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Rob Heathcote compares Group 1 winner Startantes to rugby league icon Allan ‘Alfie' Langer

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Rob Heathcote compares Group 1 winner Startantes to rugby league icon Allan ‘Alfie' Langer

Startantes is a Group 1 winner at Rob Heathcote's Eagle Farm stables. She is so small that she is known as "The Little Pumpkin" around the stable. Startantes reminds Heath cote of Queensland rugby league legend and Aussie sporting icon Allan "Alfie" Langer.

Darren Lockyer and Startantes are similar. Brawny Spirit was a Group 1 winner in the mid 1990s.

Startantes won the Tattersall's Tiara at Eagle Farm in June. She will run in Saturday's Group 2 Sheraco Stakes at Rosehill. Rob Heathcote compares Startantes to rugby league icon Allan ‘Alfie’ Langer.

Startantes resumes in the Sheraco Stakes on Saturday. Heathcote is targeting the Group 1 Moir and Group1 Manikato St. He is also thinking of a $1m bonus for the VRC Darley Champions Sprint at Flemington on November 5.

Rothfire won the McEwen Stakes at Moonee Valley last Saturday. He will get a $1 million bonus if he runs in the Manikato. The Darley Sprint is worth $2 million. Heathcote is happy with Startantes in Melbourne.

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