Soon to be 7, Sir Seamus still going strong

Sir Seamus will turn seven in 27 days, but he doesn’t seem to have lost any of his speed or toughness.

The Handsome Mike gelding bred by Joe and Helen Barbazon scored his seventh career victory yesterday at Woodbine, and it was a thing of beauty. With Rafael Hernandez in the irons, Sir Seamus sailed past the furlong markers in :22.49, :44.66 and 1:09.25 en route to a 2 1/4-length victory in 1:22.86 for the seven-eighths over the all-weather track.

It was worth $33,070 in U. S. currency and raised his career earnings to $241,483 on a record of 7-4-4 in 35 tries. Sir Seamus paid $8.60, has been in the top four in nine straight races, and has posted five straight Equibase ‘E’ speed figures in the 90s.