What ridiculous hype from people who were were desperate for an " I was there" moment. This was nothing more than a workmanlike performance. Only a couple of years later we witnessed a true Derby great in Pour Moi.
Sea The Stars had a quality about him that's pretty rare to see in 3yr.old's. When it came to race, he was completely focused on the task at hand, and all business. Quite often, good horses don't really develop that quality to the kind of level that Sea The Stars had it until they're older. Always thought that was a huge plus for him. Especially in his races against older horses.
Thanks so much for posting this race. I'm a huge Sea The Stars fan but living in the US only discovered him as he was on the verge or retirement (I saw him win the Arc). I do wish that our great horses ran as 4yos.
By "our" do you mean great horses in the US or Europe? In either case the risk would be of seeing a great horse go on as a four year old and lose, thereby greatly reducing its value at stud. Some greats have stayed on, though, and have won successive Arcs as a result. Ribot and Alleged immediately come to mind, but I am sure there are others.
@Czerniakowska Apart from the owners, who cares about the stud value?! The problem flat racing has is that just as a horse is becoming recognised it disappears solely for commerical breeding considerations. That's why national hunt racing is more popular in the uk where horses build up a following year after year. Sea the Stars was gone before a lot of people (those outside of avid race followers) knew he'd arrived.
Winning the 2000, Derby and Arc surely constitutes some kind of 'arrival'? Breeding is much less of a factor when it comes to the jumpers and NH races aren't age-restricted. The winner of an English classic can't go on and win them again the following year. What's done is done and with few exceptions (the Arc, KGV1 & QE, etc.) can't be repeated. It would of course have been nice to have seen Dancing Brave have a second shot at the Derby (minus Starkey) but that wasn't possible.
What ridiculous hype from people who were were desperate for an " I was there" moment. This was nothing more than a workmanlike performance. Only a couple of years later we witnessed a true Derby great in Pour Moi.
jet9491 1 week ago
Sea The Stars had a quality about him that's pretty rare to see in 3yr.old's. When it came to race, he was completely focused on the task at hand, and all business. Quite often, good horses don't really develop that quality to the kind of level that Sea The Stars had it until they're older. Always thought that was a huge plus for him. Especially in his races against older horses.
GBeret83 2 weeks ago
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destandeviren 4 months ago
Best horse I have ever seen
Markhitman07 5 months ago
Sea The Stars is certainly a great champion in its own right. One of my favourite Derby moments.
uhegbu 8 months ago 4
Thanks so much for posting this race. I'm a huge Sea The Stars fan but living in the US only discovered him as he was on the verge or retirement (I saw him win the Arc). I do wish that our great horses ran as 4yos.
tallyho96 1 year ago
@tallyho96
By "our" do you mean great horses in the US or Europe? In either case the risk would be of seeing a great horse go on as a four year old and lose, thereby greatly reducing its value at stud. Some greats have stayed on, though, and have won successive Arcs as a result. Ribot and Alleged immediately come to mind, but I am sure there are others.
Czerniakowska 9 months ago
@Czerniakowska Apart from the owners, who cares about the stud value?! The problem flat racing has is that just as a horse is becoming recognised it disappears solely for commerical breeding considerations. That's why national hunt racing is more popular in the uk where horses build up a following year after year. Sea the Stars was gone before a lot of people (those outside of avid race followers) knew he'd arrived.
laggardz 9 months ago
@laggardz
Winning the 2000, Derby and Arc surely constitutes some kind of 'arrival'? Breeding is much less of a factor when it comes to the jumpers and NH races aren't age-restricted. The winner of an English classic can't go on and win them again the following year. What's done is done and with few exceptions (the Arc, KGV1 & QE, etc.) can't be repeated. It would of course have been nice to have seen Dancing Brave have a second shot at the Derby (minus Starkey) but that wasn't possible.
Czerniakowska 9 months ago