Sea The Stars - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 2009 

He"ll have to be a champion from there still gives me goosebumps to this day nearly 11 years on

Best race call ever by Jim McGrath "perfection in equine form a horse of a lifetime" sends shivers down the spine i reckon lol

Fourteen years later and I still come back to marvel at this video every so often. Chills each and every time!

The greatest commentary on any race, ever... Jim McGrath was pure perfection in human form, a once in a lifetime call.

Best horse I’ve ever seen by a Mile. Won me a fortune, love the horse to bits

"He'll have to be a champion...he is a champion I reckon!" Class

One of my favourite calls "he's got 6 or 7 lengths to make up , he'll have to be a champion" "HE IS A CHAMPION I RECKON"😎

There were 9 Gp 1 winners in this race!!! When you watch the front-on view around 6:30 you will learn how he won this race. Basically StS is the leader of the pack and when he was coming through & between horses he went straight for the next horse immediately in front of him and eyeballed the horse. This is how horses show their authority. Once he gets past that horse he then goes straight for the next horse immediately in front and does the same. Those horses know not to go past him now and that's why he eases down once he hits the front. StS is the best horse I have ever seen. Personally I rate him better than Frankel because Frankel would have "fallen in" once StS eyeballed him just like every horse did. At the Irish Champion Stakes the Ballydoyle riders tried to box him in but their mounts just couldn't do it because they were scared of StS because he was the boss. StS would have won the Breeders' Cup if they had sent him - even with the travel and his winter coat coming through.

The win that will forever seal his immortality. We all know Frankel was flashier and had that "wow,must watch" about him. But STS was a "proper" racehorse. "Horse of a lifetime"?....nahhhh A horse for ALL TIME.

Still can’t stop watching this

Best finishing commentary I've ever heard, shivers every time.

Great ride from Mick Kinnan not to panic and go early when those two horses went so far in front. I know Frankel is often considered the greatest because of his 14 from 14, but Sea the Stars’ star quality over different distances at G1 level puts him right up alongside him for me.

This horse was in another class. I hate that people compare him to frankel. Frankel was a brilliant miler. Sea the stars was a versatile champion and won much more prize money because he could tackle different distances. I wish they had sent him to the states for the breeders cup, he was amazing and i wish they had raced him more.

Sea the stars perforance was brilliant, but the commentary was even better.

He gives the feeling that if Pegasus ever flew up alongside him after striking the front, Sea The Stars would just look over at him and change gears as many times as it takes to win by a length.

Yes, goosebumps still today. A pure beauty in motion.

Never get tired of watching this...

Always get the goosebumps watching this! The Croc's commentary is awesome. Picks perfect words for every race. Watching the way this horse powered away between 200m and 100m from home, it deserved some honouring. "perfection in equine form" was spot on.

One of the all time great trainers, Mr John Oxx. Enjoy your retirement. You must get a great kick looking back at this one, he was one of the best I've ever seen ( the other been Frankel). But what about that for a ride by M.J. K !!!!! How calm was he , in a great race like this ? Absolutely fantastic training achievement by the trainer and brilliant ride by one of the greatest jockeys.

just might be one of the greatest mile and a half horses ever an abs pleasure to watch

Sea The Stars won in one year what no other horse ever did. 2,000 G., The Derby, The Arc. Now if you great judges can't see he was a great race horse, nothing will.

Biggest bet of my life 8.3k at 6/5 odds weeks before the arc. I was crying 4 furlongs from home thought he boxed in. My heart ran as fast as STS did lol

what a wonderful race call by one of the very very best ever - Aussie Jim !

The greatest I've ever seen

A commentary masterpiece...I'll never forget those finishing words.

I was lucky to meet Sea The Stars today at stud, still a beautiful looking horse all these years later

Love Sea the Stars... MY FAVE RACE EVER :-)

His brilliance was that at some point in the race, here around 3 1/2 - 3f out, you could see that he has the race won.

Hate for saying this, but I think Sea the Stars was better than Frankel

greatest horse of the all time

She said you will never see this at any sporting field in any part of the world ...she is bang on..if you see at the start at bout the 2 nd furlong ..kinane was pulling the head of him he didn't get into trouble kinane had to pull him back he was just mad for running ....let me tell you kinane rode a lot of winners in ballydoyle I gave 4 years there ..at that time I see the best horses in world ..kinane rode them all they were a lot of superstars ...when he won this for oxx on seathestars ...he knew what he had under him ..he said it's the best horses that he sat on which he is right ..I'm not Knockin horses in any way .he rode the likes of gallieo. Giantscauseway. Rock of Gibraltar. Hawk wing .mozart.joannsberg . Theach list goes on ...and they were serious horses ...he said this lad was the best ...he got that bang on ..

