MULTIPLE EQUUS CHAMPION RETIRED 04 Feb 2021 08:38
Brilliant racemare
Celtic Sea has been retired from racing, and is set to retire to stud in
Kentucky.
Bred by
Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein, the bay ended her career when finishing
third in Saturday’s G1 Cape Flying Championship Presented by Cape Racing, and
Celtic Sea retires to stud having won 12 of 27 starts (she placed in a further
11 races) and earned in excess of R3 000 000 in prize money.
A daughter of
multiple champion sire Captain Al and the twice winning Mark Of Esteem mare
Ireland, Celtic Sea was an Equus Champion at three, and was also crowned Equus
Champion Older Filly/Mare in 2019-2020.
The Sean Tarry
trained champion won or placed in 13 graded races, with Celtic Sea’s eight
graded victories headed by back to back wins in the G1 South Africa Fillies
Sprint, as well as a triumph in the 2019 G1 Jonsson Workwear Garden Province
Stakes, where Celtic Sea accounted for Horse Of The Year Oh Susanna
convincingly.
One of more than 20
G1 winners sired by Captain Al, Celtic Sea’s dam Ireland is a half- sister to
Brazilian G1 winner La Defense.
