BACK TO STORMY ATLANTIC'S HOMEPAGE
2010: NEWS
8/1/10 - GET STORMY SCORES IN THE FOURSTARDAVE at the Spa
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Get Stormy kicked off a four-race winning streak over this course last summer, taking an allowance test in July and the Lure S. in August. The bay made it three in a row in the GIII Bryan Station S. at Keeneland in October, and held on gamely in his final start of the year, annexing the GIII Commonwealth S. at Churchill Nov. 15 by a nose. Making his comeback after a six month vacation in the Elkwood S. at Monmouth May 22, he powered home a 3 1/2-length winner. The four-year-old shipped to Woodbine for his latest, the GII King Edward S. June 27, but failed to threaten and ran fourth as the favorite. The chalk once again with the return to the Spa, Get Stormy broke awkwardly, but got it together in a matter of strides and went right to the lead. He set a solid pace and had plenty in the tank when they hit the lane, holding Public Speaker safe in the drive to the wire. "He was really kind of
rattling down the backside, and I wasn't sure if he'd have enough left," trainer Tom Bush admitted. "The fractions were pretty legit. This horse is really something special." The ultimate goal for the winner will be the GI Breeders' Cup Mile.
Owned by Sullimar Stable, Get Stormy improved his career record to seven wins from 15 starts and earnings of $435,961.
7/24/10 - 55th stakes winner for Stormy Atlantic
STORMY LORD, g. 3, Stormy Atlantic - Lady Auchamore, by Meadowlake scored in the Toronto Cup S. at Woodbine going 9 furlongs on the turf. Last month he was second in the Charlie Barley S. He is owned by Hat Trick Stable and Kinghaven Farms and was bred by Kinghaven Farms Ltd. (On.).
Lifetime: 11-5-3-0, $376,627
7/17/10 - Stormy Atlantic had two stakes placers and an exciting two year old winner:
IN THE ROUGH, f. 3, Stormy Atlantic - Old Fashion Girl, by Arch, winner of the Coconut Grove S at Gulfstream early this spring and placed in the Little Silver S this May, ran third in the G3- Virginia Oaks at Colonial Downs for owners George and Lori Hall and breeder, Lazy Lane Farms Inc.
Lifetime: 11 2-2-1 $148,455
At Evangeline Downs, Pantara Phantom, g. 5, Stormy Atlantic - Jerold's Sister by Zuppardo's Prince ran 2nd in the Oak Hall S. This gelding was a stakes winner at two and has been stakes placed often. He is owned by Kara Gael Baggett and was bred by Bow-Knot Farms Inc & Val C Murrel.
Lifetime 24 4-4-3 $224,762
Chosen a TDN RISING STAR, STORMY RUSH, c, 2, by Stormy Atlantic- Willow Rush by by Wild Rush won his first start with dispatch at Woodbine.
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Bought back on a bid of $45,000 at last year's Fasig- Tipton July sale, Stormy Rush breezed an eighth of a mile in :10.1 for this year's OBSMAR sale and was knocked down for $210,000 as the second-last horse through the ring. In steady training since mid- May, the dark bay breezed five grassy furlongs in 1:00 2/5 July 11, and the word was out for the debut. With the leaders for the opening exchanges, Stormy Rush came back nicely to Jono Jones and allowed himself to tuck in behind the pace. With the rider merely looking for somewhere to run at the head of the stretch, Stormy Rush pounced on the front-runners three wide and accelerated away to score by a widening 4 1/2 lengths as the 17-10 favorite. With the win, he stamps himself a legitimate candidate for a race like the GIII Summer S., a Breeders' Cup Challenge event in mid-September.
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $32,425.
7/10/10 - AWAKINO CAT, g. 5, Stormy Atlantic - Ski Racer (Fr), by Ski Chief shipped up to Suffolk Downs to splash through the slop and win the SEABISCUT S.. He is owned by Linda Rice and F E Que Stable and was bred by Budget Stable (Ky.). His trainer is part owner Linda Rice.
