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Star Turn x Sherrin The Love

She's Almost Her Old Man's Double, In Colour Looks, And Presence.

Our latest acquisition form the Inglis Premier Sales (a filly)

She’s almost her old man’s double, in colour looks, and presence.

“The Real Deal”

Sire: Star Witness
Dam: Golden Delicious

Star Turn was a Powerhouse Sprinter and the ONLY 3yo colt of his generation who measured up to weight-for-age (WFA) Gr.1 racing in the Autumn.

But he wasn’t just a phenomenal 3yo! In a stellar crop of colts, Star Turn drew first blood as a Spring 2yo in the Pierro Plate at Randwick before a 2nd to Flying Artie in the Blue Diamond Prelude in the Autumn. His only unplaced runs in a 12 start career were 5th and 6th in Blue Diamond and Golden Slipper respectively.

It’s not surprising that he was a pre-Christmas juvenile winner given his precocious pedigree. He is by Gr.1 Blue Diamond-winning Star Witness, who won 3 of his 4 2yo starts and is from 5-time Stakes winning sprinter Golden Delicious.

As a 3yo Star Turn returned for a Spring campaign with a dominant victory over Golden Slipper winner Capitalist in the San Domenico Stakes Gr.3 and was then sent to Melbourne, where he produced another brilliant burst of acceleration to win the WFA Gr.2 Schillaci Stakes against older horses (Malaguerra, Fell Swoop). He signed off with a credible third in the Gr.1 Coolmore Stud Stakes. Trainer John Hawkes put the result into perspective. “Give us the winner’s run and we win. Simple as that.”

Star Turn retired in 2017 following a three start Autumn campaign highlighted by Group 1 WFA placings in some of Australia’s premier sprints; the Lightning Stakes, Newmarket Hcp and William Reid Stakes.

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out of SHERRIN THE LOVE (AUS)

Sire: Northern Meteor
Dam: Sherrin

1st Dam
SHERRIN THE LOVE, by Northern Meteor. 2 wins at 1400m, 1600m, 2d Sunshine
Coast Daily H. This is her second foal. Her first foal is a 2YO.
2nd Dam
SHERRIN, by Court of Jewels (NZ). Unraced. Three-quarter-sister to
KILSPINDIE, BRACKENBURY, half-sister to RULLENE. Dam of 5 foals, 4
to race, 3 winners, inc:-
Feringo. 3 wins at 1350m, 1609m, 3d SAJC Adelaide Galvanising P.
3rd Dam
Jullene (NZ), by Sir Tristram (Ire). 5 wins 1400m to 2200m, Counties RC
Winstone Quarries P.H., Avondale JC Cory, Wright & Salmon H., Improvers’
H., 2d Rotorua S., L, Waikato RC Roger Browne Memorial H. Three-quartersister to Tristrams Jewel (dam of CONFLUENCE), half-sister to Janderino
(dam of NOBELLOTTO). Dam of 13 foals, 11 to race, 8 winners, inc:-
KILSPINDIE (f Danehill (USA)). 2 wins at 1600m, 2800m, SAJC St Leger,
Gr 3, 2d SAJC Laelia S., L, Water Boatman 3YO H. Grandam ofTop Drop (g Snitzel). 4 wins–1 at 2–1100m to 1400m, $406,413, STC
Spring Valley Smart Energy 2YO H., 2d AJC Stan Fox S., Gr 2.
RULLENE (g Rory’s Jester). 10 wins–1 at 2–1000m to 1463m, $261,720, VRC
Debonair S., L, Brian Courtney H., L, Guinness H., Churchill Downs H., 2d
VRC Rupert Steele S., Gr 3, 4th VATC Zeditave S., L.
BRACKENBURY (c Danehill (USA)). 4 wins 1400m to 1600m, $153,720,
VATC Mercedes-Benz S., L, 2d VRC Carbine Club S., L, SAJC M