Starsong

The wins have come elsewhere, and the most recent arrived at Brighton on 29 September 2025 — eight months ago now. Before that, the career started promisingly enough with a first win at Newcastle back in October 2022. Six wins across three years suggests a horse that finds its moments, even if those moments are becoming harder to come by. The last six races have produced a second and a third among the results, so Starsong is still knocking on the door — just not breaking through.

At seven years old, Starsong is in the prime years of a racehorse's career, and it remains active, having raced just yesterday. That kind of consistency — showing up, running competitively, placing — is actually what most racehorses at this level spend their whole careers doing. The 21 places alongside those 6 wins mean Starsong has finished in the top three in nearly half its races overall. That is a horse earning its keep.

The operation behind Starsong is Michael Appleby's yard in Oakham, Rutland, which has had a productive season by any measure — 79 winners sent out this term alone. Frederick Larson is the jockey most associated with Starsong, having ridden it 10 times for 1 win together, a rate of roughly 1 in every 10 rides. The partnership has not caught fire yet, but both horse and rider keep returning to the job. Whether Starsong can find that breakthrough win at the level it races most often remains the interesting question hanging over its story.