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Originally Posted by parsixfarms
Aside from the Mellon items added above, I think it's because Sea Hero was the first (or at least first in several decades) to complete the Derby - Travers double.
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Was first since Shut Out (1942) but first Derby-Travers winner was Baden Baden (1877). Others included Hindoo, Azra, Twenty Grand, Whirlaway (only TC winner to win Travers), Omar Khayyam...
Of course most famous non-Derby/Travers winner would be Gallant Fox who was stunned in 1930 by.....
Jim Dandy.
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