Sea Hero

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Sea Hero


caption =
sire = Polish Navy
grandsire = Danzig
dam = Glowing Tribute
damsire = Graustark
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1990
country = United States flagicon|USA
colour = Bay
breeder = Paul Mellon
owner = Rokeby Stables. Silks: Dark Gray, Yellow Braid, Sleeves and Cap.
trainer = MacKenzie Miller
record = 24: 6-3-4
earnings = $2,929,869
race = Champagne Stakes (1992)
Travers Stakes (1993)

American Classic Race wins:
Kentucky Derby (1993)
awards=
honours = Life-size statue at Saratoga Race Course
Sea Hero Road, Frankfort, Kentucky
Sea Hero Court in Napa, California
updated= December 9, 2007

Sea Hero (foaled 1990 in Virginia) 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 MacKenzie 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.

Following his Derby win, Sea Hero also won the prestigious Grade I Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. He was retired after racing at age 4 without scoring another major win. After standing at stud in the U.S., in 1993 he was sold to the Turkish National Stud in Turkey. He is the sire of fifteen stakes winners.

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.

References

* [http://www.thoroughbredmemories.com/galleryresults.asp?Base_ID=1507 Sea Hero photo at Thoroughbred Memories Gallery of Champions]
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/sea+hero Sea Hero's pedigree and stats]
* [http://www.tbcprojects.com/career.php?search=3814 Sea Hero's offspring at the Triple Crown database by Kathleen Irwin and Joy Reeves]