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Star Appeal (1970–1987) was an Irish-bred
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and sire who won top-class races in four countries. In 1975, he became the first
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-trained racehorse to win the
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.


Racing career

Star Appeal was initially raced in
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, where his first trainer was John Oxx senior. He then moved to Germany where he achieved success with his third trainer, Theo Grieper. Star Appeal was a horse who campaigned in major races at home and across Europe. Among Star Appeal's wins were back-to-back editions of the Grosser Preis der Badischen Wirtschaft and the Frankfurt Pokal in Germany, Italy's Premio Carlo d'Alessio and Premio Carlo d'Alessio, England's
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and the most important win of his career at
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in
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,
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, the
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. Ridden by
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, he won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at odds of 118:1, defeating a large field which included the great
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and
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For his 1975 performances, Star Appeal was rated the 1975
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.


Stud record

Retired from racing following a fifth-place finish to Nobiliary in the Washington, D.C. International Stakes at
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in the United States

Star Appeal served Stallion (horse), stallion duty at the English
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. He sired such good runners as Kamiros II, Madam Gay, and Star Way. Star Appeal died at age seventeen on 25 December 1987.


References


Video at YouTube of Star Appeal winning the 1975 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
(German language)
Star Appeal's complete Racing Career

Star Appeal's progeny
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