Lifetime: 19-8-1-1, $254,350
7/3/10 - SW HUGO, h. 5 Stormy Atlantic - Go Baby Go (Ire) by Lion Cavern garnered a third in the Daniel Van Clief S at Colonial Downs. He is owned by Franklin G Smith Sr and was bred by Morgan`s Ford Farm.
Lifetime: 21 4-3-2 $130,835
In Canada stakes placed Stormy Lord, g. 3, Stormy Atlantic - Lady Auchamore by Meadowlake added more black type to his page running second in the Charlie Barley S at Woodbine. He is owned by Hat Trick Stable and Kinghaven Farms and was bred by Limited.
Lifetime: 9 3-3-0 $272,385
6/19/10 -STORMY ATLANTIC'S 4 year old filly CUMULONIMBLE out of the Gulch mare Crown Gulch took the $100,000 Lincoln Heritage H at Arlington Park. She is owned by Two Bucks To Show LLC and was bred by John and Iveta Kerber. Always rated just behind the pace, she edged forward in the stretch to win. This filly was also a stakes winner at 3.
Lifetime: 13 6 2 3 $211,601G
2/14/10 - STORMY ATLANTIC moves to #3 on the 2010 General Sire List in earnings and #1 with winners (26) as In The Rough, owned by Lori and George Hall and trained by Kelly Breen impressively wins the $125,000 Coconut Grove S. for Three Year l Fillies at Gulfstream Park.
2/5/10 - Barbecue Eddie by STORMY ATLANTIC takes the $150,000 Al Thayer Motors Hdcp.
2009: NEWS
11/15/09 - STORMY ATLANTIC's Get Stormy takes the Commonwealth Turf S. G3 at Churchill Downs keeping him in the top 10 National Sire List with over $6 million in earnings.
7/5/09 - Stormy Atlantic's two daughters, SUPERIOR STORM and Exciting Empress finish one-two in the J. Archie Sebastien Memorial S. at Evangeline Downs on 7/4/09!
2/7/09 - MSW SUPERIOR STORM won the $150,000 Louisiana Premier Night Distaff at Delta Downs going a mile on the dirt. This filly, out of the mare Alittlebitsuperior by Total Departure, is owned by Jac Mac Stable LLC and was bred by Jack Dickerson. She has won 10 of her 15 starts 8 of these in stakes company. In 2008 she won 6 stakes from 7 starts going from 6 furlongs to 1 1/16th.
Lifetime: 15 10-2-1 $515,498.
2008 NEWS
Bittel Road Flies Late to Score Bourbon
by Jason Shandler
October 7, 2008
James Scatuorchio and John Iracane’s Bittel Road came from the clouds and got the final jump on Driving Snow to take the $200,000 Woodford Reserve Bourbon Stakes (gr. IIIT) ) by a head in thrilling fashion Oct. 5 on the Keeneland turf. The victory earned undefeated Bittel Road a berth in the Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Oct. 25 at Santa Anita.
Bittel Road, sent off as the even-money favorite, broke well but was caught in traffic and shuffled towards the back of the field of 12 2-year-olds. Under patient handling from Rajiv Maragh, the son of Stormy Atlantic saved ground down the backstretch and still had a ton of ground to make up on the leaders. But after being angled wide into the stretch he gobbled up ground from the middle of the racetrack and set his sights on Driving Snow, who had taken the lead inside the sixteenth-pole under Robby Albarado. Bittel Road finally passed his rival in the final stride.
Maragh, who picked up the mount for injured John Velazquez, was aboard Bittel Road for the first time.
“That was an exceptional finish,” Maragh said. “I was at the back and I had like eight horses in front of me. He just kept passing them one by one until he got there.”
Trained by Todd Pletcher, Bittel Road covered the 1 1/16 miles on the ‘firm’ turf in 1:44.29. Driving Snow was 1 1/4 lengths in front of third-place Ninth Client. Vaquero was fourth.
