1. Urban Sea was an American bred Thoroughbred racemare best known for winning France's most prestigious race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, in 1993 and for her importance as a world-class broodmare.
11 Facts About Urban Sea
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Urban Sea is one of ten mares to produce two Derby winners, namely Galileo and Sea the Stars.
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Urban Sea is the only mare in the 21st century to produce two Derby winners.
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Urban Sea's dam was Allegretta, a Group 3-placed mare by the German sire Lombard.
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Winner of a maiden race at age two in 1991, the following year the three-year-old Urban Sea won two listed races in her seven starts, capturing the French Prix de la Seine at Longchamp Racecourse in May 1992 and the Challenge d'Or Piaget at Deauville-La Touques Racecourse.
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Urban Sea was shipped to Dusseldorf, Germany where she finished third in the Arag Preis.
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Urban Sea began her 1993 campaign in March with a win in the Prix Exbury.
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Sea The Stars won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, and Urban Sea became only the second Arc de Triomphe-winning mare to foal a winner of that race.
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In 2009, Urban Sea delivered a bay colt by Invincible Spirit, later named Born to Sea.
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Urban Sea died on 2 March 2009 as a complication of foaling.
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The 2018 Derby winner Masar is inbred to Urban Sea, descending from Galileo on his sire's side and from Melikah on his dam's side.