Mare
Colour: Chestnut, race down face
Breed: Anglo-arab
Type: Polo and riding pony
Foaled: 1936
Height: September 1936, 12.2 hands 1/2 inch
Sire: Love Song
Dam: Asteroidel
ASTARTE Anglo Arab Stud Book (Volume IV p.38) MARES
ASTARTE
(2nd May 1936)
Chestnut, race down face, off hind fetlock white.
Sire : Love Song (T.B.) (G.S.B., Vol. 24 p.614) by Arthur’s Pride, out of Old Love
Dam : Asteroidel (Anglo-Arab) (Arab-bred Register 1929 & G.S.B., Vol. 26 p.41) by
Aldebaran (Arab) (A.H.S.B., Vol. 2 p.26 & G.S.B., Vol. 25 p.988), out of Arthur’s Belle
(T.B) (G.S.B., Vol. 26 p.41).
Astarte is entered in the GSB., Vol. 28 p.47
Breeder : Mrs J. Oscar Muntz ……
Owner : Lady Jones, North End, Rottingdean, Sussex
ASTARTE (chestnut) vol. 32, page 40 of the G.S.B
Bred by Mrs I Oscar Muntz, in 1936, got by Love Song, her dam Asteroidel (1925) by Aldebar (Aldebaran) Arab, out of Arthur’s Belle, by Arthur D.
1952 – ch. f. (Royal Straight Flush) by Grand Royal (Arab)
Had no thoroughbred produce prior to 1952
Produce:
1945 – Aristocrat bay filly by Saoud – bred by Lady James (Jones)
1952 – Royal Flush chestnut filly by Grand Royal – bred by the Marchioness of Willingdon (registered in GSB Vol.32 as Royal Straight Flush)
1953 – Royal Sceptre chestnut colt by Royal Diamond – bred by the Marchioness of Willingdon
1954 – Colt (died)
1954 – Covered by a Welsh pony
1955 – Unknown produce
1956 – Barren
1957 – Kilbees New Love chestnut filly by Oran – bred by the Marchioness of Willingdon
1958 – Destroyed at age 22
Supplement 1936 (to Volume 22 of The National Pony Society)
FILLIES
ASTARTE
Chestnut, race down face, off hind fetlock white. Foaled May 2nd 1936 Height 12-2 ½
Measured September, 1936
Owner and Breeder, Mrs J. Oscar Muntz ….
Sire : Love Song 1065, brown 14-2
Dam : 6184 Asteroidel, chestnut 14-1¼ by Aldebaran (Approved Stallion Register, p.18), chestnut 14-2
G.dam : 3390 Arthur’s Belle, chestnut, 14-2 by Arthur D. 593 bay 14-3 7/8
Volume 27 (of The National Pony Society) (information found on filing card)
10070 Astarte, chestnut : aged : sire Love Song 1065 : dam 6184 Asteroidel
Owner : The Marchioness of Willingdon
Destroyed Autumn 1958
It looks as though Astarte was at Foxhams until 1940 at least, perhaps longer, and was then sold to Lady Jones, (James).
From 1940 until 1945 it is difficult to know how Astarte passed the war years, but survive she did and in 1945 gave birth to a foal called Aristocrat.
From 1945 to 1952 she may have been ridden in “shows,” or alternatively she may have had a couple more foals.
However we know she then became the property of The Marchioness of Willingdon, (Lady Jones/James ?) and in 1952 had a foal Royal Flush, Royal Sceptre in 1953 and Kilbees New Love in 1957.
We know she was destroyed in 1958 at the age of 22 years still the property of The Marchioness of Willingdon.