Sea Crest

Born 1979, grey, Registered Irish Draught, 16.2/168 cm

Breeder - John Brophy

Sea Crest is by Knockboy who is out of Artic Lass who is by Artic Que – Artic Que was a well known sire of Irish Performance horses, including Glendalough.
Sea Crest’s dam, Sea Spray is by Tara, who is the maternal sire of the stallion, Clover Hill.
Sea Crest himself was a grade A show jumper and sire to the International Grand Prix show jumping Irish Sport horse stallion Cruising, Hoochi Koochi (Spanish team horse at Atlanta Olympics), Nires Crest (Scandinavian jumper champion), Cruiseline ISH Grand Prix mare, and Cruise Forever, ISH jumper stallion.
Sea Crest was discovered by the well-known Irish breeder, Mary McCann:
“I leased Sea Crest off the Irish Department of Agriculture when he was three years old. It was then we realized his potential to jump. Within three years he was Grade A, that’s when we retired him, because basically that sort of horse is not made to be galloping around big arenas. He was never beaten indoors. I liked him because he was athletic, it doesn’t matter if a horse is heavy as long as he is athletic.”
“When you look at Sea Crest you want to look at him as if he was half bred. I’m a great advocate for a certain percentage of Irish Draught blood in a horse, preferably a quarter, but with some of the Irish Draughts now, they are breeding just for showing, and you can breed the athleticism out of the horses. They are too fat, or they move up and down on the one spot. For the middle market, riding horses for the Germans, who buy a lot of Irish horses, or even for our own Irish market, the half bred is brilliant because it is just that much easier for them to ride.”

Sea Crest at Millstreet CSI at the age of three.