This article is courtesy of Racing.com, written by Andrew Eddy on 20/04/2024
Trainer Danny O’Brien and the connections of the emerging star Sea What I See are determined to continue slowly for the rest of the year despite the grey mare easily recoding her fifth straight victory at Mornington on Saturday.
A daughter of super stallion Sea The Stars, the four-year-old mare sat off the speed and ran clear, but O’Brien said the ease of the victory won’t change the main goal of remaining patient.
“There’s no rush as she was in a maiden just two months ago,” O’Brien said.
“When you have an older horse that hasn’t won a big race as a three-yar-old they have the luxury of going through their grades and learning their craft as they go up in ratings points and that’s what we’ll do with her.
“This coming spring, it would be great to see her compete against the mares and see what she can do.
“We’ve obviously been very patient with her, she’s from Europe so she’s obviously six months younger than all the other horses, so when they have that sort of page, you are always hopeful.
“But saying all that, we’ve had a lot of other yearlings from the UK that have been useless. Her and Russian Camelot are clear standouts.”
Starting at $2.20, Sea What I See cruised to the line for jockey Jamie Mott nearly three lengths clear of her rivals in what was an easy watch for connections.
“It was a lot less agonising than a couple of them in that she wasn’t locked away needing a run,” O’Brien said. “She always had the race under control. She is just really enjoying herself.
“She was better today than she was at Flemington. She got a bit hot at Flemington, as there was a band behind the start and it revved her right up,
“She did everything wrong that day, but did it all right today and was very impressive again.”
O’Brien said the mare, who’s record now reads seven starts for five wins, will have one more run before a break.
“There’s a 2000-metre listed mares' race (Centaurea Stakes) in three weeks in Adelaide, so we’ll send her over there to have a trip away and have a chance in a stakes race.
“Then, we hopefully get her back for the spring and aim her at some of those good mares’ races. Something like a Matriarch and she is effective at a mile too.”
He said the mare would not be tried over a longer trip just yet.
“We are just working that out,” he said. “We think she is just a little bit keen at this stage of her career, but she’s by Sea The Stars so certainly it’s an option at some stage that she’ll have a go at a mile-and-a-half when she’s more seasoned.”
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