Luskin Star racehorse Golden Slipper winner

Luskin Star was foaled at Luskintyre Stud in 1974 and was by Kaoru Star out of the New Zealand mare Promising (by Idomeneo)

In the 1976 Easter yearling sales he was passed in for $6500 under the hammer but was later purchased by trainer Max Lees for $8000 for stable clients and went on to win $280,900

He was regarded as a champion sprinter miler who won races including the Breeders Plate at Randwick, the Silver Slipper Stakes by 4 and a half lengths, the Todman Slipper Trial and the Golden Slipper by seven lengths.

He powered away to win the AJC Sires Produce by 3 lengths and the Champagne Stakes a week later by 6 lengths.

Venturing north, he won the QTC Sires Produce and length and nine days later the Marlboro Stakes by two lengths.

As a three year old he won the Caulfield Guineas, ran 9th to Family Of Man in the Cox Plate and went on to win the Expressway Stakes from Always Welcome by one and a quarter lengths, won the Phar Lap Stakes and ran second to Lefroy in the in the Tulloch Stakes. Amazingly he then dropped back to 1100 metres to win the Galaxy by three lengths in his last run.

In his career he started 17 times for an amazing 13 wins and 3 seconds and was unplaced just once. He died aged 28 in 2002.

Kaoru Star	Star Kingdom	Stardust
		Impromptu
	Kaoru	Emperor
		Pantomime
Promising	Idomeneo	Alycidon
		Arietta
	Modern Touch	Fairs Fair
		Don't Touch

 

 

 

 

 

 

Career Highlights

	AT 2
2-Oct-76	Won	11 ran	5-4 f	J Wade	53	Randwick	1000m	Breeders Plate	Shuffling Shamus	0:58.8	Good
23-Oct-76	Won	10 ran	1-1 ef	J Wade	53	Rosehill	900m	Silver Slipper	Biscapol	0:52.6	Slow
22-Feb-77	2nd	9 ran	5-4 ef	J Wade	56	Newcastle	1200m	Northern Slipper	Mistress Anne	1:13.3	Heavy
12-Mar-77	Won	15 ran	4-5 f	J Wade	55	Rosehill	1200m	Todman Slipper Trial	Mondiso	1:12.6	Good
26-Mar-77	Won	6 ran	11-4 ef	J Wade	54	Rosehill	1200m	Golden Slipper	Lloyd Boy	1:10.0	Fast
9-Apr-77	Won	7 ran	1-7 f	J Wade	55.5	Randwick	1400m	Sires' Produce	Bold Zest	1:21.5	Fast
16-Apr-77	Won	8 ran	1-3 f	J Wade	55.5	Randwick	1600m	Champagne Stakes	Marceau	1:36.4	Good
4-Jun-77	Won	4 ran	1-8 f	J Wade	55.5	Eagle Farm	1400m	Sires' Produce	Pacific Prince	1:23.9	Good
13-Jun-77	Won	9 ran	1-4 f	J Wade	58	Eagle Farm	1600m	Malboro Stakes	Gypsy Kingdom	1:34.3	Good
	AT 3
3-Sep-77	2nd	9 ran	2-5 f	P Cook	50.5	Canterbury	1200m	Canterbury Stakes	Romantic Dream	1:11.9	Slow
13-Sep-77	Won	7 ran	4-7 f	J Letts	52.5	Newcastle	1300m	Cameron Handicap	Romantic Dream	1:15.8	Good
8-Oct-77	Won	11 ran	1-2 f	R Higgins	55.5	Caulfield	1600m	Caulfield Guineas	Princess Talaria	1:37.8	Fast
11-Feb-78	Won	10 ran	1-3 f	J Duggan	53.5	Randwick	1100m	Expressway Stakes	Always Welcome	1:04.0	Good
25-Feb-78	Won	7 ran	2-11 f	J Duggan	54	Rosehill	1500m	Phar Lap Stakes	Khayyam	1:29.6	Fast
11-Mar-78	2nd	13 ran	1-1 f	J Duggan	54	Rosehill	1850m	Tulloch Stakes	Lefroy	1:52.0	Fast
27-Mar-78	Won	9 ran	4-6 f	J Duggan	57	Randwick	1100m	Galaxy Handicap	Again	1:06.7	Slow

 

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