Summer Squall

Summer Squall

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Summer Squall


caption =
sire = Storm Bird
grandsire = Northern Dancer
dam = Weekend Surprise
damsire = Secretariat
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1987
country = United States flagicon|USA
colour = Bay
breeder = W.S. Farish III & William S. Kilroy
owner = Dogwood Stable
trainer = Neil J. Howard
record = 20: 13-4-0
earnings = $1,844,282
race = Hopeful Stakes (1989)
Jim Beam Stakes (1990)
Pennsylvania Derby (1990)
Blue Grass Stakes (1990)
Fayette Handicap (1990)
Saratoga Special Stakes (1990)
Bashford Manor Stakes (1990)
Kentucky Breeders' Cup Stakes (1990)

American Classic Race wins:
Preakness Stakes (1990)
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honours =
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Summer Squall (foaled 1987 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by Storm Bird, who in turn was a son of 1964 U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt Northern Dancer, "one of the most influential sires in Thoroughbred history." His dam was Weekend Surprise, a daughter of the great U.S. Triple Crown winner Secretariat. Weekend Surprise was also the dam of 1992 United States Horse of the Year, A.P. Indy.

Bred and born on the land that would become Lane's End Farm in Versailles, Kentucky by W.S. Farish III & W.S. Kilroy, Summer Squall was trained by Neil J. Howard and ridden by National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day.

Racing at age two, Summer Squall went undefeated in all five of his starts. As a three-year-old in 1990 he became known for his rivalry with Unbridled. They met six times, with Summer Squall winning four, including the Blue Grass Stakes.

1990 Kentucky Derby

At Kentucky Derby post time, Summer Squall was sent off as the bettors' second choice behind Mister Frisky, a colt from Puerto Rico who had won a record sixteen straight races coming into the Derby including impressive wins in California in the San Rafael and San Vicente Stakes and the important Grade I Santa Anita Derby.

Running six lengths back, Summer Squall made a move as the field turned into the stretch for home but Unbridled came with him, then pulled away to win. Pleasant Tap finished third with Mister Frisky eighth.

1990 Preakness Stakes

Summer Squall won the Preakness Stakes by 2 1/2 lengths. In beating Unbridled, his 18 seconds for the final 3/16 of a mile was the fastest in Preakness history.

1990 Belmont Stakes

Summer Squall had bled quite a bit during his racing in Florida and required Lasix to deal with the problem. Unfortunately, Lasix was still banned in New York in 1990, and so he did not race in the Belmont Stakes, in which rival Unbridled finished fourth.

Summer Squall competed at age four in 1991. He won the Fayette Handicap at Keeneland; then in Chicago at Arlington Park, ran second to Black Tie Affair in the Washington Park Handicap. He earned another second, this time to Farma Way, in the then Grade I Pimlico Special.

Retirement

Summer Squall was a ridgling, meaning that he had an undescended testicle. However, this did not preclude him being used as a successful stud. He stood at Lane's End Farm until he was pensioned in 2004 due to fertility problems.

The sire of thirty-five stakes winners, some of his most famous offspring were:
* Charismatic - 1999 Kentucky Derby winner, 1999 American Horse of the Year
* Storm Song - won 1996 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly
* Summer Colony - millionaire filly, multiple stakes winner including the Grade I Personal Ensign Handicap
* Summer Mis - 2003 Illinois Horse of the Year

Summer Squall is also the damsire of Stevie Wonderboy.

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/summer+squall Pedigree & Partial Stats]
* [http://www.tbcprojects.com/career.php?search=3733 Summer Squall's offspring at the Triple Crown database by Kathleen Irwin and Joy Reeves]

External links

* [http://www.dogwoodstable.com/archived-news.shtml Dogwood Stable Archived News]


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