Colstar (foaled 1996 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. Sired by the 1991 Breeders' Cup Mile winner, Opening Verse, she was out of the mare Ascend, a daughter of Preakness and Belmont Stakes winner, Risen Star.
| Colstar | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Opening Verse |
| Grandsire | The Minstrel |
| Dam | Ascend |
| Damsire | Risen Star |
| Sex | Filly |
| Foaled | 1996 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Beverley R. Steinman |
| Owner | Beverley R. Steinman |
| Record | 18: 11-2-1 |
| Earnings | $1,053,056 |
| Major wins | |
| Martha Washington Stakes (1999) Gallorette Handicap (2000) Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes (2000) Locust Grove Handicap (2000, 2001) All Along Stakes (2001) | |
| Last updated on October 8, 2007 | |
Racing in Maryland, Colstar's first important win came in 1999, in the Grade III Martha Washington Stakes, following by a win the next year in the Gallorette Handicap. Her other racing successes includes back-to-back wins in the Locust Grove Handicap at Churchill Downs and the Grade I Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes at Belmont Park.
Retired to broodmare duty, Colstar has produced four unraced offspring to date.