Sale-Topping Sister to Sea The Moon Wins on Debut
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Sea The Sky in the ring at the 2020 BBAG September Yearling Sale
Sea The Sky has plenty to live up to being a full sister to IDEE Deutsches Derby (G1) winner and excellent young sire Sea The Moon , but the 2-year-old made an impressive start when winning in cozy fashion Nov. 2 at Chantilly.
Bred by Gestut Gorlsdorf, Sea The Sky sold to Gestut Ammerland for €820,000 (US$971,850) at last year's BBAG September Yearling Sale, equaling the record for the sale set the previous year by another daughter of Gilltown Stud superstar Sea The Stars .
The Andre Fabre-trained youngster is the sixth foal out of the unraced Monsun mare Sanwa, who is, in turn, a full sister to German Derby winners Samum in 2000 and Schiaparelli of 2006 as well as 2002 German Oaks (G1) winner Salve Regina .
Facing nine rivals on her debut over a mile on the polytrack at Chantilly, and ridden by Maxime Guyon, Sea The Sky raced in midfield and was among those niggled early in the home straight. However, the filly knuckled down really well, showing a good attitude, and a bit of zip too to get to the front before being geared down by her rider.
She beat Al Wukair 's daughter La Mehana by three-quarters of a length, but was value for a bit more, while Shadwell and Godolphin supplied the third and fourth, Tahasun and Pulcheria, in what might have been a reasonable race.
Sea The Moon also won on his sole start at 2 years old, before two group race wins the following year and then a bloodless 11-length triumph in the German classic.
He retired to Lanwades Stud at the end of his 3-year-old year following a second to Ivanhowe in the Longines Grosser Preis von Baden (G1) and stands for a career-high fee of £22,500.
Sea The Moon at Lanwades Stud
The 10-year-old has made a good start to his second career, having sired nine individual group winners, and eight stakes scorers from 33 stakes performers overall.
These include the Niarchos family's hugely talented 2020 Coronation Stakes (G1) heroine Alpine Star , this season's Prix Eugene Adam (G2) scorer Pretty Tiger , and two German group 2 winners in Quest the Moon and Wonderful Moon .
Sea The Moon and Sea The Sky are half siblings to Sansiwa, a stakes-placed daughter of Dansili, while their dam produced a filly by Frankel this season. Sanwa returned to Sea The Stars earlier this year.