Startantes back on market at Magic Millions in foal to Anamoe

Group 1 winner Startantes has been added to the catalogue for the Magic Millions Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale, offered in foal to Anamoe as part of the Widden Stud draft.

A champion three-year-old filly, Startantes won the Group 1 Tattersall’s Tiara and was also placed in the Surround Stakes and Flight Stakes during the 2021/22 season.

Trained by Robert Heathcote, she was a multiple winner at two and defeated Group 1 winners including Fangirl, Atishu, Espiona and Snapdancer during her career before being sold at the 2024 Inglis Chairman’s Sale for $1.15 million.

She is out of Group 2 winner Funtantes, who has produced six metropolitan winners, while her brother Fabulantes is now Group-performed after winning the QTIS 3YO Jewel.

Widden Stud’s Antony Thompson said Startantes represents a rare opportunity in the current market.

“To secure a Group 1-winning sprinter-miler, who was at the very top of her generation, carrying her first foal to Anamoe, a champion racehorse and a young stallion with all the credentials to develop into a leading sire of the future is rare.

“Physically, the mating is an outstanding match. Startantes is very much in that strong, speed-oriented mould we’ve had success with at Widden, much like Secret Trail, who produced Anamoe’s first $1 million-plus yearling earlier this year.

“She is also out of the Group 2-winning mare Funtantes, from a prolific family that consistently produces high-quality, winning horses. There’s already further upside too, with her three-year-old full-brother now Group-performed and targeting the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap.