STAR COVET (16-f)
Chestnut gelding foaled 1993
Sold 1995 Sydney Festival Yearling Sale. Price: $12,000.
Breeder: Mr A A O'Brien, NSW.
Owners: K J , Mrs M M, Mrs E L, E J, G W & Mrs L M Rose.

Covetous Bay or brown 1979	Luskin Star Chestnut 1974	Kaoru Star Chestnut 1965	Star Kingdom Chestnut 1946	Stardust Impromptu	1937 1939	16 1-g
			Kaoru Chestnut 1955	Emperor Pantomime	1947 1946	20-a 31
		Promising Chestnut 1968	Idomeneo Bay or brown 1960	Alycidon Arietta	1945 1953	1-w 2-i
			Modern Touch Bay 1963	Fair's Fair Don't Touch	1943 1951	6-e 2-e
	Admire Brown or black 1969	Grey Mop Grey 1959	Grey Sovereign Grey 1948	Nasrullah Kong	1940 1933	9-c 6-f
			Mrs Mops Bay 1941	Colombo Charwoman	1931 1933	11-f 15-a
		Felidoma Brown 1954	Jambo Brown 1944	Felicitation Dodoma	1930 1939	16-f 9-c
			Bruness Brown 1942	Brueghel Highness	1932 1931	22-d 2-b
Matilda's Waltz Bay 1982	Rassendyll Chestnut 1974	Northern Dancer Bay 1961	Nearctic Brown 1954	Nearco Lady Angela	1935 1944	4-r 14-c
			Natalma Bay 1957	Native Dancer Almahmoud	1950 1947	5-f 2-d
		Zenda Bay 1968	Graustark Chestnut 1963	Ribot Flower Bowl	1952 1952	4-l 4-d
			Aiming High Grey 1958	Djebe Annie Oakley	1945 1952	22-b 1-k
	Matilda Fair Bay 1967	Sky High Bay 1957	Star Kingdom Chestnut 1946	Stardust Impromptu	1937 1939	16 1-g
			Flight's Daughter Bay 1949	Helios Flight	1937 1940	20-b 1-n
		Fair Luce Bay 1962	Lucero Brown 1953	Solonaway Cuguan	1946 1942	21-a 29
			Fair Maiden Chestnut 1953	River Prince Miss Matilda	1935 1936	36 16-f

Werk Nick Rating: A
GP Inbreeding: Star Kingdom 4m x 4m.

Age	Starts	Wins	2nds	3rds
2	6	1	-	-
3	9	2	2	1
4	17	2	2	2
5	2	-	1	-
6	8	-	1	-
7	10	1	-	1
	52	6	6	4

Sire: COVETOUS - Bay/brown, 1979. Stakes winner; 3 wins, Adelaide Guineas-G3, 3d Ascot Vale S-G2. Three-quarter brother to Pag-Asa; half-brother to PERISCOPE. To stud 1983. Standing at Macquarie Stud, Wellington, NSW. Sire of 252 winners of $13 million inc SWs ST COVET, WITH ME, STAR COVET, CHALEYER, COMMITAL, FLIRTATIOUS ME, I LIKE BEER, PRINCE MIASMA, DYNAMIC BLAZE, BALLET GIRL, SPs Admiring Glances, Admired, Priceless Joy, Fair Diana, Willow Springs, Aulone Star, Black Routine, Green Fever, Patou, also Mazz and Me, Prince Keystone, Gladden, Port Blue, Bistro Miss, Cover Me, Flapjacks, Next Love, Chimelle Star, Lord Covetous, Real Jade, Soterae, Butkus, De La Rue, Benzine, etc.

Dam

MATILDA'S WALTZ (1982). 3 wins at 1100m, 1300m, The Wellington Boot. Dam of 5 living foals, 3 raced, 2 winners -
	89 Matilda Magic, b/br g by Covetous. Started 9 times.
	90 (Unnamed) br c by Covetous.
	91 Warrengunyah Lad, br g by Covetous. 1 win at 900m.
	93 STAR COVET. 6 wins, $831,920, 1200m-3200m, QTC Brisbane Cup-G1, GCTC Prime Minister's Cup-G2, STC Stephensons Food Services S-LR, AJC UNSW Alumni Shield H, STC Ansett H, 2d AJC Warwick S-G2, Hobartville S-G2, VRC Hong Kong Jockey Club P-LR, Wagga Gold Cup-LR, 3d QTC Brisbane Cup-G1, P J O'Shea S-G2, 4th STC Rosehill Guineas-G1, AJC Royal Sovereign S-G2, Tatts Chelmsford S-G2, AJC Japan Racing Association P-LR, Warwick Farm Spring Cup-LR, STC Winter Cup-LR, W J McKell Cup-LR.
	98 (Unnamed) ch c by Covetous.
	Slipped in 1988; not served 1991-92, 1993-94 and 1995-96 seasons; her 1995 foal died; missed in 1997, 1999, 2000.

2nd Dam

MATILDA FAIR. Unraced. Dam of 10 foals, 9 raced, 8 winners inc -
	SMOKEY JACK. 3 wins at 1000m, 1200m, AJC Breeders' P, Horsley H, Sunnyside H, 2d STC Golden Slipper S, 3d STC Phar Lap S, Silver Slipper S, 4th Newcastle Northern Classic, STC Todman Slipper Trial H.
	Hail and Shine. 10 wins, 1000m-1600m, STC W W Hill H, North Illawarra Probus Club S, Como H.
	Matilda's Lad. 7 wins, 1150m-1800m.
	Ramild. 5 wins, 1000m-1600m.

3rd Dam

FAIR LUCE (IRE). 1 win at 5f at 2. Dam of 6 foals, 4 raced, 3 winners -
	Devil's Number. 7 wins, 1200m-1820m, AJC Cup Day H, Audley H, Sledmere H, STC Taren Point H, Flying Welter H, Graduation S, twice. Dam of 6 winners inc -
		Spirit Of Bengal. Won BATC Maiden H (1200m), 3d QTC J F Meynink S.
		Devil's Zephyr. 6 wins. 900m-1030m; placed Doomben. Dam of -
			FALVELON. 12 wins, $1,914,589, 1000m-1200m, BTC Doomben 10,000-G1, BTC Carlton Cup-G2, MVRC Schweppes S-G2, Sha Tin Hong Kong Sprint-G3, VRC The Chivas Regal-G3, QTC J F Meynink S-LR, Isvestia H, VATC Robert Hunter H, BTC Freshman 2YO H, GCTC 2YO H, Kindergarten Quality H, 2d VRC Lightning S-G1, VATC Oakleigh P-G1, 3d VRC Newmarket H-G1, BTC Doomben 10,000-G1, 3d AJC T J Smith S-G3.
		Strawberry Pie. Placed at Eagle Farm. Dam of -
			Black Tessa. 1 win at 1000m, VATC Westminster S.
	Alapaki. 4 wins at 1000m.

4th Dam

FAIR MAIDEN. Unraced. Half-sister to dam of CRISP (Champion steeplechaser in Australia & England; 22 wins Nat’l Hunt Champion Chase, MVRC A V Hiskens Steeple, 2d Aintree Grand National). From half- sister to PAPYRUS (English Derby), BOLD ARCHER. Dam of 11 foals, 7 winners inc-
	MISS LUMI. 6 wins, Premio Jockey Club in South America.
	Aureate*. 4 wins, 13f-16f. Lingfield Round Course S, 2d Chester Cup, Ascot Brown Jack S, Cesarewitch S. Sire in Australia.
	My Laso. 3d Curragh Marble Hill S. Producer.
	Fair Argument. 3 wins, 14f-16f. Dam of VAZON BAY, Knight Oil.
	Modesty Belle*. 1 win at 1600m. Dam of -
		Modest Boy. 10 wins, 900m-3370m, TRC 2YO H, Midway H, TTC Progressive H, Improvers H, 3d TRC Champagne S.

Star Covet won his first race in three years to enable Pam Webber to became the first woman trainer to win the Brisbane Cup in its 132 year-history. To be fair to Star Covet this is one of the great comebacks. Just below top class in his Classic year, the Allen O'Brien-bred gelding developed into a good quality handicapper, winning the Prime Minister's Cup-Gr.2 at the Gold Coast, on his way to a sound third behind Praise Indeed and Yobro in the 1998 Brisbane Cup. However injuries to tendons in both forelegs, more particularly the off, saw him require a long period of rehabilitation under the care of vet John Crowley and talented horseman Graeme Spackman at Ken Roses' Berrima agistment-breeding farm. Rose had original trainer Rob Johnson pay $12,000 for Star Covet at the 1995 Sydney January sale and races him with his wife, Marea, mum and dad Enid and Ted, his brother and sister- in-law Gary and Leanne. The group raced Just a Printer, the Castlemaine winner on Brisbane Cup day 1994. Ken sent Star Covet to Webber after the Covetous seven-year-old's latest spell. Jason Taylor completed the comeback, recording his biggest success since missing almost 12 months through injury. Taylor placed the veteran sixth on the rails, moving to second on the final bend and tearing past pacemaker Maltese Falcon 250m out.