Stellar Wind (horse)
Stellar Wind (foaled February 13, 2012) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse, known for her Eclipse Award winning three-year-old season, and later for her rivalry with the champion mare Beholder. Bred in Virginia, she raced in Maryland as a juvenile, winning one minor race from two starts. As a three-year-old, racing mainly in California, she improved to become arguably the best filly of her generation (in North America). In the spring of 2015, she won the Santa Ysabel Stakes and the Santa Anita Oaks before finishing a troubled fourth in the Kentucky Oaks. On her return to California, she recorded further victories in the Summertime Oaks and the Torrey Pines Stakes, and then ended her season by finishing a strong second in the Breeders' Cup Distaff. She was voted American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly of 2015.
| Stellar Wind | |
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Stellar Wind at the 2016 Breeders' Cup | |
| Sire | Curlin |
| Grandsire | Smart Strike |
| Dam | Evening Star |
| Damsire | Malibu Moon |
| Sex | Filly |
| Foaled | February 13th, 2012 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Keswick Stables & Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings |
| Owner | Hronis Racing |
| Trainer | Donald Barr (2014) John W. Sadler (2015–present) |
| Record | 17: 10-2-1 |
| Earnings | $2,903,200 |
| Major wins | |
| Santa Ysabel Stakes (2015) Santa Anita Oaks (2015) Summertime Oaks (2015) Torrey Pines Stakes (2015) Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (2016, 2017) Zenyatta Stakes (2016) Apple Blossom Handicap (2017) Beholder Mile Stakes (2017) | |
| Awards | |
| American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (2015) | |
At age four, Stellar Wind won two of her starts, beating Beholder in both the Clement L. Hirsch and Zenyatta while finishing second to her in the Vanity Mile and fourth in the Distaff. At age five, Stellar Wind won the Apple Blossom Handicap, the newly renamed Beholder Mile and the Clement L. Hirsch. Her only loss that year was in the Distaff, bringing her career record to 10 wins from 16 starts. She was sold as a broodmare prospect in November 2017 for $6 million.