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Sea Hero
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Statue of Sea Hero at Saratoga Race Course
SirePolish Navy
GrandsireDanzig
DamGlowing Tribute
DamsireGraustark
SexStallion
FoaledMarch 3, 1990
DiedJuly 2019 (age 29)
CountryUnited States
ColourBay
BreederPaul Mellon
OwnerRokeby Stables. Silks: Dark Gray, Yellow Braid, Sleeves and Cap.
TrainerMacKenzie Miller
Record24: 6-3-4
Earnings$2,929,869[1]
Major wins
Champagne Stakes (1992)
Travers Stakes (1993) American Classic Race wins:
Kentucky Derby (1993)
Honours
Life-size statue at Saratoga Race Course
Sea Hero Road, Frankfort, Kentucky
Sea Hero Court in Napa, California
Bronze statue at National Sporting Library
Last updated on December 9, 2007

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Sea Hero (foaled March 4, 1990 – July 12, 2019) was an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1993 Kentucky Derby and Travers Stakes. Beginning in 2011, Sea Hero was the oldest living winner of the Kentucky Derby until his death in 2019.[2]

Background

Sea Hero was bred in Virginia by Paul Mellon and raced for Mellon's Rokeby Stables. Sea Hero was by Polish Navy, who was a good racehorse but otherwise a disappointment as a sire.[3] Sea Hero's dam was Glowing Tribute, who descended from one of the most distinguished thoroughbred families in North America – that of La Troienne. Glowing Tribute was named Kentucky Broodmare of the Year in 1993 after she had produced not only Sea Hero but graded stakes winners Hero's Honor, Wild Applause and Glowing Honor.[2]

In 1992, Mellon, then aged 84, started dispersing most of his stock but kept Sea Hero, who was in training with MacKenzie Miller.[2] Sea Hero was considered somewhat temperamental and had a habit of getting his tongue over the bit, forcing Miller to experiment with different equipment.[4]

Racing career

Sea Hero made his racing debut on July 13, 1992, in a maiden special weight race at Belmont Park, in which he finished fourth. He did not win his first race until September 7 in what was his fourth start, racing over 1 mile on the turf. He next won an allowance race on the turf then switched to dirt to win the Grade I Champagne Stakes. He finished the year with a seventh-place finish in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile.[1]

At the start of his three-year-old campaign, Sea Hero was winless in his first three starts.[1] His best result was a fourth-place finish in the Blue Grass Stakes to Prairie Bayou, who then became the lukewarm favorite for the Kentucky Derby. Sea Hero entered the Derby as a 13-1 longshot and pulled off the upset by Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.2+1⁄2 lengths over Prairie Bayou.[5] It marked the first Derby win for jockey Jerry Bailey and for 71-year-old trainer Miller. It was also the first Derby win for Mellon, who became the only person to ever win the Kentucky Derby, The Derby, and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, having captured the latter two with Mill Reef in 1971.[2]

Following his Derby win, Sea Hero finished fifth in the Preakness and seventh in the Belmont but still earned a $1 million bonus for leading the Triple Crown points standings after Prairie Bayou's breakdown in the Belmont. He then finished fourth in the Jim Dandy Stakes, thus entering the Travers with a three-race losing streak.[6]

In the $1 million Travers Stakes, Sea Hero displayed an "uncanny sense of timing" by reverting to his form in the Kentucky Derby. He tracked behind the early pace, then angled wide to get running room. In the stretch, he sprinted to the lead for a two-length win over Kissin Kris, with Belmont Stakes winner Colonial Affair in fourth. Sea Hero became the first Derby winner to also win the Travers since Shut Out in 1942. It was the fifth Travers win for Rokeby Stable.[6]

Sea Hero then shipped to Woodbine racetrack for the Molson Export Million, where he finished third to Canadian Triple Crown winner Peteski.[7] He finished second in the Eclipse Award balloting for Champion three-year-old to Prairie Bayou, who had been more consistent in his brief career.[8]

At age four, Sea Hero had one win from eight starts, plus a second-place finish in the Bowling Green Handicap on the turf.[1]

Race statistics

Date Track Race Grade Distance Finish Time
7/13/1992 Belmont Park Maiden Special Weight Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.5+1⁄2 furlongs 4
8/2/1992 Saratoga Maiden Special Weight 6 furlongs 5
8/21/1992 Saratoga Maiden Special Weight 7 furlongs 2
9/7/1992 Belmont Park Maiden Special Weight (turf) 1 mile 1 1:35.42
9/21/1992 Belmont Park Allowance (turf) 1 mile 1 1:34.60
10/10/1992 Belmont Park Champagne Stakes I 1 mile 1 1:34.87
10/31/1992 Belmont Park Breeders' Cup Juvenile I Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles 7
2/7/1993 Gulfstream Park Palm Beach Stakes III Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles 9
2/25/1993 Gulfstream Park Allowance Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles 3
4/10/1993 Keeneland Blue Grass Stakes II Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄8 miles 4
5/1/1993 Churchill Downs Kentucky Derby I Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄4 miles 1 2:02.42
5/15/1993 Pimlico Preakness Stakes I Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+3⁄16 miles 5
6/5/1993 Belmont Park Belmont Stakes I Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄2 miles 7
8/1/1993 Saratoga Jim Dandy Stakes II Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄8 miles 4
8/21/1993 Saratoga Race Course Travers Stakes I Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄4 miles 1 2:01.95
9/19/1993 Woodbine Molson Export Million II Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄8 miles 3
5/17/1994 Belmont Park Allowance 7 furlongs 1 1:22.79
5/30/1994 Belmont Park Allowance (turf) Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles 2
6/18/1994 Belmont Park Brooklyn Handicap II Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄8 miles 3
7/2/1994 Belmont Park Bowling Green Handicap IIT Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄8 miles 2
7/30/1994 Saratoga Sword Dancer Invitational IT Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄2 miles 7
8/20/1994 Saratoga Handicap (turf) Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄8 miles 3
9/3/1994 Belmont Park Belmont Breeders' Cup Handicap IIIT Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄16 miles 5
10/15/1994 Keeneland Fayette Stakes IIT Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1+1⁄8 miles 5

