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Joliestar

Zoustar × Jolie Bay

Joliestar is an Australian Thoroughbred mare by Zoustar out of Jolie Bay, purchased by Sir Brendan and Lady Jo Lindsay to race in Cambridge Stud’s colours and trained by Chris Waller. Her Group 1 achievements began in the 2023 Thousand Guineas, followed by the 2025 Newmarket Handicap and Kingsford Smith Cup. In autumn 2026 she completed an Expressway, Canterbury and T.J. Smith Stakes sequence. The T.J. Smith victory supplies direct evidence over 1,200 metres at Randwick. Her broader career is valuable context, but an Everest assessment should emphasise sprint performance, recent preparation and access to a suitable run.

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Archive footage: Joliestar in the 2025 Everest

Record and achievements

#Achievement and record
12023 Thousand Guineas — winner, Group 1.
22025 Newmarket Handicap — winner, Group 1.
32025 Kingsford Smith Cup — winner, Group 1.
42026 Canterbury Stakes — winner, Group 1.
52026 T.J. Smith Stakes — winner, Group 1, Randwick, 1,200 metres.

Lineage

Zoustar

Zoustar is by Northern Meteor out of Zouzou. He won the Group 1 Golden Rose and Coolmore Stud Stakes and became Australia’s champion sire in 2024/25. His offspring include Joliestar. Combining personal sprinting performance with a breeding premiership establishes documented stallion value without guaranteeing an offspring’s finishing position.

Jolie Bay

Jolie Bay, a daughter of Fastnet Rock, won the Group 2 Roman Consul Stakes and finished second in the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes. Widden’s 2026 report records six winners from her, headed by Joliestar alongside stakes-placed God Of Thunder and Emperor. She is a full sister to Merchant Navy, providing documented racing and production evidence for the family.

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