Sea The Stars Retired

[Risen Star]

Enjoy your well-earned retirement...

http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-ra ... /standard/

I'm not at all surprised and good for Sea The Stars. He has nothing left to prove.

I've also had a hunch for some time and now more than ever that Zenyatta will contest the BC Classic. Hope I'm right.

Well I was wrong about Sea The Stars being a factor in the connections' decision to send Zenyatta to the Classic. Just read a report by Jay Privman of Daily Racing Form, which also provides the link to Sea The Stars' PPs at the bottom. He carried top weight of 127 as a two-year-old.

http://www.drf.com/news/article/108053.html

[PrivateSmiles]

100s of mares are bred to the same stallions each year, so storm cat has sired 100s of half brothers.

And half-sisters. Yep, that is exactly right. Kinda' Bibilical, in a way, what with all those fellas who had inumerable wives, who had inumerable offspring, who were then all half-siblings.

DNA is DNA, it is immutable.

[DegenerationX]

Sea the Stars owners obviously a bunch of 's . I hope Zenyatta wins the BC Classic.

[Hollywoodmike]

Zenyatta will have to deal with Rip Van Winkle and Summer Bird in the BC Classic, not Anabaa's Creation and Lethal Heat. Rip Van Winkle is the horse
to beat now that Sea of Stars is retired.

[Dgstan]

Zenyatta will have to deal with Rip Van Winkle and Summer Bird in the BC Classic, not Anabaa's Creation and Lethal Heat. Rip Van Winkle is the horse
to beat now that Sea of Stars is retired.

I don't know. Barry may run Lethal Heat in here as well.

[Spiketoo]

From todays RP:

What stud will Sea The Stars retire to?
Paddy Power:4-6 Irish National Stud, 2 owner's stud, 5-2 any Sheikh Mohammed stud, 25 Coolmore Stud, Aga Khan Stud Gilltown, 1,000 The Playboy Mansion (real), (10,000 WNBA <---- my book).

What will Sea The Stars's stud fee be?
William Hill: 6-4 between €90,000 and €110,000, 7-4 over €110,000, 2 under €90,000.

[Bob B]

I'll take the Irish National Stud and under $90k parlay, Spike.

[Spiketoo]

Actually Bob, that's under $133K US at current conversion rates.

I'll take the tweener in the $150K range.

[ScrapingThePaint]

Zenyatta will have to deal with Rip Van Winkle and Summer Bird in the BC Classic, not Anabaa's Creation and Lethal Heat. Rip Van Winkle is the horse
to beat now that Sea of Stars is retired.

That's an interesting point. I had read that Rip Van Winkle's connections were considering the Turf or the Classic.

I wonder how many European horses might be entered for the 1 1/4 mile Classic instead of the 1 1/2 mile Turf now that Sea The Stars is not going to run. I get the feeling that the Europeans might see Santa Anita's hard turf course and the ProRide track as almost equivalent surfaces.

[Joel]

Zenyatta will have to deal with Rip Van Winkle and Summer Bird in the BC Classic, not Anabaa's Creation and Lethal Heat. Rip Van Winkle is the horse
to beat now that Sea of Stars is retired.

I thought Rip Van Winkle was entirely UNimpressive in his last race. Looks like another Lammtara or Galileo..puteminacan in the Classic..PASS.

If either Summer Bird or Zenyatta win the BC Classic, they should win Horse of the Year..if not, then Rachel will "back into it" just like Mineshaft did in 2003..