This a Thoroughbred racehorse Irish champion who is seen by many a racing fan as a phenomenon and a force of nature.Others say he is the best. His name Sea the Star was chosen by Chinese owner Christopher Tsui to reflect the Chinese superstition that incorporation of part of a mother’s name will bring good luck and to also reflect his father’s astronomical namesake. Sea, the flat racehorse, is a son of Arc champion, Urban Sea and half-brother of Epsom Derby champion, Galileo. He was taken up Sunderland Holdings(of Tsui family). He was foaled in 6/04/2006. Moreover, he is well known for grabbing the 2000 Guineas and the Eclipse Stakes which he was the 1st colt to do this this since 1989.

In July 2008, Sea launched his career at Curragh. He finished fourth. At Leopardstown, he won with a lot of ease by 2.5 lengths; this was the second race where he took the lead and was never threatened. Sea won the group 2 in 2008 Beresford Stakes- Curragh by 0.5 lengths from stalemate Mourayan and Ballydoyles Master of the horse; final race of his two-year-old campaign back in 2008.

In 2009, Sea completed a brilliant three-year-old campaign emerging a winner in Group 1 races; that is the English Classics and French Classic races. In this period his record is described as the finest modern bred racing. Sea took all the major awards and recognitions in Europe, including Champion 3 -year-old. His last time out was called by his trainer John Oxx in 13/10/2009 His winnings at the time of retirement were an astronomical £4,416,708. He went on to gross even more after becoming a stud,with the fee hitting €85,000 as as at 2009. Sea has gone on to sure hundreds of young horses, and his sires are more often than not winners. He is highly regarded by jockeys,trainers and pundits across the world.

The 18th century brought with it plenty of things. First, there was technology. Then there was civilization. And of course, there was Eclipse, the British thoroughbred who refused to lose against any of his rivals in flat racing. Eclipse won 18 races, bagging trophies and establishing a legacy that would never be obliterated from the sands of time.

Born in 1764, Eclipse lived for 25 years. He started racing at the age of 5 and went through a trial run before the bookies could actually start believing in his potential. It quickly became clear that this horse was something people had not seen before, distinguishing himself from the rest of the pack courtesy of his grace and ability to turn competitions into something sizzling and adrenal. Out of his 18 victories were 11 King’s plates, a fete so astronomical it is still celebrated around the world today. It is estimated that in the course of his career, Eclipse accumulated 1400 walking miles in race meetings and ran for a total of 63 miles in all races. He was a fast horse and came across as some kind of anomaly, seeing as his peers were so much behind in terms of talent and skill. His stride was so long that it covered 25 feet, and Eclipse’s top speed was averaged at 83 feet per second. In his time, he was owned by William Wildman at a young age and later sold to Dennis O’Kelly.

While Eclipse started out with a disruptive temperament, he became a good sport through good training and intense conditioning by the accomplished trainers of a few centuries back.

After racing for 17 months, Eclipse was retired as there was simply no competition-bookies never dared to predict odds against him. By the time he stopped racing, Eclipse had earned

2,149 guineas. A guinea was a coin, the prevalent currency back in the day. As a stud, he sired an estimated 344 winners.

Taghrooda, a 2011-born filly, made a name for herself by pulling surprises in races where she rarely began as a favourite. Owned by Hamdan Al Maktoum, she was trained in England by John Gosden, and went on to register a record of 4-1-1 in her six race career. In only one of her four wins did she start as the first favourite.She was a beloved mare,both on the field and off it.

Her first race came in October 2013 at the Newmarket, where she was an outsider at the start, but overcame the odds to win by a neck over Casul Neck. Dane O’Neil took charge of her ropes for this maiden race.

Taaghrooda ran her second race in June 2014- the Listed Pretty Polly Stakes- with Paul Hanagan as her rider, this time starting as the favourite. She was on a roll, repaying the faith of her fans to win by six lengths ahead of her closest rival. At this, Hanagan had clearly fallen in love with her and expressed his desire to ride her over a longer distance.

She went on to win to win her next two races and earn herself a big following in the process, but her bones seemed to wear out in her penultimate and swansong appearances, where she finished second and third respectively. All through, Hanagan had only good words for her, never blaming her for losses or springing excuses, but always hailing the strength of her opposition.

She was retired in October 2014, when it was announced that she would go into breeding for the next generation of race horses. At the time of her retirement, she held the honour of best rated three-year-old filly. Her earnings by then clocked £1,476,101.

Her rarity and skill in racing were hailed even with the below-par performance in her final race. Taghrooda foaled a Kingman-sired offspring in 2016.

Kingman was born in Ireland in 2012, and received training in England under John Gosden. This schooling would then propel him to become one of the fiercest racers worldwide and a big source of pride- and revenue- for his owner Prince Khalid Abdullah.

He started off his racing career in 2013 at the Newmarket, where he came first with Ryan Moore as his jockey, and created a name for himself as a favourite among horse race lovers in England. Even with his impressive debut, he did not exactly impress Moore, and went into his second race jockeyed by James Doyle.

The duo forged a winning partnership, as the strong horse went on to sweep top honours in the next two races before he was finally beaten to second at the English 2000 Guineas in May 2014. His loss to Night of Thunder at this event proved to be just a blip, as he went ahead to win all races he took part in after that- including a win over the same opponent a month later- before finally retiring in September 2014. A throat infection was cited as the reason for Kingman’s retirement, with news that he could not manage to train for the Breeder’s Cup Mile, serving a heartbreak for many fans who had grown fond of the three-year-old.

At his prime, Kingman surpassed the English and Irish borders as he was sent out for the 1600 metre August 2014 Prix Jacques le Marois race in France, where he won by a two-and-a-half lengths margin in a time of 1:41:90. This proved to be his last race, affording him the opportunity to retire as a champion.

Kingman was rated third best worldwide in 2014, and whipped in an estimated £ 930, 834 in race winnings for Prince Khalid in his decorated 7-1-0 career. His stud career was projected to be exceptional by pundits across england.

Aldaniti maintains eminence as the gelding who finished third in a race despite having a severe leg injury with a broken hind joint at the second jump.

His name, Aldaniti, was a concoction of a jumble of names from the four grandchildren of his breeder, Tommy Barron, Alastair, David Cook, Nicola and Timothy Barron.

The gelding was foaled in 1970 and became a boy equine as he grew. Unfortunately, Aldaniti was physically rejected by his dam Renardeau upon his birth and was rarely fed as Renardeau was short of milk. Aldaniti, therefore, slept hungry for most of that time until when he learned to accept other forms of nourishment. He was once referred to as ‘stag-kneed’ and later at the lowest moment of his life as an ‘injury-prone’ chaser. His limbs were once referred to as piano legs.

It was through the determination of his owners that Aldaniti, who had been recommended for putting down by the vets, went out to achieve great successes. Bob Champion, upon riding the horse, that he would win a national one day.

Josh Gifford, his trainer, didn’t want to make a purchase of the horse as he thought that 4 000 euros were too much for an animal he considered slow. His father-in-law who was at the sale with Josh at that time kept telling him to make another bid.

Despite his shortcomings, Aldaniti emerged as a world-class steeplechaser at the 1978/79 National Hunt season. He took the third place in Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1979 and took second place at the Scottish Grand National. He, unfortunately, sustained an injury at Sandown in November 1979 that put him off the racecourse for a year.

He resumed race coursing in 1981 where he took the lead at the eleventh and maintained his advantage for the rest of the race at the Fox Hunter’s Chase.

Aldaniti retired from racing in 1982 and spent the remainder at his farmer’s house at Sussex.