Born To Sea was bred to be an outstanding racehorse and was billed up to be the next best thing after the exploits of his half brother Sea The Stars. Born To Sea was by Champion sire Invincible Spirit a son of Green Desert, he was very similarly bred to his outstanding half brother Sea The Stars. Born To Sea is of course out of broodmare legend Urban Sea.
Born To Sea was born the year his half brother hit super stardom although sadly just minutes after he was foaled Urban Sea died from complications so he was raised with a foster mare.Born To Sea was the most expensive foal in the world with his estimated worth being valued at over E2million, his sire Invincible Spirit had proved himself to be an outstanding sire of precocious sprinters.
Born To Sea like his half brother was sent into the care of John Oxx who stated he was "more precocious then his half brother". Born To Sea made his eagerly awaited debut in the Listed Blenheim Stakes at the Curragh, despite showing greeness he displayed a brilliant turn of foot to get off the mark on his first start. After his debut Born To Sea was expected to take over the mantle from Sea The Stars but that Listed win would prove to be his only win from eight starts, on just his second start in the Group three Killavullen Stakes he failed to collar in Nephrite though after the race it was announced he had suffered an injury after just two starts at two Born To Sea was put away for a campaign at the spring classics the following season.
Born To Sea's classic season was quite frustrating in the two thousand guineas he pulled so hard for his head that he came in 12th of 18 runners giving himself no chance, his next outing the Irish two thousand guineas at the Curragh he finished 5th to Power showing a great turn of foot in the late stages of the race to snatch that place. Born To Sea put up one of his two career best performances when again in the St James Palace stakes he was beaten into fourth by just under two lengths to the winner Most Improved, his finest effort came in the Irish Derby when he managed to silenced the doubts about his stamina when just beaten by two lengths by Camelot, stepping up to ten furlongs in his last two ever starts Born To Sea was placed behind Famous Name in the Royal Whip stakes Group two before a disappointing run in the Irish Champion Stakes however after that run he was found to have injured himself and was retired to stud.
Because of his pedigree Born To Sea was quickly snapped up for stud duties by Rathaskar Stud in Kildare where he is standing at E10,000. A most amazing looking individual Born To Sea displayed a good turn of foot in his races, he is most defiantly the best bred sire to enter stud since Sea The Stars in 2010.
It is incouraging that his sire Invincible Spirit seems to be shaping into a sire of sires with his other sire son Lawman having produced two individual group one winners Lawman's oldest crop are four year olds in 2013. With the best breeding in the world and a decent effort in some of Europe's top Group one races he is extremely good value for commercial breeders to access the invincible Galileo/Sea The Stars bloodlines.
Born To Sea's foals could possibly sell extremely well next season although he will be competing against the mighty Frankel and others for First Season Sire honours in 2016, this is a young sire who could be potentially very exciting and i would be expecting him to get some nice early type two year olds
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