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Sea o'Erin Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1980

Distance
  
1 mile (8 furlongs)

Purse
  
100,000 USD

Website
  
www.arlingtonpark.com

Surface
  
Turf

Location
  
Arlington Park Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

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)

    • References

    Sea o'Erin Stakes Wikipedia
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