Sea the Stars’ Sea of Class Wins the Irish Oaks

[Wandering Eyes]

   Having dodged Epsom and Royal Ascot, the Tsui family’s Sea of Class (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) proved she had the right material for the big occasion on Saturday as she was delivered in the nick of time by a supremely-confident James Doyle to take The Curragh’s G1 Darley Irish Oaks. Allowed to coast in last throughout, the 11-4 second favourite was only asked to close with less than two furlongs remaining but had the talent to get to the Epsom heroine Forever Together (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in the final yards and deny her an Oaks double by a neck. Mary Tudor (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}) was 1 1/2 lengths behind in third, while the heavily-supported 10-11 favourite Magic Wand (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) was a major disappointment almost 10 lengths back in fifth.

SEA OF CLASS (IRE), 126, f, 3, by Sea the Stars (Ire)
1st Dam: Holy Moon (Ire) (SW-Ity, $161,048), by Hernando (Fr)
2nd Dam: Centinela (GB), by Caerleon
3rd Dam: New Generation (Ire), by Young Generation (Ire)
1ST GROUP WIN; 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. (170,000gns Ylg ’16 TATDEY). O-Sunderland Holding Inc; B-Razza Del Velino SRL (IRE); T-William Haggas; J-James Doyle. €228,000. Lifetime Record: MSW-Eng, 4-3-1-0, €310,573. *1/2 to Charity Line (Ire) (Manduro {Ger}), Hwt. 3yo-Ity at 9.5-11f & G1SW-Ity, $454,242; Final Score (Ire) (Dylan Thomas {Ire}), G1SW-Ity, $435,934; Cherry Collect (Ire) (Oratorio {Ire}), Hwt. 3yo-Ity at 9.5-11f, MGSW & G1SP-Ity, $497,183; Wordless (Ire) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}), GSW-Ity, $148,264; Back On Board (Ire) (Nathaniel {Ire}), GSP-Ity, $176,250; and Magic Mystery (GB) (Pour Moi {Ire}), SP-Ity.

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