Starman

Starman (foaled 31 March 2017) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse. A specialist sprinter, he did not race as a two-year-old but won three of his four races as a three-year-old including the Garrowby Stakes. He emerged as one of the best sprinters in Europe in 2021 with wins in the Duke of York Stakes and the July Cup. Background Starman is a "huge" bay colt with a small white star bred and owned by David Ward. He was born and raised at Whatton Manor Stud in Nottinghamshire from birth to the end of his yearling year. The colt was sent into training with Ed Walker at Upper Lambourn in Berkshire. He has been ridden in most of his races by Tom Marquand. He was from the ninth crop of foals sired by Dutch Art, a British stallion who won the Prix Morny and the Middle Park Stakes in 2006. As a breeding stallion his other progeny have included Slade Power, Mabs Cross, Garswood (Prix Maurice de Gheest) and Caspar Netscher (Nearctic Stakes). Starman's dam Northern Star showed modest racing ability, winning one minor race from nine attempts. She was a female-line descendant of the American broodmare Banta (foaled 1949), making her a distant relative of Big Spruce and Trusted Partner. Racing career