Unusually big field , binding ground, rough riding neighbours all around him for most of the race , no clear path til the final stretch when everyone fell away. The most mentally and physically tough Grade 1 race I've seen , he prevailed in the most proffessional manner, pulling away. Best horse I've ever seen - I fell in love with him when I saw him finish 4th in his first two year old race - Mick Kinane minded him and thought enough of him to educate him. Even at 2 his neck was well set on and he was very aware and cool in the parade ring, smart self awsre and self confident - beautifully trained by gentleman John Ox.

Ditto..... Best horse race performance ever!!!

Even to this day I love coming back and watching this. Amazing commentary and an amazing horse. Incredible

My best ante post business, grabbed 14/1 for the Arc after he won the Guineas. Not huge stakes but lovely price on the greatest I have ever seen

dont forget the commentary that was good to ...he,ll have to be a champion.......i reckon he is lol

What a horse, haven’t seen this video in a few years. Incredible acceleration to put the race to be bed at the end

The commentary by Jim McGrath could almost be a poem it's that good.

Im not sure Sea The Stars was ever actually flat out in his entire career. A true great

loved this horse. absolute class act.

The best jockey ever riding the best horse ever. From a mile to a mile and a half. Ground / distance no factor. The best. End of.

Best winner of the arc, from an impossible possible, in the last 30 years

No other horse would of won from that position...STS the best ever!!

Greatest performance EVER

Oh wow....... no words to convey feelings about this horse

greatest race horse of alife time

one of the five best horses of all time

sea the stars greatest horse of all time

The greatest we will ever see

Gets me every time #goosebump.

My favourite sporting moment. What a horse. Only Dancing Brave comes close

Ricci has interviewed John Oxx after this win and McCoy when he said he was going to retire,he really has been lucky!

Appreciated: subbed. See how clever the winner was with his legs to get out off the rail.

seabird, pent celebre, ribot, sea the stars, dancing brave, suave dancer, mill reef, hellisio , enable, treve ,lamtarra, alleged etc, the greatest horses in the greatest all age flat race ☺☺

Back to watch in 2024😂😂...his excelleration to get to the lead in the last few furlongs is breathtaking...

Dancing brave was brill in the 1986 arc,,but fair play to see the stars,he came from what looked like an impossible position,to win very easy in the end,brill horse

Most exciting race ive ever watched knowing what was on the line and what was at stake down the stretch. The call was perfection. Only other call that i remember being in the same league was Tom Durkin bc classic 2001 when tiznow won

he is a champion I reckon - woah😍

I would have loved to see him race against Dancing Brave, two very special horses.

What a commentary that was a great Horse up there with the best although i felt Dancing Brave just had the edge

Wow. What a race! Patient ride by the jockey, complete trust in the speed of his horse and was gone with the slightest opening.

Still underrated

He is a champion I reckon

The greatest clash in that race would have been the 2008 winner Zarkava and Sea the Stars in the 2009 Prix De L'Arc. But the connections chickened out and retired Zarkava.

Greatest call ever

sea the stars won from an impossible place you cant win wen boxed in like that. m kinane said this is thebest he ever rode . 6 group 1s 1 after other unrivalled from 1 mile to classic distance 1m4 f

Classic words for a classic horse

"A horse for a lifetime"

Would love to have seen him against dancing brave!!

Sea The Star a true champion.

stars of the sky , stars of the sea !

One of the great Arc winners. I would rate him in the top 4. Only Sea Bird, Ribot and Dancing Brave were better in my humble opinion.

What a performance, what a ride by Kinane from an awful position

Greatest European flat horse in the last 40 years.

STS Timeform rating of 140 is still one of the biggest travesties in racing I've come across

A horse of a lifetime!!!

The greatest

Greatest of all time

The GOAT.....

sea the stars did what he had to to win . nevr more . the best ever if was pushed would break the track records for fun

He won it on the bridle, machine

legend

Balding/Carson/McGrath....My god how good is it now that ITV have Horse Racing on every weekend.

greatest i've ever seen, plus, wise dan would have destroyed frankel. look at the times!

Sea The Stars vs Frankel over 10f that would be cool. There is a form line. Twice Over ran in STS Eclipse and Frankel's Juddemonte. Twice Over was an older horse when running against Frankel.

great

Greatest ever

Won that easing down, the best ever, Frankel had it too cushty

These horses are top Star

Happy Retirement John Oxx!

best horse I've seen, if Frankel was a wonder horse, why wud he not step up...!???

Actually won that easily..once he got the gap it was all over..wish he’d gone to the Breeders in Anerica and raced as a 4 year old here.

The best

king

Hes up there with the best Frankel is in the same book but not on the same page .

book the legend =mike kinane +jon oaks + sea the stars

Cavarly man ran some race aswell

Jim Mcgrath he's a champion alright ❤

greatest

Wildenstein, Daniel Leopold (b. Sept. 11, 1917, Verrieres-le-Buisson, France---d. Oct. 23, 2001, Paris, France).