He's Galileo's half-brother but Sea The Stars has earned garlands galore himself
Aisling Crowe closes out our series by focusing on Ireland's most expensive sire
Being the brother of a breed-shaping stallion such as Galileo places significant expectations upon the siblings coming behind, but Sea The Stars has risen to the challenge with aplomb.
A better racehorse than his older half-brother with a peak Racing Post Rating of 138, he is in no way the spare to Galileo. In his own right, he is a garlanded sire.
By any measure, his numbers are out of the top drawer. As sire of 19 individual Group 1 winners from 102 stakes winners and 168 stakes horses, Sea The Stars is in possession of a lifetime stakes winners to runners ratio of 12.5 per cent.
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Published on inSires of 2023
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