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Starborough
Sire
Godolphin
TrainerDavid Loder
Saeed bin Suroor
Record12: 4-1-1
Earnings£269,803
Major wins
Prix Jean Prat (1997)
St James's Palace Stakes (1997)

Starborough (15 May 1994 – 24 December 2006)

Godolphin
stable in 1998 but his form deteriorated and he failed to win in three races. After he retired from racing he stood as a breeding stallion in France and had some success as a sire of winners.

Background

Starborough was a "well-made, medium-size"

Prix du Moulin), Soviet Line, Limpid (Grand Prix de Paris) and Pressing (Premio Roma).[4]

Starborough's dam Flamenco Wave was a lightly-raced but high-class racehorse who won the Moyglare Stud Stakes in 1988.[5] She was even better as a broodmare producing several other winners including Aristotle and Ballingarry. She was one of many good horses descended from the American broodmare Fleet Flight: others have included Almutawakel and White Muzzle.[6]

The colt was initially sent into training with David Loder at Newmarket, Suffolk.[7]

Racing career

1996: two-year-old season

On 23 August 1996 Starborough made his racecourse debut in a six

2/5 favourite against nine opponents. Ridden by Kevin Darley, he led from the start and won easily by three lengths from Indian Blaze.[8] Two weeks later he was moved up in class and started favourite for the Listed Sirenia Stakes at Kempton, but finished third to the filly Arethusa. On his final appearance of the year he contested the Group Three Horris Hill Stakes at Newbury
in October and finished fourth, just over a length behind the winner Desert Story.

1997: three-year-old season

On his first appearance as a three-year-old, Starborough started 4/5 favourite for the Thirsk Classic Trial over one mile on 19 April. Darley sent him into the lead from the start and he stayed on strongly to win by two lengths from

2000 Guineas over the Rowley Mile at Newmarket Racecourse. He led the sixteen-runner field until be overtaken approaching the last quarter mile and held on to finish fourth behind Entrepreneur, Revoque
and Poteen.

Starborough was sent to France for his next race, the Group One Prix Jean Prat over 1800 metres at

Predominate Stakes). Starborough took the lead from the start as usual and set a strong pace from Mamalik and Running Stag. He maintained his advantage into the straight and held off a challenge from Air Express to win by a length, with Daylami four lengths back in third ahead of Desert King.[11] After the race Dettori said "He has got a very high cruising speed and there were some horses out there with a greater turn of foot so I wanted to take the sting out of them", whilst Loder commented "we decided to just let him roll and, as you can see, when he gets going he's got a pretty ferocious roll".[12]

On 30 July, Starborough was matched against older horses for the first time when he was ridden by

Deauville Racecourse. After leading for most of the way he faded in the closing stages and finished fourth behind Spinning World
, Daylami and Neuilly.

1998: four-year-old season

In the winter of 1997/8, Starborough was transferred to the ownership of Sheikh Mohammed's

Godolphin Racing organisation and removed from Loder's stable to be trained by Saeed bin Suroor. On his first appearance of 1998 he was sent to Hong Kong for the Queen Elizabeth II Cup over ten furlongs at Sha Tin Racecourse on 19 April and finished sixth, two lengths behind the locally trained winner Oriental Express. On his return to Europe, the colt made a second attempt to win the Sussex Stakes. Ridden by Dettori he led until the last three furlongs before finishing fourth of the ten runners behind Among Men. Godolphin's spokesman Simon Crisford commented "He certainly hasn't been showing the form we know he is capable of producing, and fourth place... was as good as we could expect".[14] Starborough was then dropped in class to contest the Celebration Mile over the same course and distance a month later but after leading in the early stages he finished seventh behind the John Gosden-trained Muhtathir.[15]

Stud record

Starborough was retired from racing and stood as a breeding stallion at the Haras de la Reboursiere et de Montaigu in France at an initial fee of

₣35,000.[16] He died on 24 December 2006 at the age of twelve,[3] after suffering complications from leg surgery.[17]

The best of his offspring was probably the Hungarian-trained sprinter Overdose. Other good winners were Whortleberry (Premio Lydia Tesio, Prix Jean Romanet), Appel au Maitre (Stockholm Cup International) and Star Valley (Prix de Meautry).[18]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Starborough (GB), chestnut stallion, 1994[1]
Sire
Soviet Star (USA)
1984　 		Nureyev (USA)
1977 		Northern Dancer Nearctic
Natalma
Special Forli
Thong
Veruschka (FR)
1967 		Venture Relic
Rose o'Lynn
Marie d'Anjou Vandale
Marigold
Dam
Flamenco Wave (USA)
1986　 		Desert Wine (USA)
1980 		Damascus Sword Dancer
Kerala
Anne Cambell Never Bend
Repercussion
Armada Way (USA)
1976 		Sadair Petare
Blue Missy
Hurry Call Nasrullah
Fleet Flight (Family: 16-g)[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Starborough pedigree". Equineline. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  2. ^ "Starborough put down – the-racehorse.com". www.the-racehorse.com.
  3. ^ a b Tony Morris (4 September 2008). "Sprinter Overdose belies his breeding". Racing Post.
  4. ^ "Soviet Star – Stud Record". Racing Post.
  5. ^ "Flamenco Wave – Record By Race Type". Racing Post.
  6. ^ a b "Polly Agnes – Family 16-g". Thoroughbred Bloodlines.
  7. ^ "David Loder to Retire at End of 2003". BloodHorse.com. 6 December 2002.
  8. ^ "EBF Nigel Tinkler Maiden Stakes result". Racing Post. 23 August 1996.
  9. ^ "Thirsk Classic Trial result". Racing Post. 19 April 1997.
  10. ^ "Prix Jean Prat result". Racing Post. 1 June 1997.
  11. ^ "St James's Palace Stakes result". Racing Post. 17 June 1997.
  12. ^ Richard Edmondson (18 June 1997). "Racing: Sheikh has the Palace credit". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-24.
  13. ^ "Hel of a bet". Daily Record (Scotland). 26 July 1997.
  14. ^ Charles Fawcus (27 August 1998). "Star of the show". Daily Mirror.
  15. ^ "Celebration Mile result". Racing Post. 29 August 1998.
  16. ^ "Godolphin duo to stand in France". Racing Post. 25 September 1998.
  17. ^ "Death of French-based sire Starborough". Racing Post. 2 January 2007.
  18. ^ "Starborough – Stud Record". Racing Post.
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