Star Appeal was an Irish

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-bred Thoroughbred

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 who became the only German

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-trained racehorse ever to win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is a Group 1 flat horse race in France which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 2,400 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year, usually on the first Sunday in October.Popularly referred to as the...

. He was initially raced in Ireland

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, where his first trainer was John Oxx

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. He then moved to Germany where he achieved success with his third trainer, Theo Grieper.

Star Appeal was a horse who campaigned in major races at home and across Europe. Among Star Appeal's wins were back-to-back editions of the Grosser Preis der Badischen Wirtschaft and the Frankfurt Pokal

Hessen-Pokal

The Hessen-Pokal is a Group 3 flat horse race in Germany which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Frankfurt over a distance of 2,000 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in November....

 in Germany, Italy's Premio Carlo d'Alessio

Premio Carlo d'Alessio

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 and Premio Carlo d'Alessio

Premio Carlo d'Alessio

The Premio Carlo d'Alessio is a Group 3 flat horse race in Italy open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at Capannelle over a distance of 2,400 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in May....

, England's Eclipse Stakes

Eclipse Stakes

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 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/racing-boreal-looks-an-authentic-king-george-contender-649035.html, and the most important win of his career at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris

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, France

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, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is a Group 1 flat horse race in France which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 2,400 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year, usually on the first Sunday in October.Popularly referred to as the...

. Ridden by Greville Starkey

Greville Starkey

Greville Starkey was an English jockey who rode almost 2,000 winners during a 33-year career on the flat.Starkey scaled the heights of his profession during his 33-year career in which he rode 1,989 winners on the Flat...

, he won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at odds of 118:1, defeating a large field which included the great Dahlia

Dahlia (horse)

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 and Allez France

Allez France

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. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WdoiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zswFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4794,2752777&dq=star+appeal&hl=en For his 1975 performances, Star Appeal was rated the 1975 European Horse of the Year

European Horse of the Year

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.

Retired from racing following a fifth-place finish to Nobiliary in the Washington, D.C. International Stakes at Laurel Park Racecourse in the United States, http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IAsUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BYsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1983,1329473&dq=star+appeal+washington&hl=en Star Appeal served stallion

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 duty at the English National Stud. He sired such good runners as Kamiros II, Madam Gay, and Star Way.

Star Appeal died at age seventeen on Christmas Day, 1987.