Pedigree

                                                                      Polar Falcon
                                        Passing Glance
                                                                      Spurned
Ellistrin Star
2017 bay mare
                                                                      Helissio
                                        Ellistrin Belle
                                                                      Hannah Park

The family

Ellistrin Star is the first foal of dual hurdles winner Ellistrin Belle who was also placed in a bumper. The dam also has a 2019 gelding by Clovis du Berlais and a 2021 filly by Frontiersman.
Ellistrin Belle is a daughter of the fine racemare Hannah Park who as well as winning 3 times on the flat in Germany when trained by Michael Bell, won a couple of handicap hurdles when trained by the late Peter Monteith.
Hannah Park has proved an even more successful as a broodmare and each of her progeny to see a racecourse has won, and all trained at Dodlands Steading. Her Kayf Tara gelding King Kalium won a handicap hurdle but the family star is most definitely Shades of Midnight. The latter gelding won 5 times for the yard and after leaving gained valuable black type for the family winning the Grade 2 Rendlesham Hurdle in 2019.
As well as Hannah Park, second dam Wassl This Then has produced another 2 winners, the sprinter De Tiger and flat winner/fair handicap hurdler Cat Five.
Wassl This Then herself was a dual flat winner over 1m 2f/1m 3f.

About the sire

Passing Glance (bay horse, born 1999) raced 27 times from 2 to 4 when trained by Ian Balding. A very smart miler, he won a Group 2 event in Germany at 3 and Epsom's Diomed Stakes at 4. A tall, leggy colt, he was a genuine front runner, rated at best by Timeform at 118 and won 7 races being placed 12 times.
Passing Glance retired to stand at the National Stud in 2005 but after just one season he moved to Pitchall Stud where he stood beside Midnight Legend for several years. Still owned by the Holmes family he moved nearby to Batsford Stud in 2017.
The son of Polar Falcon has developed into a useful National Hunt sire in recent seasons although he does have a Group 1 winner on the Flat to his credit in Side Glance who won the Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington in 2013.
He is the sire of over 70 individual Jumps winners with his best being Attaglance (Listed Hurdles winner), Fountains Windfall (Grade 3 hurdles winner) and 2021 Betfair Ascot Chase (Grade 1) winner Dashel Drasher.
His fee for 2022 was £3,000

Form Summary

Season 2022-23 outlook

Since joining Dodlands a couple of years back, "Bellini" has proved very much to be a stable favourite. Such a sweet filly and so nice to have around the yard.

Last season Ellistrin Star had a couple of outings for experience in bumpers but was perhaps a little bit disappointing in finishing down the field each time. She was probably a bit weak then but on her return to the yard after summer grass, Ellistrin Star does seem to have strengthened somewhat.

A neat filly, Ellistrin Star does have the pedigree to do well in the jumping game. She will be aimed for another bumper early on in the season, and we all hope she can do well.

Profile....

The dam of 'Bellini' - Ellistrin Belle - is owned by Ron & Eileen Smith having been bred by The Potassium Partnership, the syndicate who also acquired the dam Hannah Park post racing.

Ellistrin Belle was actually leased for racing to The Potassium Partnership for a couple of seasons, before we trained Ellistrin Belle for her owners Ron & Eileen Smith from the start of the 2014-15 season. And we were delighted to win a Sedgefield handicap hurdle in November 2015 and follow up with a win in the same race a year later.
The Smith's look after Hannah Park at their paddocks adjacent to their home on the outskirts of Hawick, so had capacity and kept Ellistrin Belle as a broodmare. She was sent to Passing Glance in 2016 and 'Bellini' is the resultant first foal.

Ellistrin Star was in training here at Dodlands for a few months in the Spring of the 2020-21 season. She also had a spell in the yard the previous year so she was well acquainted with the yard set up and morning routing. However a racecourse appearance was not planned that season but she continued working upsides the string in regular exercise.

Season		win	2nd	3rd	4th	other
2021-22	NH Flat					2
2022-23	Hurdles					3

Current Season Form

25 February 23 Newcastle : 2m 4½f novices hurdle (Class 3) good to soft 8 ran (Craig Nichol) - pulled up)

Waited with in rear, mistake 5th, struggling next, behind when pulled up before 3 out

6 February 23 Kelso : 2m 3½f novices hurdle (Class 4) good to soft 7 ran (Craig Nichol) - 7th (beaten 67l)

In touch till weakened 2 out

29 December 22 Kelso : 2m 6½f novices hurdle (Class 4) heavy 7 ran (Craig Nichol) - 6th (beaten 47l)

Raced in mid division, not always fluent, weakened after 3 out

Hurdling debut from Ellistrin Star, but she wasn't able to make any impression.

Previous Season Form

25 March 22 Ayr 1m 7½f NH Flat Race (Class 5) good 9 ran (C Nichol) - 9th (beaten 16l)

Prominent, tracked leader entering straight, soon ridden, not quicken and weakened final 2f

Having raced up close off a modest pace, Ellistrin Star just couldn't find that turn of pace in the final 2 furlongs.

15 February 22 Ayr 2m NH Flat Race (Class 3) heavy 12 ran (C Nichol) - 11th (beaten 39¼l)

Midfield, pushed along and dropped to rear over 3f out, soon struggling

Ellistrin Star was racing quite nicely in a prominent position but got crowded out into the bottom turn.
She'll benefit from this experience and is one for the future.