Sea Hero
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| Sea Hero | ||
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| Sire: | Polish Navy | |
| Grandsire: | Danzig | |
| Dam: | Glowing Tribute | |
| Damsire: | Graustark | |
| Sex: | Stallion | |
| Foaled: | 1990 | |
| Country: | USA | |
| Colour: | Bay | |
| Breeder: | Paul Mellon | |
| Owner: | Rokeby Stables Turkish National Stud (stud duty) |
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| Trainer: | Mack Miller | |
| Record: | 24: 6-3-4 | |
| Earnings: | $2,929,869 | |
| Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards | ||
| Major Racing Wins | ||
| Champagne Stakes (1992) Kentucky Derby (1993) Travers Stakes (1993) |
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| Honours | ||
| Life-size statue at Saratoga Race Course Sea Hero Road, Frankfort, Kentucky |
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Infobox last updated on: October 3, 2006. |
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Sea Hero is an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse. He won the 1993 Kentucky Derby as an almost 13:1 longshot. It marked the first Derby win for jockey Jerry Bailey and for 71-year-old trainer Mack Miller. It was also the first Derby win for Rokeby Stables' 85-year-old owner Paul Mellon who became the only person to ever win the Kentucky Derby, the Epsom Derby, and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, having captured the latter two with Mill Reef in 1971.
Sea Hero was retired after racing at age 4 without scoring a major win. After standing at stud in the U.S., in 1993 he was sold to the Turkish National Stud in Turkey.
In the paddock at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York, and circled by the saddled horses going to post for each and every race, stands a bronze statue of Sea Hero.
