{{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Star Pilot , image = , caption = , sire =

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, dam = Floradora , damsire = Bull Dog , sex =

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, foaled = 1943 , country =

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, breeder = Coldstream Stud , owner =

Maine Chance Farm Maine Chance Farm was an American Thoroughbred horse racing stable in Lexington, Kentucky owned by cosmetics tycoon Elizabeth Arden. Elizabeth Arden raced under the ''nom de course'' "Mr. Nightingale" until 1943 when she adopted the name Maine C ...

, trainer = Tom Smith

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Jimmy Smith , record = 17:6-4-2 , earnings = $187,885 , race =

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(1945)

Belmont Futurity Stakes The Futurity Stakes, commonly referred to as the Belmont Futurity, is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid-September or October at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, United States. Open to two-year-old horses, it is raced on turf ...

(1945)
Pimlico Futurity (1945)
Ardsley Handicap (1945) , awards =

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(1945) , honours = , updated = October 4, 2007 Star Pilot (foaled 1943 in

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. Sired by Joseph Widener's

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stakes winner

, he was out of the mare Floradora, whose French sire, Bull Dog, was one of the leading sires of stakes winners in the 1950s. He was sold as a yearling to

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for $26,000. Second in the Champagne Stakes and

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, Star Pilot won the Pimlico Futurity,

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, and Ardsley Handicap, rounding out the year as the

. The following year, however, Star Pilot lost to stablemate Knockdown in his first race of the season and then placed second again to Knockdown in the

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, where his rider had no whip. He didn't race again until he was five, when he ran unsuccessfully in three starts and was retired.

Retirement

Star Pilot was retired to Maine Chance Farm. His best winner out of 72 foals was the 1949 filly Star Enfin.

References

Pedigree & Partial Stats

1943 racehorse births Thoroughbred family 11 Racehorses bred in Kentucky Racehorses trained in the United States American Champion racehorses