International Star is a retiredGraded Winner International Star to Stud in Chile American Thoroughbred 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 won the Grey Stakes (10 points),International Star Shines in Grey Stakes Lecomte Stakes (10 points),International Star Closes for Lecomte Score Risen Star Stakes (50 points),International Star Carries On in Risen Star and Louisiana Derby (100 points).International Start Sweeps to LA Derby Score He also had a fourth-place finish in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (1 point).El Kabeir Just Lasts in Kentucky Jockey Club Despite this, he was scratched from the Kentucky Derby.International Star Scratched from the Derby
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 Grey Stakes. At age three he went on to win consecutive races in the Lecomte Stakes, Risen Star Stakes, and Louisiana Derby. However, on the day of the Kentucky Derby, 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 and finishing second in the New Orleans Handicap and Mineshaft Handicap. 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, entering stud in 2020.
Pedigree
indicates inbreeding 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.
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