Sea The Moon (foaled 27 January 2011) is a retired German

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who won the 2014

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. He was trained by Markus Klug, and bred and owned by Gestut Görlsdorf.

Background

Sea The Moon is a bay

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bred by Gestüt Görlsdorf and foaled on 29 April 2011. He was sired by

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, who was undefeated as a three-year-old, winning the

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Irish Champion Stakes The Irish Champion Stakes ( Irish: Curadh-Dhuais na hÉireann) is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Leopardstown over a distance of 1 mile and 2 furlongs (2,01 ...

and

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris, France, over a distance ...

. Sea The Moon is one of Sea The Stars' first crop of foals, which also includes Oaks winner

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. Sea The Moon's dam is Sanwa, a daughter of

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. Sea The Moon is trained by Markus Klug.

Racing career

2013: Two-year-old season

Sea The Moon only raced once as a two-year-old, when he won a race at Cologne-Weidenpesch Racecourse.

2014: Three-year-old season

Sea The Moon's first race as a three-year-old was the

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on 11 May 2014. Jockey Andreas Helfenbein sent him into the lead after the field had traveled one

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. He was challenged in the finishing straight, but pulled away inside the final furlong to win by two

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from Abendwind. Just over one month later, Sea The Moon started as favourite for the

Union-Rennen The Union-Rennen is a Group 2 flat horse race in Germany open to three-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run at Cologne over a distance of 2,200 metres (about 1 mile and 3 furlongs), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June. History The ev ...

. He was again sent out into an early lead by Helfenbein, and after being challenged with two furlongs to go, he drifted to the left and pulled clear in the final 100 yards to win by three lengths from Rapido. On 6 July, Sea The Moon started as the favourite for the

, where he was ridden by

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. After being drawn wide he soon took the lead. As the field turned into the finishing straight, he crossed the track to race on the opposite side to the rest of the field. In the closing stages of the race, Sea The Moon pulled well clear of the other runners to win by eleven lengths from Lucky Lion, who was a further two and a half lengths ahead of third placed Open Your Heart. In September, Sea The Moon started the 1/2 favourite for the

Grosser Preis von Baden The Grosser Preis von Baden is a Group 1 flat horse race in Germany open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Baden-Baden over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles), and it is schedu ...

in which he was matched for the first time against older horses. By this time he had been elevated to ante-post favourite for the

. He led for most of the race but was overtaken in the closing stages and beaten three lengths into second place by the four-year-old Ivanhowe. A few days after the race it was announced that the colt had suffered a recurrence of earlier injury problems and would not race again in 2014. On 16 September it was revealed that the colt, who was receiving treatment at Newmarket's Equine Hospital, would be retired from racing and begin his stud career in 2015 at

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in Newmarket, England.

Honours

In April 2015, Sea The Moon was voted

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, taking 42% of the vote ahead of

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(39%) and Ivanhowe (19%).http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/91125/sea-the-moon-voted-germanys-horse-of-year

Stud career

Notable progeny

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, f =

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'', g =

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Pedigree

External links

The whole profile with pedigree, racing career, stories

References

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