GROUP 1 Caulfield Guineas winner Starspangledbanner (Choisir) sired the Fozzy Stack-trained Group 2 Airlie Stud Stakes winner Aloha Star on Sunday. The Coolmore Stud shuttler returned to his land of birth to add the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate, having also captured the Group 1 Golden Jubilee and Group 1 King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot.

This victory was yet another juvenile group winner for Starspangledbanner, who is also responsible for Group 1 winners The Wow Signal (Prix Morny) and Millisle (Cheveley Park Stakes), the latter crowned European champion two-year-old filly last year. Starspangledbanner’s crop of juveniles this year includes the recent stakes winner Dickiedooda. The stallion, who suffered with fertility issues early in his career, has improved dramatically in recent years and continues to shuttle to Rosemont Stud from Coolmore.