Bittel Road is now undefeated in three starts. The dark bay colt broke his maiden on the Belmont turf July 11 and entered the Bourbon off a head victory in the $80,000 With Anticipation Stakes Aug. 29 at Saratoga.
Early on in the Bourbon, Ninth Client, Vaquero and Ghost Five were in a three-way duel for the lead. Ninth Client, with Julien Leparoux aboard, eventually wrestled the lead, cleared six furlongs in 1:13.01 and took a narrow advantage over Vaquero at the eighth-pole. But Driving Snow, who was tenth after six furlongs, was angled four-wide into the stretch and took command in mid-stretch. He looked to be clear to the wire but Bittel Road, seventh entering the stretch, came flying from the middle of the racetrack.
“This colt is one we liked all along,” Pletcher said. “He was able to break his maiden going three-quarters and go to the front doing that, and he overcame some adversity at Saratoga. So we knew he was a quality colt, but I thought today he was very, very good. We hope to go to the Breeders’ Cup if everything comes out well.”
Bittel Road paid $4, $3 and $2.80. The exacta (1-10) returned $27.60 and the trifecta (1-10-5) was worth $232.80.
Bred in Kentucky by Iracane, Bittel Road is out of the Sultry Song mare Sultry.
Nashoba Bridesmaid to Quite a Bride
by Claire Novak
Quite a Bride turned in quite a performance and had 3-5 favorite Nashoba’s Key playing the bridesmaid when she rolled to a solid win in the $500,000 San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf Stakes at Santa Anita Jan. 26.
Sent off at odds of 2-1, the Florida-bred daughter of Stormy Atlantic was able to get the 1 1/8-mile distance for trainer Bill Mott for the first time in her career, thanks to a perfect trip under Eclipse Award-winning jockey Garrett Gomez.
First at the start, Quite a Bride tucked back behind the frontrunning Somethinaboutlaura as Placid Lake showed quick early speed and Nashoba’s Key rated in fourth under 2007 Eclipse Apprentice Jockey Joe Talamo. They nursed through early fractions of :25.06, :50.58, and 1:14.35 with the order of the first four remaining unchanged. It was not until they hit the turn that Talamo sent Nashoba’s Key after the leaders, but Quite a Bride was already powering away through a mile in 1:37.72.
"She placed herself up close like she always does," said Gomez. "When we went into the far turn, I was expecting Nashoba’s Key to be coming after me, and when I didn’t see her, I thought maybe she got held up in traffic or maybe the soft turf was bothering her. When we got to the top of the stretch, it looked like maybe the field was coming to me. I asked her at that point, and she sprinted clear.”
Kept to the task, the 5-year-old mare breezed home under wraps to a handy 1 ¾-length win. The final time was 1:49.98. Nashoba’s Key, launching her 5-year-old career after a fourth-place finish in the Emirates Airlines Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf (gr. IT), came in second and had trainer Carla Gaines blaming the pace and position for her loss.
“She was too far back off a slow pace," said Gaines. "She got to the winner right past the wire.”
22-1 shot Placid Lake hung on for third.
Owned by breeder Julio Bozano's Haras Santa Maria de Araras, Quite a Bride claimed her 10th career win in 18 starts and came off a dominating wire-to-wire victory in the South Beach Stakes at Gulfstream Park Jan. 3 to claim her second consecutive victory. She is the first graded stakes winner produced by the 20-year-old Blushing Groom mare Wise Bride, whose last reported foal was an unnamed Indian Ocean yearling.
"She hadn’t won going a mile and an eighth previously, so it was a little bit of a question," said Leana Willaford, assistant to Mott. "But obviously, she got the job done.”
Willaford said Quite a Bride would go back to Florida. “She’s meant to be retired,” she said. “Her last race was supposed to be her last one, and we talked her owners into running in this one, and she’s two for two, so now I don’t know what they’re going to do.”
Quite a Bride returned $6.40, $3, and $2.40. Nashoba’s Key paid $2.20 and $2.10 to place, while Placid Lake and jockey David Flores brought $4.20 to show.
