Do you want a Gr 1 winning mare who almost certainly will return your investment, probably three-fold over the next few years?
Well, there is one on the market… so get in quick.
It’s the Chris Waller-trained FUNSTAR (Adelaide – Starspangled), who at just 4 years of age looks a great opportunity.
During her career she earned $1,142,325 in prize money.
A star as a 3YO filly and later as a 4YO mare, that prize money haul was garnered from a 18-start career where her Timeform rating peaked at an impressive 117, marking her down as one of the best 3YO fillies of the past decade in Australia.
Such was her versatility on the track, Funstar was unbeaten as a 2YO, was a Gr 1 winner as a 3YO and finished a close second to multiple Gr 1 winner and arch-rival, Probabeel in the Gr 1 Epsom Handicap as a 4YO.
Her peak performance came in the spring of 2019 when winning the Gr 1 Flight Stakes over 1600m – a race won previously by the likes of Sunline, More Joyous, Triscay, Research, Bounding Away, Global Glamour, Guelph, Norzita, Samantha Miss, Ha Ha etc – by over 3 lengths.
She produced the fastest last 400m sectional of the day when winning the Flight Stakes on a program that included the likes of Classique Legend, Verry Elleegant, Brutal, Osborne Bulls, Kolding, Te Akau Shark, Unforgotten Greysful Glamour etc.
Funstar also finished a close-up 0.6L fourth to the champion Verry Elleegant, Colette and Avilius in the Gr 1 Chipping Norton Stakes as an autumn 4YO earlier this year.
She will be sold through the ever expanding Inglis Digital online platform next month.
Funstar is still in work, sound and is being sold as a racing and breeding proposition.
Oliver Koolman, a successful bloodstock agent over the years, and the man who bought her as a yearling said, The family has developed incredibly in the past three years and it’s exciting to think where it’s going to get to over the next 10 years with the opportunities that are now being afforded around the world.
“Mares like her simply don’t come onto the open market very often, she is a truly rare commodity that every major breeder around the world should be taking notice of.’’
