Successful Crestwood Farm stallion Get Stormy According to the farm, died suddenly on March 6 at the age of 16 from a condition that appeared to be related to the heart. Stormy Atlantic’s son was bred and owned by Mary A. Sullivan, who raced it as her Sullimar Cage.
“Get Stormy is a great racehorse and comes to us with all the evidence and a terrible following. He’s in great physical shape and a joy to be around,” said Pope McLean of Crestwood Farm. know. “He is poised to be the top breeder, as his best seedlings have yet to race to flower. We are sorry and shocked; he is a great loss to our farm. me and the legacy of the Storm Cat.”
Tom Bush coached Get Stormy for most of his five-year racing career, which included wins in seven ratings. He became the winner of 2 and 3 together winning three consecutive bets in Lure Stakes at Racecourse SaratogaBryan Station Stakes (G3T) at Keenelandand Commonwealth Shares (G3T) in Churchill Downs. He would go on to win the graded bets 4-6, secure his first 1st place in the Marker’s Mark Mile Stakes in 2011 (G1T) and follow up that effort with a win in the Woodford Reserve Turf Classic Stakes (G1T). At the age of 6, Get Stormy won the Gulfstream Park Lawn Handicap (G1T) and placed two other graded bets. From 31 career starts, he’s set a 11-5-4 record and earned $1,606,812.
“It’s unbelievable, it’s a horse that I think will be finished breeding in four or five years, and then it will probably live another 10 years. I think it will live to 30. It is a large, strong, healthy horse. “I was shocked to learn that he had had such a thing happen to me,” Bush said.
“He’s got that magnetism in him… he’s given a lot of special attention to keeping him comfortable and (he must be) trained like he needs to be. He’s trained. love to travel, he went everywhere on the plane with us and he was a big part of my relationship with Miss Sullivan that’s what makes the horses so special; it’s The people you associate with make such a big difference.”
Get Stormy rose to fame during his first year of college when he went to Crestwood Ranch, raising 120 mares in the first season. Get Stormy’s first case included a nine-time winner Fifty five who won the Florida Oaks (G3T) on the way to $1,088,288 and was named the New York 3rd place champion for 2017 and the New York women’s grass champion in 2019. including many 3rd place winners Storm the Hill .
Get Stormy’s Most Runner Is 1st Place Winner Storm , owned by Spendthrift Farm and My Racehorse Stable, who made $2,468,403 in the 2-6 race. Bred in Kentucky by Mt. Joy Stables, Pope McLean, Marc McLean and Pope McLean Jr., the 7-year-old mare won the 2019 and 2021 Fourstardave (G1T) handicap against trainer Mark Casse. In her first win at Fourstardave, she set a Saratoga course record of 1:32 for a mile, simultaneously beating the men. In December 2019, Got Stormy added Matriarch Stakes (G1T) at Del Mar have her tally the six bets that are classified as winning.
As of March 5, Get Stormy has selected 123 winners and 11 equity winners, including six in the classified holdings company. Got Stormy’s top performers also include Get Smokin Storm the Hill, Go to Noni Go and Getmotherarose . His descendants earned a total of $12,188,748 and an average of $53,229 per starter. While eight of his winners thrived on grass, he also picked three land winners, led by the big winner. Raintree Starlet .
“I think this 2-year-old is one of his bigger books, a few nicer mares so maybe he’ll give us a few more runners next season,” Bush said.
