of a grand-daughter of SPEIGHTSTOWN. ELUSIVE QUALITY, another son of GONE WEST, sired the second dam of Flotus and ELUSIVE QUALITY’s son RAVEN’S PASS sired the dam of the speedy Exxtra.
Four of his Group winners, The Wow Signal, California Spangle, Home Of The Brave and Papillio, are out of mares by SADLERS’ WELLS’ middle-distance Gr.1 winners HIGH CHAPARRAL and BEAT HOLLOW.
The 2nd dam of the Group-placed Breege is also by HIGH CHAPARRAL, whose son SO YOU THINK sired the dam of 2024 Gr.1 Prix Jean Prat winner Puchkine. Starspangledbanner also has 2024 2YO Gr.3 winner Sigh No More along with two Listed winners and two Group-placed winners from 16 runners out of GALILEO mares. His sire Choisir has the Gr.3 winners Psychedelic Funk and Zihba among his foals out of daughters of GALILEO and another son of Choisir sired the Gr.1 winner Watch Me from a GALILEO mare.
Starspangledbanner’s 2yo Group winners Carla’s Way and Starzintheireyes respectively have dams by NEW APPROACH and NATHANIEL. Choisir also had a particularly good record with MONTJEU mares, which now have two BTWs by Starspangledbanner, including 2023 2yo Gr.3 winner Laulne. There are also black-type performers with dams by CAMELOT, HURRICANE RUN (Gr.3 winner Dun Na Sead) and MOTIVATOR.
Starspangledbanner’s pedigree and conformation will allow breeders to inbreed to the great DANEHILL. This exceptional stallion will be back in the fourth generation of Starspangledbanner’s foals. The Gr.1-placed Great Wide Open, is out of a DANEHILL mare, so is inbred 4x2 and his Gr.2 winner Carla’s Way has a 2nd dam by DANEHILL. Starspangledbanner’s sire Choisir had a Gr.1-winning Australian 2yo and a Hong Kong Derby winner inbred 3x3. Starspangledbanner’s Gr.1 American Oaks winner Rhea Moon has a dam by FASTNET ROCK, who sired the Gr.1 winner Amicus from a half-sister to Starspangledbanner. There are also talented performers out of daughters of BATED BREATH, ZOFFANY, EXCELEBRATION, HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR and ORATORIO. ROCK OF GIBRALTAR sired the 2nd dam of Gr.1 winner Puchkine.
There is also plenty of scope with other branches of the DANZIG line, most notably the GREEN DESERT line. His fast daughter Flotus has a dam by INVINCIBLE SPIRIT while Beauty Waves by LAWMAN is a Gr.3 winner in Hong Kong.
A son of Starspangledbanner sired the classic-winning Coeursamba from an ANABAA mare.
PIVOTAL sired the dams of Gr.3 winner Spangled and Australian Gr.2 winner Brooklyn Hustle, and it was Pivotal’s son EXCELLENT ART who sired the dam of Gr.2 winner Aloha Star. Mares by KYLLACHY and SIYOUNI are also likely to suit. He also has a Group performer out of a daughter of PEINTRE CELEBRE.
Starspangledbanner has an Australian Gr.2 winner with a dam by GIANT’S CAUSEWAY and a Gr.2-placed winner out of a FOOTSTEPSINTHESAND mare. Mares by SHAMARDAL and LOPE DE VEGA should also suit him.
Starspangledbanner’s pedigree rules out very few European mares. Descendants of AHONOORA, INDIAN RIDGE and INCHINOR look a sure-fire means of producing smart juveniles and sprinters and it was anINDIAN RIDGE mare which produced the Gr.1 Cheveley Park Stakes winner Millisle.
Mares by SELKIRK are worth trying. His Gr.2 winner Aloha Star has a second dam by HALLING.