Storm Cat - Stud Career

Stud Career

Best known for the success of the racehorses he has sired and his many successful sons at stud, Storm Cat stood at stud at Overbrook Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. In 1999 and 2000, he was the leading sire in North America. As of August 2008, he has sired 32 winners of Group 1/Grade 1 stakes, 99 winners of group or graded stakes races, and 166 stakes winners worldwide, which have earnings in excess of $115 million. He was the leading sire of stakes winners in North America in 2005. The best of his progeny included Aljabr, Bluegrass Cat, Cat Thief, Forestry, Giant's Causeway, Hennessy, Hold That Tiger, Jalil, Life Is Sweet, One Cool Cat, Storm Flag Flying and Tabasco Cat.

At the September 2004 Keeneland yearling sales, a Storm Cat colt since named Mr. Sekiguchi sold for $8 million, and in the 2005 sale, another of his colts, Jalil, sold for $9.7 million. The price was the highest ever paid for a yearling sold at the Keeneland September sale and is third-highest overall. His stud fee from 2002 to 2007 was $500,000 for each live foal, but his final published fee was reduced to $300,000 for 2008.

Overbrook Farm announced May 13, 2008 that Storm Cat, at the age of 25, was pensioned from stallion duty due to reduced fertility. Storm Cat covered more than 30 mares in 2008, with three reportedly in foal. According to Ric Waldman, who managed the stallion for Overbrook, "We have been monitoring his semen throughout the breeding season, and there's been a decline in his semen quality."