Sea Sovereign

Sea Sovereign
Sea Sovereign portrayed Seabiscuit in Shirley Temple's last film.
Sire	Seabiscuit
Dam	Queen Helen
Sex	Stallion
Country	United States
Color	Light Bay
Breeder	Charles Howard
Owner	Charles Howard
Earnings	$34,070
Major wins
Santa Catalina Handicap (1945)

Sea Sovereign was an American Thoroughbred stallion foaled in 1942 and bred by the owner of Seabiscuit: Charles Howard. Although he achieved moderate success as a racehorse, he is most famous for being part of the line sired by Seabiscuit. The fine lines of Sea Sovereign's posture, along with his light bay coloring, resulted in the horse appearing in a Shirley Temple film portraying the career of Seabiscuit.^[1]

Background

Seabiscuit was born on May 23, 1933, in Lexington, Kentucky, and was among the most famous race horses of the century. Sea Sovereign was sired by Seabiscuit,^[2] and both horses were in a line of pedigree descended from Man o' War. Seabiscuit had been mated over one hundred times successfully, though none of his foals turned out to be extraordinary runners. Sea Sovereign's mother was Queen Helen by Light Brigade.^[3]

One account of Seabiscuit's life is depicted in a Shirley Temple film from the 1940s titled The Story of Seabiscuit, though it was Sea Sovereign who portrayed Seabiscuit. The film also included archival racetrack footage which showed the actual Seabiscuit racing in competition.

Sea Sovereign was also the great-grandson of Man o' War (who appeared in a separate 1925 film titled Kentucky Pride).

Racing career

Sea Sovereign had a very moderate and very brief career as a racehorse. He made eight starts with three firsts and $34,070 in earnings. The most notable win came in the Santa Catalina Handicap in 1945.^[4]

Stud career

Very little is known of the subsequent career of Sea Sovereign, and the principal interest in the horse after a moderately successfully racing career appears to be as part of the study of the stud career of Seabiscuit.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Sea Sovereign (USA), chestnut horse
Sire Seabiscuit (USA)	{{{ff}}}	{{{fff}}}	{{{ffff}}}
		{{{fff}}}	{{{fffm}}}
		{{{ffm}}}	{{{ffmf}}}
		{{{ffm}}}	{{{ffmm}}}
	{{{fm}}}	{{{fmf}}}	{{{fmff}}}
		{{{fmf}}}	{{{fmfm}}}
		{{{fmm}}}	{{{fmmf}}}
		{{{fmm}}}	{{{fmmm}}}
Dam Queen Helen (USA)	{{{mf}}}	{{{mff}}}	{{{mfff}}}
		{{{mff}}}	{{{mffm}}}
		{{{mfm}}}	{{{mfmf}}}
		{{{mfm}}}	{{{mfmm}}}
	{{{mm}}}	{{{mmf}}}	{{{mmff}}}
		{{{mmf}}}	{{{mmfm}}}
		{{{mmm}}}	{{{mmmf}}}
		{{{mmm}}}	{{{mmmm}}}

References

↑ http://fan.tcm.com/blogpost/a-salute-to-sea-sovereign
↑ Laura Hillebrand, Seabiscuit.
↑ http://fan.tcm.com/blogpost/a-salute-to-sea-sovereign
↑ http://fan.tcm.com/blogpost/a-salute-to-sea-sovereign

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/4/2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.