Impressive Debut For Sea The Stars Colt Wareeth
He may not have had the hardest task on debut, but Wareeth (Sea The Stars) could hardly have made a bigger impression with a 14-length success at Newcastle on Saturday.
Sent off the 5-4 second favourite for the mile novice on the Tapeta, Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum’s 510,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 purchase was denied a match with Godolphin’s Starglow (Space Blues) who was pulled up early on and travelled ominously well behind his only serious rival Showcasing Star (Showcasing).
Looming two out, the son of the G3 Prix d’Aumale winner Shahah (Motivator) opened up on demand for Hollie Doyle and stretched out to the line in style.
“We’ve always liked him a lot, but he’s a typical Sea The Stars as he is quite workmanlike at home so to do it like that is a big surprise,” Doyle said of the Archie Watson-trained winner. “He was very green going to post, but I liked the way he knuckled down and hit the line hard. That was a professional debut and I think that’s his minimum trip–he could go anywhere.”
What a debut! 🤯
Sea The Stars-colt Wareeth makes the perfect start to his career with a devastating display at @NewcastleRaces, winning by a street! @Archie_Watson | @HollieDoyle1 pic.twitter.com/46QCl6lvqh
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) March 21, 2026
The aforementioned Shahah, whose one black-type performer to date is the Listed-placed Ursuly (Olympic Glory). also has a two-year-old full-brother to the winner named Super Trouper. She is a granddaughter of La Papagena (Habitat), who produced Plantation Stud’s St James’s Palace and Dewhurst hero and sire Grand Lodge. The family includes the Phoenix Stakes runner-up Big Time (Kheleyf).
2nd-Newcastle, £10,000, Novice, 3-21, 3yo, 8f 5y (AWT), 1:43.06, st.
WAREETH (IRE) (c, 3, Sea The Stars {Ire}–Shahah {GB} {GSW-Fr}, by Motivator {GB}) Sales history: €50,000 Wlg ’23 GOFNOF; 510,000gns Ylg ’24 TATOCT. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $7,204. O-Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum; B-Sunderland Holding Inc; T-Archie Watson.