News - STATE OF REST (IRE)
Astute trainer Joseph O’Brien elected to bypass the Group I Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday with exciting filly Star of State in favour of the €316,500 Tattersalls Ireland Super Auction Sales Stakes (6 ½ f) on the same card and was well rewarded for the decision.
Four time Group I winner and a Cox Plate hero, State of Rest (IRE) will have his first Australian runners this season and the champion son of Starspanglednbanner has been ticking along in Europe and posted his fifth winner in Ireland overnight.
Aussie bred sire Starspangledbanner added a new Group I winner to his tally in France overnight when exciting filly Senorita Bonita scored an explosive win against the colts in the Group I Prix Morny (1200m) at Deauville.
Newgate Farm’s Cox Plate winner State of Rest (IRE) has his first 2YO’s running in Europe this year and among his four winners so far is exciting filly Star of State, who stepped up sharply in class overnight to run a fine second in the Group II Lowther Stakes (6f) at York.
Exciting 3YO colt A Boy Named Susie generated headlines earlier this year when it was reported he would be sold into the Ciaron Maher stable, but the deal did not proceed and the son of Starspangledbanner remained with Donnacha O’Brien, who produced him for a brilliant win overnight in the Group III Royal Whip Stakes (1m2f) at the Curragh.
Shuttling back to Newgate this spring, Starspangledbanner’s Cox Plate winning son State of Rest (IRE) posted his third winner in Ireland overnight at Gowran Park with a bold front running victory for Sword of State.
Joseph O’Brien won a Cox Plate with Starspangledbanner stallion State of Rest (IRE) and he also puts the polish on his super impressive new winner Star of State, who won by daylight at Leopardstown overnight.
Flying the flag for what a really good Australian thoroughbred can achieve, Starspangledbanner is enjoying a fabulous run this year as a sire thanks to his superstar three year-olds Precise and Gstaad, but they aren’t his only three year-olds doing the business in elite company.
There has been much written about the success of Night of Thunder at Royal Ascot last week, but what about Starspangledbanner!
Newgate shuttler State of Rest (IRE) is on the board with his first winner after talented filly Anad scored a dazzling last to first win on debut at Wolverhampton in the UK overnight.
Back in 2009, exciting Choisir colt Starspangledbanner claimed the first of his four G1 victories when taking out the MRC Caulfield Guineas and in Ireland over the weekend he achieved something remarkable in siring the winners of both the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas and 1000 Guineas!
Winning the Cox Plate has been a passport to stud success for outstanding sires such as Savabeel, So You Think, Ocean Park and Shamus Award with the 2021 winner State of Rest (IRE) seeking to emulate their success for Newgate Farm and his first foals are arriving this spring.
With Royal Ascot set to unfold next week it’s worth taking a look at the sire legacy left by Australia’s original trail blazing history making champion sprinter Choisir.
Irish bred Starspangledbanner gelding California Spangle (IRE) added another feature win to his impressive resume when taking out the Group II The Chairman’s Tropy (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday.
Cox Plate hero and international iron horse State Of Rest has had his Southern Hemisphere fee announced at $44,000 including GST.
Last year’s Cox Plate winner State of Rest (IRE), a four time Group I winner in four different countries, will commence his stud career in the Northern Hemisphere at Rathbarry Stud before heading to Newgate Farm in Australia later in the year.
Last year’s Cox Plate winner State of Rest (IRE) will not be defending his Cox Plate title as planned this spring with news breaking that an MRI scan in preparation for his visit to Australia revealed an issue.
Top class stallion State of Rest had his first trip to the races on Sunday since winning last year’s Cox Plate and the Joseph O’Brien trained son of Starspangledbanner emerged triumphant capturing the Group I Prix Ganay (2100m) at Longchamp.
Joseph O’Brien has single-handedly improved Irelands balance of payments, and another planeload of Australian dollars is headed back to the Emerald Isle after State Of Rest (IRE) won a drama-packed $5million Group 1 Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040m) on Saturday.
Not a day goes by without Starspangledbanner siring a winner somewhere in the northern hemisphere, but the four-time Group 1 winning son of Choisir broke new ground at Saratoga on Saturday when his son State Of Rest captured the $1 million Grade 1 Saratoga Derby Invitational.