{{Infobox thoroughbred racehorse , horsename = Colstar , image = , caption = , sire =

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, grandsire = The Minstrel , dam = Ascend , damsire =

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, sex =

Filly A filly is a female horse that is too young to be called a mare. There are two specific definitions in use: *In most cases, a ''filly'' is a female horse under four years old. *In some nations, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, t ...

, foaled = 1996 , country = United States , colour =

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, breeder = Beverley R. Steinman , owner = Beverley R. Steinman , trainer = , record = 18: 11-2-1 , earnings = $1,053,056 , race = Martha Washington Stakes (1999)
Gallorette Handicap (2000)

Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes The Flower Bowl Stakes is a Grade II American thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares aged four years old and older over a distance of miles on the turf held annually in early September at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. ...

(2000)

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(2000, 2001)

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(2001) , awards= , honours = , updated= October 8, 2007 Colstar (foaled 1996 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred

racehorse Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic pr ...

and

broodmare A mare is an adult female horse or other equine. In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse three and younger. In Thoroughbred horse racing, a mare is defined as a female horse more than four ...

. Sired by the 1991 Breeders' Cup Mile winner,

, she was out of the mare Ascend, a daughter of Preakness and

Belmont Stakes The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. It is run over 1.5 miles (2,400 m). Colts and geldings carry a weight of ; fillies carry . The race, nicknamed Th ...

winner,

. Racing in Maryland, Colstar's first important win came in 1999, in the Grade III Martha Washington Stakes, following by a win the next year in the Gallorette Handicap. Her other racing successes includes back-to-back wins in the

Churchill Downs Churchill Downs is a horse racing complex located on Central Avenue in south Louisville, Kentucky, United States, famed for hosting the annual Kentucky Derby. It officially opened in 1875 and was named for Samuel Churchill, whose family was ...

and the Grade I

Belmont Park Belmont Park is a major thoroughbred horse racing facility in the northeastern United States, located in Elmont, New York, just east of the New York City limits. It was opened on May 4, 1905. It is operated by the non-profit New York Racin ...

. Retired to broodmare duty, Colstar has produced four unraced offspring to date.

References

Colstar's pedigree and partial racing stats
1996 racehorse births Thoroughbred family 1-n Racehorses bred in Kentucky Racehorses trained in the United States