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THE AGA KHAN STUDS Success Breeds Success 2017 SEA THE STARS B.h. 2006 CAPE CROSS - URBAN SEA Size: 1m68 - 16.2 hh To stud in 2010 Stands at Gilltown Stud (Ireland) his was a fabulous triumph for Sea The Stars, who was “T siring a Derby winner from just his third crop. Overshadowed by the dazzling appearance of Frankel, Sea The Stars was the horse with everything and could do it over any trip and ground. To see him scale this height yesterday was tremendous, and Tesio’s piece of wood was struck again.” Alastair Down, Racing Post, 5th June 2016 1ST DAM URBAN SEA, Champion older mare in Europe in 1993, won 8 races in France from 2 to 5 years including Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Gr I, Prix d’Harcourt Gr II, Prix Exbury Gr III, Prix Gontaut-Biron Gr III, 2nd E P Taylor Stakes Gr II, Prince of Wales’s Stakes Gr II, SEA THE STARS Prix Minerve Gr III, 3rd Prix Ganay Gr I, Prix Vermeille Gr I. Dam of 8 winners: SEA THE STARS, see left. BORN TO SEA (2009 c. by Invincible Spirit), won 1 race at 2 years, Blenheim Stakes, L., placed 4 times including second in Irish Derby, Gr I, Royal Whip Stakes, Gr II and Killavullan Stakes, Gr III; sire. RACE RECORD GALILEO (1998 c. by Sadler’s Wells), Champion 3 year old in Europe in 2001, At 2 years won 6 races at 2 and 3 years including Derby Stakes Gr I, Irish Derby Gr I, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes Gr I; champion sire. Beresford Stakes GR II 1st MY TYPHOON (2002 f. by Giant’s Causeway), won 9 races in U.S.A. from 2 to 5 years including Diana Stakes Gr I, Ballston Spa Handicap Gr II, Jenny Wiley At 3 years Stakes Gr II, Mrs Revere Stakes Gr II, Just A Game Stakes Gr II, Mint Julep 2000 GUINEAS STAKES GR I 1st Handicap Gr III; dam of a winner. BLACK SAM BELLAMY (1999 c. by Sadler’s Wells), Champion 3 year old in Italy DERBY STAKES GR I 1st in 2002, won 3 races at 3 and 4 years including Gold Cup Gr I and Gran Premio ECLIPSE STAKES GR I 1st del Jockey Club Gr I; sire. INTERNATIONAL STAKES GR I 1st URBAN OCEAN (1996 c. by Bering), won 4 races from 2 to 4 years including Gallinule Stakes Gr III; sire. IRISH CHAMPION STAKES GR I 1st ALL TOO BEAUTIFUL (2001 f. by Sadler’s Wells), won 3 races at 3 and 4 years PRIX DE L’ARC DE TRIOMPHE GR I 1st including Middleton Stakes Gr III, 2nd Oaks Stakes Gr I; dam of 3 winners. VICTORY SONG (c. by Dansili), won 4 races including Coppa d’Ora di Milano, L., Premio di Lombardia L. WONDER OF WONDERS (f. by Kingmambo), won 2 races including Cheshire Oaks, L., 2nd Oaks Stakes Gr I, 3rd Irish Oaks Gr I, Yorkshire Oaks Gr I. Sparrow (f. by Oasis Dream), won 1 race, 3rd Ballyogan Stakes Gr III. MELIKAH (1997 f. by Lammtarra), won 1 race at 3 years, Pretty Polly Stakes, L., 2nd Irish Oaks Gr I, 3rd Oaks Stakes Gr I; dam of 8 winners. DANZIG MASTERSTROKE (c. by Monsun), won 4 races in France at 2 and 3 years GREEN DESERT including Grand Prix de Deauville Gr II, 3rd Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Gr I; sire. FOREIGN COURIER MOONLIGHT MAGIC (c. by Cape Cross), won 3 races at 2 and 3 years, 2016 CAPE CROSS AHONOORA including Derby Trial Stakes Gr III and Eyrefi eld Stakes, L., 3rd Royal Whip PARK APPEAL Stakes Gr III, 3rd Prix Daniel Wildenstein Gr II. BALIDARESS HIDDEN GOLD (f. by Shamardal), won 6 races at 3 years including River Eden SEA THE STARS Stakes, L., 2nd Lillie Langtry Stakes Gr III, 3rd Lonsdale Cup Gr II. VILLARRICA, 2 races at 3 