International Star is a retiredGraded Winner International Star to Stud in Chile
/ref> American

Thoroughbred The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are c ...

racehorse. He accumulated 171 points for the 2015 Road to the Kentucky Derby which is the most points ever for non- extended series events accumulated in the series. He had wins in the

Grey Stakes The Grey Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the first week of October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto. A Grade III, it is open to two-year-old horses and is raced on dirt at a distance of miles. Since 2006, the d ...

(10 points),

Lecomte Stakes The Lecomte Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses at a distance of one and one-sixteenths miles on the dirt run annually in mid-January, at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event c ...

(10 points),

Risen Star Stakes The Risen Star Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses at a distance of one and one-eighth miles on the dirt run annually in February, usually during the President's Day weekend at Fair Grounds Race Course i ...

(50 points), and

Louisiana Derby The Louisiana Derby is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. Run in late March, the race is open to horses, age three, willing to race miles on the dirt. It currently o ...

(100 points). He also had a fourth place finish in the

Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes The Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the last week of November at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. A Grade II event, the race is open to two-year-olds willing to race one and one-sixtee ...

(1 point).El Kabeir Just Lasts in Kentucky Jockey Club
/ref> Despite this, he was scratched from the

Kentucky Derby The Kentucky Derby is a horse race held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, almost always on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The competition is a Grade I stakes race for three-year ...

.International Star Scratched from the Derby
/ref>

Background

International Star was bred in New York by Katharine Voss and Robert Manfuso. Ken and Sarah Ramsey purchased him as a yearling for $85,000 at the 2013 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern Fall Yearling Sale. By his fourth start he became a graded stakes winner by finishing first in the

. At age three he went on to win consecutive races in the

, and

. However, on the day of the

, a chip was discovered in his left front ankle that would require surgery. The horse was scratched from the race due to this development. He returned to racing, winning the

Louisiana Stakes The Louisiana Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged four years and older over a distance miles on the dirt track held annually during the third week of January at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana ...

and finishing second in the

New Orleans Handicap The New Orleans Classic Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. Open to horses four years old and up, the race is run at a distance of one and one-eighth miles on the dirt. ...

and

Mineshaft Handicap The Mineshaft Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for four-year-olds and older run over a distance of miles on the dirt in mid-February at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event currently offers a pur ...

. He retired with a 6-4-1 record out of 19 starts and earned $1,247,529. He was sold to Haras Porta Pia Stud Farm near

Santiago, Chile Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital (political), capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated Regions of Chile, region, t ...

, entering stud in 2020.

Pedigree

: indicates

inbreeding Inbreeding is the production of offspring from the mating or breeding of individuals or organisms that are closely related genetically. By analogy, the term is used in human reproduction, but more commonly refers to the genetic disorders and o ...

4s x 4d to Halo, meaning Halo appears in the fourth generation of the sire's side of the pedigree and in the fourth generation of the dam's side.

References

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