Sea o'Erin Stakes
| Sea o'Erin Stakes | |
|---|---|
| Grade III race | |
 | |
| Location |
Arlington Park Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States |
| Inaugurated | 1980 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www.arlingtonpark.com |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 mile (8 furlongs) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds & up |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $100,000 |
The Sea o'Erin Stakes is an 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 is contested on turf over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs).
Inaugurated in 1980 as the Sea o'Erin Handicap, the race has been run at various distances:
- 1 1⁄8 miles : 1980, 1987
- 1 1⁄16 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:
- 2 - Pat Day (1980, 1981)
- 2 - Aaron Gryder (1994, 1996)
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 |
| 2011 | NO RACE | |||||
| 2010 | N0 RACE | |||||
| 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 | Rene 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 no races | |||||
| 1996 | Jambalaya Jazz | 4 | Aaron Gryder | John T. Ward, Jr. | John C. Oxley | 1:36.57 |
| 1995 | no race | |||||
| 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 | no race | |||||
| 1987 | New Colony | 4 | Heriberto Valdivieso | Charlie Stutts | Sonny Lou Stable | 1:48.80 |
| 1986 | no race | |||||
| 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 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 |