years; dam of (g. by Dansili), MR PROSPECTOR won VANCOUVERITE MISWAKI won 6 races from 3 to 5 years including Prix Guillaume d’Ornano Gr II, Prix HOPESPRINGSETERNAL Pelleas L., 2nd Jebel Hatta Gr I. KHAWLAH (f. by Cape Cross), Top rated 3 URBAN SEA year old miler in U.A.E. in 2011, won 3 races at 2 and 3 years including UAE LOMBARD Derby Gr II and UAE Oaks Gr III, 3rd Oh So Sharp Stakes Gr III; ALLEGRETTA Cherry Hinton (2004 f. by Green Desert), placed 3 times at 3 years including 2nd ANATEVKA Blue Wind Stakes Gr III; dam of 3 winners. BRACELET (f. by Montjeu), won 4 races at 2 and 3 years including Irish Oaks Gr I, Ribblesdale Stakes Gr II and 1000 Guineas Trial Stakes Gr III. WADING (f. by Montjeu), won 2 races at 2 years including Rockfel Stakes Gr II. www.AgaKhanStuds.com/SeaTheStars 29 Zelzal, winner of the Gr I Prix Jean Prat in course-record time Gr II winner and multiple Gr I placed Mutakayyef Gr II winner and Gr I placed Endless Time Dual Derby winner Harzand SEA THE STARS BEST PERFORMERS NAME DAMSIRE BEST PERFORMANCE HARZAND 2013 c. XAAR Gr I Winner SEA THE MOON 2011 c. MONSUN Gr I Winner TAGHROODA 2011 f. SADLER’S WELLS Gr I Winner VAZIRA 2011 f. ZAFONIC Gr I Winner ZELZAL 2013 c. KINGMAMBO Gr I Winner CLOTH OF STARS 2013 c. KINGMAMBO Gr I Placed ENDLESS TIME 2012 f. FANTASTIC LIGHT Gr I Placed HADAATHA 2011 f. LINAMIX Gr I Placed MUTAKAYYEF 2011 g. PIVOTAL Gr I Placed MY TITANIA 2011 f. DANEHILL Gr I Placed SHAMKIYR 2011 g. DARSHAAN Gr I Placed STELLAR MASS 2012 c. DANEHILL Gr I Placed STORM THE STARS 2012 c. SADLER’S WELLS Gr I Placed ACROSS THE STARS 2013 c. MARK OF ESTEEM Gr II Winner MEKHTAAL 2013 c. SILVER HAWK Gr II Winner ALMELA 2012 f. DARSHAAN Gr II Placed ALMODOVAR 2012 g. SADLER’S WELLS Gr II Placed DALGARNO 2013 c. KINGMAMBO Gr II Placed MIGWAR 2012 c. KINGMAMBO Gr II Placed NIGHT OF LIGHT 2012 f. SUNDAY SILENCE Gr II Placed TASHAAR 2012 c. MONTJEU Gr II Placed ZARSHANA 2011 f. KAHYASI Gr II Placed TALL SHIP 2011 g. BARATHEA Gr II Placed ST MICHEL 2013 c. HERNANDO Gr II Placed AFTERNOON SUNLIGHT 2011 f. KRIS Gr III Winner ASTRONEREUS 2011 g. SURAKO Gr III Winner CASUAL SMILE 2011 f. RED RANSOM Gr III Winner QUASILLO 2012 c. ACATENANGO Gr III Winner STAR STORM 2012 c. STORM CAT Gr III Winner AL HARAM 2013 c. RAINBOW QUEST Gr III Placed ARMANDE 2013 f. VERGLAS Gr III Placed The green font denotes Stakes performers of 2016 A full list of Sea The Stars’ progeny’s best performances is available online SEA THE STARS KEY FACTS SEA THE STARS is the sire of fi ve Group I winners, including dual Derby winner in 2016 HARZAND, 5 Gr I record breaker ZELZAL, Champion Three-Year-Old Filly winners TAGHROODA and German Derby winner SEA THE MOON. He is also the sire of a total of 12 Group I performers. 31 He has sired 31 Stakes winners and a total of Stakes winners 54 Stakes performers in just three crops. SEA THE STARS has a lifetime ratio of 12.1% Stakes winners to runners, a fi gure only bettered by Dubawi at the 12,1% same stage of their career. Also, 20% of SEA THE STARS’ Stakes winners runners have performed at Stakes level, which represents one in fi ve horses. SEA THE STARS has a lifetime yearling sale average of €271,000 and they include a colt sold for 700,000 gns € 271,000 (€841,000) at Tattersalls October Yearling Sale average price Book 1 in 2016. 6 The number of consecutive Group 1s SEA THE STARS Group 1s won before being crowned Champion racehorse. All fi gures and statistics are up to 14th October 2016.