Sea the Stars

Sea The Stars
SireCape Cross
GrandsireGreen Desert
DamUrban Sea
DamsireMiswaki
SexStallion
Foaled (2006-04-06) 6 April 2006 (age 18)
CountryIreland
ColourBay
BreederSunderland Holdings Ltd
OwnerChristopher Tsui[1]
TrainerJohn Oxx
Record9: 8-0-0
Earnings£4,416,708
Major wins
Beresford Stakes (2008)
2000 Guineas (2009)
Epsom Derby (2009)
Eclipse Stakes (2009)
International Stakes (2009)
Irish Champion Stakes (2009)
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (2009)
Awards
European Champion 3-Y-O Colt (2009)
European Horse of the Year (2009)
AHT Duralock Racing Award (2009)
ROA Champion 3-Y-O Colt (2009)
ROA Horse of the Year (2009)
HRI Horse of the Year (2009)
ITBA Champion 3-Y-O Colt (2009)
1st in World Thoroughbred Rankings (2009)
Timeform rating: 140
British Champions Series Hall of Fame (2023)

Sea The Stars (foaled 6 April 2006) is a retired champion Irish Thoroughbred racehorse regarded as one of the greatest racehorses of all time.[2] He won the 2000 Guineas, the Derby, the Eclipse Stakes – the first colt to accomplish this treble since 1989 champion Nashwan – the International Stakes, the Irish Champion Stakes and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in the same year. Sea The Stars is also a successful sire. His progeny have won classic races including the Derby, Irish Derby, and the Oaks.[1]

  1. ^ "Sea The Stars Official Website".
  2. ^ "Sea The Stars 'an all-time great'". BBC Sport. 5 October 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2010.