Day Star

Day Star
SireStar Davis
GrandsireGlencoe
DamSqueeze-'em
DamsireLexington
SexStallion
Foaled1875
CountryUnited States
ColourChestnut
BreederJ. M. Clay
OwnerThomas J. Nichols
TrainerLee Paul
Record42: 11-7-5
Earnings$4,050
Major wins
Blue Ribbon Stakes (1878)
Kentucky Derby (1878)

Day Star (1875–1893) was the winner of the 4th annual Kentucky Derby held at Churchill Downs on May 21, 1878. He was a chestnut colt that was foaled in Kentucky and was sired by Star Davis (by the successful Glencoe). His dam was Squeeze-'em who was sired by Lexington, a foundation sire of many modern Thoroughbred lineages.

Day Star won the Derby by two lengths in an official time of 2:37.25, beating the race record set by Aristides in 1875, and winning a total of $4,050.[1]

In his career, he had 42 starts, 11 wins, 7 places and 5 shows.[2]

A 1910 Daily Racing Form article states that Day Star was sold after his racing career and stood at stud on a western farm, dying at the age of 18 years in 1893.[3]

Pedigree

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Pedigree of Day Star
Sire
Star Davis

1849

Glencoe I

1831

Sultan Selim
Bacchante
Trampoline Tramp
Web
Margaret Wood

1840

Priam Emilius
Cressida
Maria West Marion
Ella Crump
Dam
Squeeze-'em

1869

Lexington

1850

Boston Timoleon
Florizel Mare
Alice Carneal Sarpedon
Rowena
Skedaddle

1860

Yorkshire St. Nicholas
Miss Rose
Magnolia Glencoe I
Myrtle

References

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  1. ^ "Thoroughbred Champions -- Championing the Horse & the Sport". Archived from the original on 2009-04-14. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  2. ^ Chew, Peter, The Kentucky Derby: The First 100 Years, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1974
  3. ^ Daily Racing Form. "Careers of Kentucky Derby winners." May 19, 1910.[permanent dead link]