Leading sire Storm Cat dies at 30
Legendary thoroughbred sire Storm Cat has died inwards Kentucky at the historic catamenia of 30.
The leading sire in addition to Group 1 winner was euthanized on Apr 24 at the Young family’s Overbrook Farm inwards Lexington, due to complications from infirmities of onetime age.
By Storm Bird in addition to out of the stakes winning Secretariat mare Terlingua, Storm Cat was bred in addition to raced past times William T. Young. During his racing career he captured the Young America Stakes (gr. I) in addition to finished 2d inwards the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Stakes (gr. I) inwards 1985, on the agency to $570,610 inwards career earnings.
Storm Cat retired from racing inwards 1987 to stand upwards stud at Overbrook Farm. Breeding his get-go majority of mares inwards 1988 at a stud fee of $30,000, he was pensioned inwards 2008 afterwards a 20-year stud career that saw his fee rising to every bit high every bit $500,000.
After he retired from active stud duties, he led a serenity life at Overbrook Farm. His schedule included daily help from Eduardo Terrazas, his master copy stallion managing director in addition to regular visits from his life-long veterinarian, doc Robert Copelan.
In early on 2009, a novel physical care for developed at Texas A&M University enabled Storm Cat to proceed breeding via AI. He remained at stud for quarter Equus caballus mares for a fee of $US20,000.
In the thoroughbred world, Storm Cat sired earners of over $127 million, 8 champions in addition to 108 graded stakes winners including winners of the Preakness S., Belmont S., Kentucky Oaks in addition to 5 Breeders’ Cup races, ranking minute on the all-time Breeders’ Cup sire list, along amongst numerous European Group 1 races. He topped the full general sire listing twice, the juvenile sire listing a tape 7 times in addition to was leading broodmare sire inwards 2012.
At world auction 462 of his yearlings sold for over $319 i chiliad one thousand including 91 yearlings which brought $1 i chiliad one thousand or more. By comparison, his grandsire, Northern Dancer ranked minute amongst 52 yearlings which brought $ 1 i chiliad one thousand or more.
“Storm Cat was a once-in-a-lifetime Equus caballus in addition to the fundamental to the success that Overbrook Farm enjoyed. My manly soul bring upwards oftentimes said that Storm Cat made him await similar a genius,” Overbrook Farm possessor William T. Young Jr. said.
Overbrook Farm dispersed its thoroughbred operations inwards belatedly 2009, retaining alone a pocket-size racing stable. “The retirement of Storm Cat ended a phenomenal era at Overbrook,” Young said at the time.
Ric Waldman, who managed Storm Cat’s stud career said, “Storm Cat was a major touching sire — a major touching on the hereafter of the breed in addition to a major touching on the lives of those of us at Overbrook.”
Storm Cat was buried at Overbrook Farm.
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