Stars on Earth

Stars On Earth is a bay filly with a white star bred in Japan by Shadai Farm. During her racing career she was trained by Mizuki Takayanagi and raced in the yellow and black colours of Shadai Race Horse Co., Ltd.

She was from the second crop of foals sired by Duramente, who won the Satsuki Sho and the Tokyo Yushun and was named Best Three-Year-Old Colt in Japan for 2015.{{cite web|url=http://japanracing.jp/_news2016/160108.html|title=Winners of the 2015 JRA Awards announced|date=8 January 2016|publisher=Horse Racing in Japan}} Stars On Earth's dam Southern Stars showed modest racing ability in her native Britain, winning one minor race from four attempts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/profile/horse/896554/southern-stars/form|title=Southern Stars Race Record & Form|website=Racing Post}} She was the first foal of Stacelita, a multiple Group 1 winner in both Europe and the United States. As a descendant of the German mare Schonbrunn (foaled 1966) she was closely related to many other major winners including Sagace, Zagreb and Steinlen. Stacelita's second foal was Soul Stirring.{{cite web|url=http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Families/Family16c.htm|title=Little Agnes – Family 16-c|publisher=Thoroughbred Bloodlines|accessdate=17 November 2014}}

Stars On Earth began her racing career in a contest for previously unraced juveniles over 1800 metres on firm ground at Niigata Racecourse on 1 August 2021. Ridden by Shu Ishibashi she started the 2.9/1 second choice in the betting and finished second to the favoured Rouge Stiria, beaten three quarters of a length by the winner. Ishibashi was again in the saddle when the filly started favourite for a maiden race for over the same distance at Tokyo Racecourse on 9 October and recorded her first success as she produced a strong late run down centre of the straight to take the lead inside the last 200 metres and win by two lengths from the colt Yuino Gotoku. Stars On Earth ended her first campaign in the Akamatsu Sho, a minor event over 1600 metres at Tokyo on 21 November when she started favourite but came home third of the nine runners behind Namur and Personal High.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001312144/record/|title=Race Records:Lifetime Starts Stars On Earth(JPN)|website=JBIS}}

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On her first appearance as a three-year-old Stars On Earth started the 3.3/1 favourite when she was stepped up in class to contest the grade 3 Fairy Stakes over 1600 metres at Nakayama Racecourse on 10 January but despite producing a strong late run along the inside rail she was beaten a neck into second place by Lilac.{{Cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/514/nakayama/2022-01-10/802639|title=Fairy Stakes result|date=10 January 2022|website=Racing Post}} In the Grade 3 Daily Hai Queen Cup at over the same distance Tokyo a month later she was again the beaten favourite, going down by a neck to Presage Lift after briefly taking the lead in the last 200 metres.{{Cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/315/tokyo/2022-02-12/804865|title=Daily Hai Queen Cup result|date=12 February 2022|website=Racing Post}} Her trainer Mizuki Takayanagi felt that the filly's defeats were at least partly due to her tendency to hang to the right and attempted to remedy the problem by equipping her with a cheek-piece and a new type of bit.{{cite web | url=https://japanracing.jp/_news2022/220408-02.html | title=2022.04.08 Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas) (G1) - Comments from runners' connections - News - Horse Racing in Japan }}

On 10 April at Hanshin, Stars On Earth was promoted to the highest level to contest the Oka Sho and started at odds of 13.5/1 in an eighteen-runner field. Namur (winner of the Tulip Sho on her last start) went off favourite, while the other contenders included Circle of Life, Presage Lift, Lilac, Personal High, Water Navillera (Fantasy Stakes) and Namura Clair (Kokura Nisai Stakes). Ridden for the first time by Yuga Kawada, Stars On Earth settled in mid-division and turned into the straight in ninth place. She looked unlikely to obtain a clear run but found a gap in the closing stages and produced an impressive burst of acceleration to catch Water Navillera on the line and win by a nose. After the race Kawada said, "I'm just so glad that she actually snatched the win at the end—I knew we had caught up but couldn't tell who'd won. I'd been aware during workouts that she was a bit difficult to control but besides keeping that in mind, the plan today was to stay in mid-pack and let her run in a comfortable rhythm. It was definitely her strength and determination that shone and gave us the win today. I'm looking forward to how she develops from here".{{Cite web|url=https://japanracing.jp/_news2022/220410.html|title=Stars on Earth Snatches Oka Sho Title and First Fillies' Classics of 2022|date=10 April 2022|website=Horse Racing in Japan}}

On 22 May, Stars On Earth was entered into the second leg of the Triple Tiara, the Yushun Himba. As Kawada was scheduled to ride Art House for that race, it was announced that Christophe Lemaire would be riding her for that race.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-04 |title=桜花賞馬スターズオンアースはルメールとの新コンビでオークスへ/デイリースポーツ online |url=https://www.daily.co.jp/horse/2022/05/04/0015273606.shtml |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=デイリースポーツ online |language=ja}} She started from the outside, as her gate was on the furthest outside,{{Cite web |title=オークス(G1) 出馬表 {{!}} 2022年5月22日 東京11R レース情報(JRA) |url=https://race.netkeiba.com/race/shutuba.html?race_id=202205021011 |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=netkeiba.com |language=ja}} but after bending the fourth corner the horse went in to take the lead, and overtook at the final 100 metres, and won the race with a 1-and-quarter length lead against Stunning Rose, making her the first horse since Daring Tact in 2020 to have won two of the Triple Tiara.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-22 |title=【オークス結果】スターズオンアースが差し切り牝馬クラシック二冠達成！ |url=https://news.netkeiba.com/?pid=news_view&no=203353 |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=netkeiba.com |language=ja |archive-date=2023-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419115520/https://news.netkeiba.com/?pid=news_view&no=203353 |url-status=live }}

On 28 May, it was announced by Shadai Racehorse that the horse had suffered a minor bone fracture, with surgery being performed on the horse on 2 June.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-28 |title=桜&樫の2冠牝馬スターズオンアース、右前第1指骨を剥離骨折 2冠後骨折は父ドゥラメンテと同じ |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/gamble/news/2022/05/28/kiji/20220528s00004048469000c.html?amp=1 |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=スポニチ Sponichi Annex |language=ja}}{{Cite web |date=2022-06-02 |title=２冠牝馬スターズオンアース手術成功 |url=https://www.daily.co.jp/horse/2022/06/02/0015353926.shtml |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=デイリースポーツ online |language=ja}} The horse recovered from the surgery, and it was eventually announced that the horse will be entered into the final leg of the Triple Tiara, the Shuka Sho, with Lemaire reprising his role as her jockey.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-11 |title=【次走報】骨折の２冠牝馬スターズオンアースは３冠目指し秋華賞直行プラン 高柳瑞調教師「今のところ順調にきています」 |url=https://tospo-keiba.jp/breaking_news/16903 |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=東スポ競馬 |language=ja}}{{Cite web |date=2022-09-14 |title=スターズオンアースは引き続きルメール騎手で秋華賞へ |url=https://www.sanspo.com/race/article/general/20220914-E6PT7HWBRJPYHIS64O2BGI4FYA/ |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=サンスポZBAT! |language=ja}}

At the Shuka Sho, the horse's start was slow and she placed herself third from last, and attempted to catch up to Stunning Rose and Namur, who were leading the race, but ultimately finished third behind the two horses, with Stunning Rose beating Stars on Earth by half a length.{{Cite web |last=Tanigawa |first=Yoshihisa |date=2022-10-16 |title=2022年 秋華賞　JRA |url=https://www.jra.go.jp/datafile/seiseki/g1/shuka/result/shuka2022.html |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=www.jra.go.jp}} After the race, Stars of Earth was taken out of the race for the remainder of the year after it was revealed that she had once again suffered the same bone fracture, on top of desmitis, from earlier that year.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-23 |title=2冠牝馬スターズオンアース、左前肢の繋靱帯炎で年内休養 - スポニチ Sponichi Annex ギャンブル |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/gamble/news/2022/10/23/kiji/20221023s00004048660000c.html?amp=1 |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=スポニチ Sponichi Annex |language=ja}}{{Cite web |date=2023-01-11 |title=最優秀3歳牝馬はスターズオンアース 2冠牝馬大差で受賞、高柳瑞師「頑張りのおかげ」 - スポニチ Sponichi Annex ギャンブル |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/gamble/news/2023/01/11/kiji/20230111s00004000019000c.html |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=スポニチ Sponichi Annex |language=ja}}

