Stellar Wind
Chestnut Mare / February 12th, 2012 in VA / by Curlin out of Evening Star
$650,000
2018 earnings
114
speed figure
0%
2018 wins
racing Record
2018 Stats
Career Stats
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Firsts
10
0
Seconds
2
0
Thirds
1
1
Unplaced
4
1
Starts
17
$650,000
Earnings
$2,903,200
$650,000
Earnings / Start
$170,776
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Bio
Stellar Wind broke her maiden at Laurel Park in her second start. She was purchased privately by Hronis Racing after that 8 3/4-length tally and shipped west to the barn of trainer John Sadler. In her first start on the West Coast and her sophomore debut, Stellar Wind captured the Grade 3 Santa Ysabel Stakes at Santa Anita Park to garner 50 points toward the Kentucky Oaks starting gate. The following month, Stellar Wind continued her roll when she romped in the Santa Anita Oaks.
Stellar Wind broke her maiden at Laurel Park in her second start. She was purchased privately by Hronis Racing after that 8 3/4-length tally and shipped west to the barn of trainer John Sadler. In her first start on the West Coast and her sophomore debut, Stellar Wind captured the Grade 3 Santa Ysabel Stakes at Santa Anita Park to garner 50 points toward the Kentucky Oaks starting gate. The following month, Stellar Wind continued her roll when she romped in the Santa Anita Oaks.
After a fourth-place finish in the Kentucky Oaks, Stellar Wind got back on the winning track with a victory in the Grade 2 Summertime Oaks and then rolled in the Grade 3 Torrey Pines Stakes at Del Mar.
Sadler then pointed Stellar Wind to the Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff, and she came through with a big effort. She battled Stopchargingmaria the length of the stretch at Keeneland Race Course but came up just short in a game runner-up finish.
Following the 2015 season, Stellar Wind was named champion 3-year-old filly at the Eclipse Awards.
After beginning her season with a runner-up finish in the Grade 1 Vanity Mile Stakes, Stellar Wind outfinished champion Beholder to win a thrilling edition of the Grade 1 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes in July at Del Mar. Stellar Wind proved the Hirsch was no fluke when she again outfinished Beholder to win the Grade 1 Zenyatta Stakes in her final start before the 2016 Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff. She finished fourth in the Distaff after breaking from the gate a step slow.
Stellar Wind made her 2017 debut a memorable one when she surged clear to a Grade 1 victory in the $600,000 Apple Blossom Handicap at Oaklawn Park in April. She followed with another win in the Grade 1 Beholder Mile Stakes, a race formerly named the Vanity Mile that was renamed in honor of Stellar Wind's familiar rival. In that race, she defeated the Bob Baffert-trained Vale Dori by a neck in a gritty performance.
In her next start, Stellar Wind matched up with Vale Dori again, and once again proved best in a hard-fought duel, edging that foe by a neck to win the Grade 1 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes. She earned an automatic berth in the Nov. 3 Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff with the victory.
A daughter of leading third-crop sire Curlin, Stellar Wind is the first foal out of the Malibu Moon mare Evening Star. She shares a tail-female family with multiple Grade 1 winners Star of Cozzene and Love Sign.
