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Youngstar (2014) - Lot 78.

Youngstar (2014) - Lot 78 
Breeding : High Chaparral - Starspangled by Danehill
Number of wins : 4
Prize-money : $1,050,337
Vendor : Middlebrook Valley Lodge
Highest Timeform rating : 118 – 2nd 2018 Turnbull Stakes

The well-bred Group 1 winner Youngstar (High Chaparral) will be offered by Middlebrook Valley Lodge at the Inglis Chairman's Sale on May 8. 

Trained by Chris Waller, Youngstar landed the Queensland Oaks (Gr 1, 2200m) at her seventh career start, which at the time was her fourth consecutive victory.

She backed up in the Queensland Derby (Gr 1, 2200m) a fortnight later and finished an unlucky third against the males.

During a career in which she accumulated $1,050,337, Youngstar consistently performed well at the top-level and confirmed herself as on the best middle distance horses in Australia when finishing a one-length second to her then stablemate Winx (Street Cry) in the 2018 Turnbull Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m). 

Purchased for $200,000 at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale, Youngstar is out of winning-Danehill (Danzig) mare Starspangled, making her a half-sister to fellow Group 1 winner Funstar (Adelaide) and the winning Galileo (Sadler's Wells) mare Baggy Green - the dam of recent Group 1 winner Tofane (Ocean Park).

Waller said he believes Youngstar is a very exciting broodmare prospect: "She has been a fantastic athlete to train. She went from breaking her maiden to winning a Group 1 in a single preparation. 

"As you know I try and take my horses through their grades, but when they have star quality like she possesses, it allows you to jump straight into Group company, where she thrived. There is domestic and international quality throughout her pedigree, so the combination of that with her performance on the track make her a very exciting broodmare prospect."