A $500,000 yearling and a half-sister to an $800,000 yearling and a $700,000 yearling, Celebrity Girl looked to be an exceptional broodmare prospect, particularly after she had won her first start at Sandown and the Listed Cap D'Antibes Stakes at Flemington at her second back in 2011.
In a light racing career, the daughter of Starcraft would later win the Listed Redelva Stakes at Morphettville and place in the Group II Manifold Stakes.
Her first two foals to reach the track by Sepoy and I am Invincible were handy but after foaling a Not A Single Doubt filly in 2017 and missing to Pierro, owner Trevor Robertson consigned Celebrity Girl to the 2019 Magic Millions National Yearling Sale carrying a positive test to Pierro.
She was purchased by Aquis Farm for $280,000 but sadly her colt foal by Pierro died after birth and she missed to Santos last year.
Robertson had much better luck with the Not A Single Doubt filly he decided to keep.
Named Instant Celebrity, the Phillip Stokes-trained filly made an impressive career debut to win by nearly two lengths over 1050m at Morphettville on June 20.
She took the step up to Listed company in her stride at Morphettville on Saturday in the Oaklands Plate (1400m).
Displaying a brilliant burst of acceleration under Kayla Crowther, Instant Celebrity came from near last on the turn to defeat the Spirit Of Boom gelding The Brumby by three-quarters of a length with the Shamus award filly Another Award a half-neck back in third.
Phillip Stokes’ son Tommy said the Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) would be the goal of the Not a Single Doubt filly in the spring.
"I’ve got really big opinion of this horse," Stokes told Racing.com.
Instant Celebrity becomes the 72nd stakes-winner for Arrowfield Stud’s pensioned Not a Single Doubt.
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