Retirement and stud career

Sea Hero was retired to stud at Lane's End Farm in 1995 but was considered a disappointment. Sea Hero did not sire a stakes winner until his second-crop became of racing age.[9] In 1999, he was sold to Karacabey Pension Stud in Izmit, Turkey[4] where he had better results, becoming the seventh all-time leading sire in Turkey by progeny earnings.[10] He was a top 10 stallion for many years, ranking as high as #3 in 2007. He is the sire of fifteen stakes winners and has also proved a successful broodmare sire.[2] Sea Hero was pensioned from stud duty in 2015.

According to statistics from the Jockey Club of Turkey, Sea Hero's progeny won 730 races and placed another 1,653 times in that country, amassing total earnings of 32,890,013 lira ($5,750,160). His lifetime progeny earnings worldwide total $19,165,928. Sea Hero sired 15 black-type winners and 23 black-type-placed runners, including two champions – one in Turkey and one in the Dominican Republic.[9]

Top progeny

United States

Turkey

  • Confidence - Won Caldiran Stakes (TURK - G1)
  • Aeneas - Won Buyuk Taaruz Stakes (TUR - G2)
  • Big Trouble - Won Uzunyayla Stakes (TUR - G3), F.L. Karaosmanoðlu (TUR - G3)
  • Akdeniz Atesi - Won Büyük Taarruz Stakes (TUR - G3), Sait Akson (TUR - G3); finished second in 2010 Gazi Derby

Honors

A bronze statue of Sea Hero stands in the paddock at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. In 2015, another statue by Tessa Pullan was installed at the National Sporting Library & Museum in Middleburg, Virginia. Sea Hero Road in Frankfort, Kentucky, is named for the horse, as is Sea Hero Court in Napa, California.[2] Sea Hero Place in Austin, Texas, is also named for the Kentucky Derby winner.

Death

Sea Hero died in July 2019 in Turkey at the age of 29, where he had lived since 1999. His death was attributed to infirmities of old age.[11] At the time of his death, he had held the title of oldest living Kentucky Derby winner for 8 years.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Sea Hero, bay horse, 1990[12]
Sire
Polish Navy
1984 		Danzig
1977 		Northern Dancer (CAN) Nearctic
Natalma
Pas de Nom Admiral's Voyage
Petitioner
Navsup
1966 		Tatan The Yuvaraj (GB)
Valkyrie (GB)
Busanda War Admiral
Businesslike
Dam
Glowing Tribute
1973 		Graustark
1963 		Ribot Tenerani
Romanella
Flower Bowl Alibhai
Flower Bed
Admiring
1962 		Hail to Reason Turn-to
Nothirdchance
Searching War Admiral
Big Hurry (family: 1-x)

Sea Hero is inbred 4 × 4 to War Admiral, meaning War Admiral appears twice in the fourth generation of Sea Hero's pedigree. He is also inbred 5 × 5 to La Troienne through her daughters Businesslike and Big Hurry.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Horse Profile: Sea Hero". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Avalyn Hunter. "Sea Hero (horse)". American Classic Pedigrees. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Avalyn Hunter. "Polish Navy (horse)". American Classic Pedigrees. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  4. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Beauchamp, Juliette (4 March 2016). "This Week in Horse History - Sea Hero". Horse Talk Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rees, Jennie. "Derby countdown - Sea Hero, 1993". courier-journal.com. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  6. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Durso, Joseph (22 August 1993). "Sea Hero Turns the Travers Into a Rerun of Kentucky Derby". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Christine, Bill (20 September 1993). "Peteski Wins Again, in Woodbine Million : Horse racing: He defeats Sea Hero, Colonial Affair, further muddying the 3-year-old picture". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Durso, Joseph (21 January 1994). "Eclipse Winners: Now They're Off for Horse of the Year". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  9. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Oldest Living Derby Winner Sea Hero Dies at 29". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.MacDonald, Michele. "Victory Gallop: A Star In Growing Turkish Industry". cs.bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."We Lost Our Stallion Sea Hero". The Jockey Club of Turkey. 2019. Archived from the original on July 11, 2019. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sea Hero's Pedigree". www.equineline.com. Retrieved 5 August 2016.

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