Magnificent Star
| Magnificent Star | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Silver Hawk |
| Grandsire | Roberto |
| Dam | Gulanar |
| Damsire | Val de Loir |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 5 March 1988 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Buckram Oak Farm |
| Owner | Ecurie Fustok |
| Trainer | Mohammed Moubarak |
| Record | 10: 2-1-1 |
| Earnings | £94,409 |
| Major wins | |
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Fillies' Trial Stakes (1991) Yorkshire Oaks (1991) |
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Magnificent Star (foaled 5 March 1988) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare best known for her win in the 1991 Yorkshire Oaks. She was unraced as a two-year-old and was beaten on her first two starts of 1991 before winning the Listed Fillies' Trial Stakes. She then finished fifth in the Epsom Oaks and second in the Glorious Stakes before recording an upset victory over a strong field in the Yorkshire Oaks. She never won again and was retired from racing at the end of 1992. She had modest success as a dam of winners.
Magnificent Star was a bay mare bred in Kentucky by her owner, Mahmoud Fustok's Buckram Oak Farm. Fustok was a Lebanese businessman who had established a Thoroughbred breeding operation in the United States in the late 1970s: his most successful horse was probably Green Forest. Magnificent Star was sired by Silver Hawk, an American-bred colt who finished third in the 1982 Epsom Derby and later became a successful breeding stallion, siring the 1997 Epsom Derby winner Benny the Dip, the 1999 St Leger winner Mutafaweq and the leading American turf performer Hawkster. Her dam Gulanar was an Irish-bred mare who raced in Italy and had previously produced Mysterious Etoile, a filly who won the Prix de la Grotte finished second in the 1983 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches. Gulanar was descendant of Star of Shiraz, a half-sister to Petite Etoile.
During her racing career, Magnificent Star was trained at Newmarket, Suffolk by Mohammed Moubarak.
As a three-year-old in 1991 Magnificent Star was ridden in all of her races by the Hong Kong-born jockey Tony Cruz. Having been unraced as a juvenile, she made her racecourse debut in a seven furlong maiden race at Newbury Racecourse on 21 April. Starting a 20/1 outsider she finished fifth of the seventeen runners behind Umniyatee, a filly who went on to finish third in the Irish 1000 Guineas. On 6 May she started odds-on favourite for a similar event over one mile at Windsor Racecourse but was beaten into third place behind Fly To The Moon and Dizzy. Despite her two defeats, Magnificent Star was moved up in class for the Listed Fillies' Trial Stakes over ten furlongs at Newbury on 17 May. The Michael Stoute-trained Fennel started favourite ahead of Shaima (runner-up in the Listed Radley Stakes), Silver Braid (runner-up in the Fred Darling Stakes) and the Newmarket maiden winner Shihama with Magnificent Star next in the betting on 7/1 alongside the May Hill Stakes winner Majmu. She turned into the straight in third place behind fennel before being driven through a narrow gap by Cruz approaching the final furlong. She took the lead in the closing stages and won by two lengths from the outsider Positive Acclaim with Majmu three quarters of a length away in third.
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