Sunstar
| Sunstar | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Sundridge |
| Grandsire | Amphion |
| Dam | Doris |
| Damsire | Loved One |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1908 |
| Country | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Colour | Dark Bay/Brown |
| Breeder | Jack Barnato Joel |
| Owner | Jack B. Joel |
| Trainer | Charles Morton |
| Record | 9: 6-1-1 |
| Earnings | £16,398 |
| Major wins | |
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International Two-Year-Old Stakes (1910) 2000 Guineas Stakes (1911) Newmarket Stakes (1911) Epsom Derby (1911) |
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| Awards | |
| Leading broodmare sire in Great Britain and Ireland (1930) | |
| Honours | |
| Sunstar locomotive | |
Sunstar (1908–1926) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career which lasted from June 1910 to May 1911 he ran nine times and won six races. He won the 2000 Guineas Stakes and followed with a win in the Epsom Derby.
Sunstar was a medium-sized dark bay or brown horse bred by his owner Jack Joel. He was sired by Sundridge out of a mare named Doris. Sundridge had been a specialist sprinter, excelling over five and six furlongs which led some commentators to doubt his son's ability to stay middle distances. Sundridge had not made an impressive start to his stud career and had been sold to a French breeding syndicate in September 1910, before Sunstar's achievements made his potential evident. He was the Champion sire in 1911, and sired many other good winners, although most of them did better over shorter distances. Doris was a poor racehorse who never rose above selling company, but proved a highly successful broodmare: in the year of Sunstar's Derby win she produced a filly named Princess Dorrie who won the 1000 Guineas and the Epsom Oaks in 1914. Joel sent his colt to the stable of his private trainer Charles Morton at Wantage in Oxfordshire.
Sunstar showed useful form in winning three of his six races as a two-year-old in 1910. He began his career at Royal Ascot in June when he ran fourth in the New Stakes, a race now known as the Norfolk Stakes. He recorded his first win in the Exeter Stakes at Newmarket and then finished second to St Nat in a race at Goodwood before winning the International Plate at Kempton. In the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster he finished third to Pietri. He returned to Newmarket for the Hopeful Stakes and produced his best performance of the season when dead-heating with Borrow, a colt who went on to win the Middle Park Stakes in October.
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