Storm Cat | |
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Sire | Storm Bird |
Grandsire | Northern Dancer |
Dam | Terlingua |
Damsire | Secretariat |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | February 27, 1983[1] |
Died | 24 April 2013 | (aged 30)
Country | USA |
Color | Dark bay |
Breeder | W. T. Young Storage Inc. |
Owner | William T. Young |
Trainer | Jonathan E. Sheppard |
Record | 8: 4–3–0 |
Earnings | $570,610[2] |
Major wins | |
Young America Stakes (1985) | |
Awards | |
Leading sire in North America (1999, 2000) Leading broodmare sire in North America (2012, 2013, 2014) |
Storm Cat (February 27, 1983 – April 24, 2013) was an American Thoroughbred stallion whose breeding fee during the peak of his stud career was $500,000, the highest in North America at the time. He was the leading sire in North America in 1999 and 2000, and the leading juvenile (two-year-old) sire a record seven times. He sired 108 graded stakes winners and eight champions, including Giant's Causeway, who also became a leading sire.
Although best known as a sire, Storm Cat was one of the best two-year-old racehorses of his generation, winning the Grade I Young America Stakes and finishing second in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile.