Sea o'Erin Stakes

The Sea o'Erin Stakes was American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early September at Arlington Park racetrack in Arlington Heights, Illinois. A Grade III event open to horses age three and older, it was contested on turf over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs).

Sea o'Erin Stakes
Discontinued Grade 3 stakes race
LocationArlington Park
Arlington Heights, Illinois,
United States
Inaugurated1980
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Websitewww.arlingtonpark.com
Race information
Distance1 mile (8 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds & up
WeightAssigned
PurseUS$100,000

Inaugurated in 1980 as the Sea o'Erin Handicap, the race was run at various distances:

  • 1 18 miles : 1980, 1987
  • 1 116 miles : 1981–1985

Due to heavy rains, the 1996 race was switched from the turf course to the main dirt track.

There was no race run in 1986, 1988, 1995, and 1997–2000.

Records

Speed record:

  • 1:34.93 – First And Only (1994)

Most wins:

  • No horse has won this race more than once.

Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 – Team Block (2002, 2005)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 2 – Chris M. Block (2002, 2005)

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2012 Nikki's Sandcastle 5 Diego Sanchez David Kassen Richard Sherman 1:43.38
2010 - 2011 Race not held
2009 Public Speaker 4 Junior Alvarado Dale Bennett Peter J. Kalahalios 1:35.04
2008 Karelian 6 James Graham George R. Arnold II Richard Masson 1:36.37
2007 Spotsgone 4 Earlie Fires William Fires Robert Yagos 1:38.10
2006 Therecomesatiger 4 Mark Guidry Thomas F. Proctor Charles R. Patton 1:37.15
2005 Fort Prado 4 Eddie Razo Jr. Chris M. Block Team Block 1:36.18
2004 Herculated 4 Carlos H. Marquez Jr. Mike Stidham Oak Crest Farm 1:36.48
2003 Rock Slide 5 Robby Albarado Neil J. Howard W. Farish/ J. Elkins/ W.T. Webber Jr. 1:35.85
2002 Mystery Giver 4 René Douglas Chris M. Block Team Block 1:38.17
2001 Intern 5 Eddie Martin Jr. Louie Roussel III Louie Roussel III 1:35.73
1997 - 2001 Race not held
1996 Jambalaya Jazz 4 Aaron Gryder John T. Ward Jr. John C. Oxley 1:36.57
1995 Race not held
1994 First And Only 7 Aaron Gryder Walter Bindner Jr. Mason C. Rudd 1:34.93
1993 Journalism 5 Shane Sellers Wallace Dollase Richard Stephen 1:36.35
1992 Lotus Pool 5 Charles Woods Jr. Burke Kessinger Jr. Yoshiki Akazawa 1:35.12
1991 Roscius 4 Francisco Torres Harvey L. Vanier Nancy Vanier & Dr. Louis Aitken 1:37.64
1990 Charlie Barley 4 Robin Platts Grant Pearce King Caledon Farms 1:36.60
1989 Set a Record 5 Patrick Johnson Steven Penrod Hermitage Farm 1:37.20
1988 Race not held
1987 New Colony 4 Heriberto Valdivieso Charlie Stutts Sonny Lou Stable 1:48.80
1986 Race not held
1985 Sari's Baba 5 Brent Bullard N. Calvin Moore N. Calvin Moore 1:43.00
1984 Jack Slade 4 Gerland Gallitano David Kassen Andrew Adams 1:42.40
1983 Dom Cimarosa 4 Juvenal Diaz J. Bert Sonnier Charles E. Schmidt Jr. 1:44.20
1982 Parcel 4 Michael R. Morgan Carl Nafzger Tartan Stable 1:43.40
1981 Summer Advocate 4 Pat Day Mike Ball Don Ball 1:47.60
1980 Rossi Gold 4 Pat Day Ray Lawrence Jr. Leslie Combs II & Frank McMahon 1:52.20

References

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