Eagles By Day
Bay, 2016, 16.2hh
Retired sound in wind and limb
Group Winning Son of SEA THE STARS
Sire of Affinisea and Crystal Ocean
Dam MISSUNITED winner of 12 races under both codes inc. Gr.3 Lillie Langtry Stakes, Goodwood and Guinness Galway Handicap Hurdle, 2nd Gr.1 Gold Cup at Royal Ascot
From the family of Kings Ride
Complete outcross for Sadler’s Wells line mares
First Crop 2-Y-O’s 2025
Won Gr.3 Silver Cup Stakes, York
Won British EBF Maiden Stakes, Salisbury
2nd Gr.3 Cumberland Lodge Stakes, Ascot
3rd Gr.2 King Edward VII Stakes, Royal Ascot
4th Gr.1 Goodwood Cup, Goodwood
Gr.2 winner and Gr.1 runner-up Jessber’s Dream is the highlight of mares scanned in foal to Eagles By Day in his third season at stud. The talented mare’s first two foals through the ring have both fetched €65,000.
Annie Spectrim was another proven producer sent to Eagles By Day this spring, with her four winners including John Nallen’s unbeaten 4-Y-O Minella Hollow. Other well-related mares scanned in foal to the son of Sea The Stars include sisters to Gr.1 winners Death Duty, On The Go, Prince Of Scars and Waiting Patiently.
Breeders who have enjoyed previous success with Glenview Stud stallions sent sisters to dual Gr.3 winner Rock The Kasbah (Shirocco) and multiple Graded-winning chaser Coole Cody (Dubai Destination).
Quality mares is a running theme through Eagles By Day’s first three book of mares, having covered the aforementioned Jessbers Dream, fellow Gr.1 performer Reine Angevine and Graded chaser Solita in his debut season.
Eagles By Day’s own pedigree has also enjoyed a fine few months, with his half-sister Wholeness winning a Listed race and placing in a Gr.3 this year, whilst a Lope De Vega yearling out of an own sister to Eagles By Day realised 280,000gns when purchased by Stroud Coleman Bloodstock at Tattersalls Book 2. His all-conquering sire Sea The Stars also looks set for his best year so far, as at the time of writing in mid-October, he is responsible for 13 Group winners- one shy of his career-best.
They include Gr.1 Grand Prix de Paris victor and Prix du Jockey Club third Sosie- he one of eight by the sire to have won or placed at the highest level in 2024. Sea The Stars is also represented by Willie Mullins’ exciting recruit Sea Of Sands, who made a winning hurdle debut at the Listowel Harvest Festival.