Yonnie Starr
| Yonnie Starr | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Trainer |
| Born | August 11, 1905 Kiev, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) |
| Died | March 1990 |
| Major racing wins | |
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Plate Trial Stakes Queen's Plate (1955, 1958, 1967, 1975) Prince of Wales Stakes (1955, 1968, 1975) Breeders' Stakes (1955, 1958, 1969) |
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| Honours | |
| Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (1979) | |
| Significant horses | |
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Ace Marine, Caledon Beau, Fanfreluche, Jammed Lovely, La Prevoyante, La Voyageuse, L'Alezane, L'Enjoleur, Medaille d'Or |
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Plate Trial Stakes
(1955, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1966
1969, 1973, 1982 (2))
Summer Stakes (1955, 1958, 1974)
Nettie Handicap (1957, 1958)
Princess Elizabeth Stakes
(1957, 1969, 1972, 1977)
Selene Stakes
(1957, 1959, 1964, 1970, 1976, 1978)
Clarendon Stakes
(1958, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1974)
Coronation Futurity
(1958, 1960, 1974, 1978)
King Edward Handicap (1958, 1969)
My Dear Stakes
(1958, 1963, 1968, 1972)
Whimsical Stakes
(1958, 1959, 1960, 1981)
Canadian Oaks
(1959, 1966, 1978)
Star Shoot Stakes
(1959, 1961, 1967, 1978)
Cup and Saucer Stakes
(1960, 1969, 1974)
Queenston Stakes
(1960 (2), 1968, 1971)
Toronto Cup Stakes (1970, 1979)
Adirondack Stakes (1977)
Bull Page Stakes (1978)
Canadian Stakes (1980, 1981)
Joseph "Yonnie" Starr (August 11, 1905 – March, 1990) was a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer about whom the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame says has a "record unmatched in Canadian racing history."
Starr began his career in Thoroughbred racing as a jockey's agent, representing prominent jockeys such as Frank Mann, Pat Remillard, Red Pollard, and George Seabo. At the same time, in an unofficial capacity Starr became involved in the conditioning of horses. As an unlicensed trainer his first win in 1936 was not formally recognized as were the wins of other horses he trained between then and 1952 when he applied for his license.
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