The Sea o'Erin Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

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 held annually in early September at Arlington Park

Arlington Park

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 racetrack in Arlington Heights, Illinois

Arlington Heights, Illinois

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. A Grade III

Graded stakes race

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 event open to horses age three and older, it is contested on turf

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 over a distance of one mile (8 furlong

Furlong

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Inaugurated in 1980 as the Sea o'Erin Handicap, the race has been run at various distances:

• 1⅛ 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

Jockey

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• 2 - Pat Day
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  Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...
  
   (1980, 1981)
• 2 - Aaron Gryder
  Aaron Gryder
  Aaron Tod Gryder is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.Growing up fifteen minutes away from the Santa Anita racetrack, as a boy Gryder had no contact with horses other than his father and his grandparents' interest in attending the nearby races...
  
   (1994, 1996)

Most wins by a trainer

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• 2 - Chris M. Block (2002, 2005)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2009	Public Speaker	4	Junior Alvarado	Dale Bennett	Peter J. Kalahalios	1:35.04
2008	Karelian	6	James Graham	George R. Arnold II	Richard Masson	1:36.37
2007	Spotsgone	4	Earlie Fires Earlie Fires Earlie Stancel Fires is a retired United States' Racing Hall of Fame jockey.Fires began riding professionally in 1964 and led all American apprentices in wins that year with 224. He retired on September 21, 2008 having won 6,470 races at racetracks across North America...	William Fires	Robert Yagos	1:38.10
2006	Therecomesatiger	4	Mark Guidry Mark Guidry Mark Guidry is a retired American jockey.He began his riding career in Thoroughbred horse racing in his native Louisiana in 1974 where he remained until 1986 when he went to race in Illinois. He was the leading jockey at Hawthorne Race Course seven times, Sportsman's Park nine times, and two...	Thomas F. Proctor Thomas F. Proctor Thomas F. Proctor is an American trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses who won the 1994 edition of the Breeders' Cup Distaff with One Dreamer....	Charles R. Patton	1:37.15
2005	Fort Prado	4	Eddie Razo, Jr.	Chris M. Block	Team Block	1:36.18
2004	Herculated	4	Carlos H. Marquez Jr.	Mike Stidham	Oak Crest Farm	1:36.48
2003	Rock Slide	5	Robby Albarado Robby Albarado Robby J. Albarado is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding at the age of 12 at bush tracks in his native Louisiana and after turning professional, earned his first win at Evangeline Downs in 1990...	Neil J. Howard Neil J. Howard Neil J. Howard is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.Howard began working for a racing stable in 1969 and went on to spend seven years as an assistant and stable foreman to future Hall of Fame trainer MacKenzie Miller before going out on his own in 1979.With Summer Squall, in 1990 Neil...	W. Farish/ J. Elkins/ W.T. Webber, Jr.	1:35.85
2002	Mystery Giver	4	Rene Douglas	Chris M. Block	Team Block	1:38.17
2001	Intern	5	Eddie Martin, Jr.	Louie Roussel III	Louie Roussel III	1:35.73
1997	- 2001 no races
1996	Jambalaya Jazz	4	Aaron Gryder Aaron Gryder Aaron Tod Gryder is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.Growing up fifteen minutes away from the Santa Anita racetrack, as a boy Gryder had no contact with horses other than his father and his grandparents' interest in attending the nearby races...	John T. Ward, Jr. John T. Ward, Jr. John T. Ward, Jr. is an American racehorse trainer. He is a graduate of the University of Kentucky with a degree in Agricultural Economics, where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He is a third generation horseman on both sides of his family...	John C. Oxley	1:36.57
1995	no race
1994	First And Only	7	Aaron Gryder Aaron Gryder Aaron Tod Gryder is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.Growing up fifteen minutes away from the Santa Anita racetrack, as a boy Gryder had no contact with horses other than his father and his grandparents' interest in attending the nearby races...	Walter Bindner, Jr.	Mason C. Rudd	1:34.93
1993	Journalism	5	Shane Sellers Shane Sellers Shane Jude Sellers is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. At age eleven, he began working around horses and in 1983 rode his first winner at Evangeline Downs....	Wallace Dollase Wallace Dollase Wallace A. "Wally" Dollase is an American trainer and owner of Thoroughbred racehorses.Among his numerous Graded stakes race wins, Dollase won the 1996 Breeders' Cup Distaff with Jewel Princess who was voted that year's Eclipse Award as the American Champion Older Female Horse.Wally Dollase and...	Richard Stephen	1:36.35
1992	Lotus Pool	5	Charles Woods, Jr.	Burke Kessinger, Jr.	Yoshiki Akazawa	1:35.12
1991	Roscius	4	Francisco Torres	Harvey L. Vanier Harvey L. Vanier Harvey L. Vanier is a trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. With his wife Nancy Aiken-Vanier, they own and breed racehorses on their Fairberry Farm in Waterloo, Illinois.-References:* *...	Nancy Vanier & Dr. Louis Aitken	1:37.64
1990	Charlie Barley	4	Robin Platts Robin Platts Robin Platts is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He began his jockey career at age 16 and went on to become the winner of the 1979 Sovereign Award for Outstanding Jockey, a record four-time winner of Canada's most prestigious horse race, the Queen's Plate, and the...	Grant Pearce	King Caledon Farms	1:36.60
1989	Set a Record	5	Patrick Johnson	Steven Penrod	Hermitage Farm	1:37.20
1988	no race
1987	New Colony	4	Heriberto Valdivieso	Charlie Stutts	Sonny Lou Stable	1:48.80
1986	no race
1985	Sari's Baba	5	Brent Bullard	N. Calvin Moore	N. Calvin Moore	1:43.00
1984	Jack Slade	4	Gerland Gallitano	David Kassen	Andrew Adams	1:42.40
1983	Dom Cimarosa	4	Juvenal Diaz	J. Bert Sonnier	Charles E. Schmidt, Jr.	1:44.20
1982	Parcel	4	Michael Morgan	Carl Nafzger Carl Nafzger Carl A. Nafzger is an American Hall of Fame horse trainer. Before he was involved in horseracing he was a championship Rodeo bullrider....	Tartan Stable	1:43.40
1981	Summer Advocate	4	Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...	Mike Ball	Don Ball	1:47.60
1980	Rossi Gold	4	Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...	Ray Lawrence, Jr.	Leslie Combs II & Frank McMahon Frank M. McMahon Frank Murray Patrick McMahon was a Canadian businessman best known as the founder and first chairman of Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd...	1:52.20