After recovering from the conditions of the previous year, it was announced that the horse would be entered to the Osaka Hai to start off the season,{{Cite web |date=2023-03-08 |title=最優秀３歳牝馬スターズオンアースはルメールとのコンビ継続で大阪杯へ 春の中距離王決定戦に好メンバー揃う |url=https://tospo-keiba.jp/breaking_news/28768 |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=東スポ競馬 |language=ja}} but at the race Stars of Earth was beaten by a nose by Jack d'Or.{{Cite web |title=【大阪杯】（阪神）ジャックドールが待望のＧＩ初制覇 |url=https://www.radionikkei.jp/keiba_article/news/post_29052.html |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=ラジオNIKKEI |language=ja}}{{Cite web |date=2023-04-03 |title=【大阪杯】２冠牝馬スターズオンアース 猛追届かず ルメール「長い直線があれば」 |url=https://www.daily.co.jp/umaya/news/2023/04/03/0016206242.shtml |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=デイリースポーツ online |language=ja}} The horse later went on to race in the Victoria Mile, but finished 3rd.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-14 |title=【ヴィクトリアM】1番人気スターズオンアースは3着 - スポニチ Sponichi Annex ギャンブル |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/gamble/news/2023/05/14/kiji/20230514s00004048457000c.html |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=スポニチ Sponichi Annex |language=ja}}

After the Victoria Mile, the horse was sent to pasture at the Yamamoto Training Center in Miyagi Prefecture to spend the summer there.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-17 |title=【４歳上次走報】スターズオンアースは秋に備えて放牧へ |url=https://www.sanspo.com/race/article/general/20230517-ALSP3JDD5VLJXE2B2BZSXM3ZTE/ |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=サンスポZBAT! |language=ja}} Upon returning, it was announced by Shadai Racehorsing that the horse will be entered to the autumn edition of the Tenno Sho, with Mirco Demuro as her new jockey as Lemaire is scheduled to ride Equinox for that race.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-13 |title=桜花賞＆オークス馬スターズオンアース、M・デムーロとの新コンビで天皇賞・秋参戦 - スポニチ Sponichi Annex ギャンブル |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/gamble/news/2023/10/13/kiji/20231013s00004048185000c.html |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=スポニチ Sponichi Annex |language=ja}} However, plans to race her in the Tenno Sho were soon scrapped after it was discovered her right hind was having issues.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-24 |title=スターズオンアースが天皇賞秋を回避 右前脚の蹄に異常が判明 |url=https://tospo-keiba.jp/breaking_news/37924 |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=東スポ競馬 |language=ja}}

{{Pedigree

|name = Stars On Earth (JPN), dark bay filly, 2019

|inf =

|f = Duramente (JPN)
2012

|m = Southern Stars (GB)
2013

|ff = King Kamehameha (JPN)
2001

|fm = Admire Groove (JPN)
2000

|mf = Smart Strike (CAN)
1992

|mm = Stacelita (FR)
2006

|fff = Kingmambo (USA)

|ffm = Manfath (IRE)

|fmf = Sunday Silence (USA)

|fmm = Air Groove

|mff = Mr Prospector (USA)

|mfm = Classy 'n Smart

|mmf = Monsun (GER)

|mmm = Soignee (GER)

|ffff = Mr Prospector

|fffm = Miesque

|ffmf = Last Tycoon

|ffmm = Pilot Bird (GB)

|fmff = Halo

|fmfm = Wishing Well

|fmmf = Tony Bin (IRE)

|fmmm = Dyna Carle

|mfff = Raise A Native

|mffm = Gold Digger

|mfmf = Smarten (USA)

|mfmm = No Class

|mmff = Königsstuhl

|mmfm = Mosella

|mmmf = Dashing Blade (GB)

|mmmm = Suivez (FR) (Family: 16-c)

}}

• Stars On Earth was inbred 3 × 4 to Mr Prospector, meaning that this stallion appears in both the third and fourth generations of her pedigree.

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