Star Appeal

Star Appeal ( * 1970, † 1987) was a Thoroughbred horse. He began his racing career in 1972 in Ireland. In Germany the following year he attracted attention as the winner in the price the city of Baden -Baden, still coached by Irish trainer John Oxx. In the same year Star Appeal had his first appearance in the Prix de l' Arc de Triomphe, which he ridden by Peter Alafi, with eighth place finished. Meanwhile, Star Appeal of stable Moritzberg, Waldemar Zeitelhack was sold for 60,000 DM to the contractor and the owner and got with Anton Pohl Kötter a new coach. Will be followed by victory in the Grand Prix of Baden economy in the years 1974 and 1975, the Gran Premio di Milano in 1975 and, finally, the legendary victory in the Prix de l' Arc de Triomphe in 1975 under Greville Starkey.

Although the television commentator Addi Furler said of the race before the start, " the Prix de l' Arc de Triomphe in 1975 will go down as the easiest to winning in the recent history ", since no current Derby winner would be at the start, but hit Star Appeal strong competitors such as Dahlia or Allez France. Until just before the end to Star Appeal was in the back and middle part of the field. Only when the horses were already some time on the goal line, Star Appeal put a phenomenal sprint one, which no competitor could resist and eventually won clearly with three lengths ahead of On My Way and Comtesse de Loir.

The French President Valéry Giscard d' Estaing had described the result of the race as a "victory for Europe", as a " drawn in Ireland and trained in Germany with an English horse jockey in Paris " won.

In the fall of 1975 ended Star Appeal his racing career and served in the following period as a breeding stallion in England. Among his descendants is one Kameiros II, winner of the St. Leger in 1985 and Prix of Europe 1987.

Star Appeal died on 25 December 1987.