STAR TURN (AUS)
Sire: Star Witness
Dam: Golden Delicious
Dam Sire: Made Of Gold
Born: 2013
Colour: Chestnut
Size: 16½HH
Commenced Stud Duties: 2017
2023 Service Fee: $27,500 inc. GST. Payment on live foal.
Overview:
THE HIGHEST WINNERS TO RUNNERS STRIKE RATE ACROSS AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND THIS SEASON. In Australia he struck at 7.7% higher than his nearest rival, Frankel.
Sire of 15 Stakes horses, with just 3 crops racing.
2023 yearlings sold up to $440,000 – 17.6 times service fee.
Sire of Group 1 winner STARTANTES and Stakes winners CORDYCEPS SIX, ALSEPHINA, ME ME LAGARDE, MISS HIPSTAR, SALTAIRE, GOLDEN MONKEY etc.
Massive 72% winners to runners strike rate already.
Electrifying sprinter – won the 1100m Goup 2 MRC Schillaci Stakes in 1:02:89.
Son of multiple Group 1 winner STAR WITNESS.
From 5-time Stakes winning sprinter GOLDEN DELICIOUS.
Powerhouse sprinter and the only 3yo colt of his generation to measure up to weight for age Gr.1 racing in the Autumn.
An excellent outcross option, with full books in all six seasons at stud so far.
Had the highest 2yo winning strike rate of all Australian sires in 2020-21, at better than 46%, which was 11% higher than Snitzel.