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| STORMY BUSINESS NOW STANDING AT THE OSBORNE FARM IN CAMBRIDGE MINNESOTA "It's not often a horse comes along that can go short, long, last for a 4 year career and have the heart to compete in every stakes race he was entered in, winning them 3 different times. Stormy Business was just such a colt." |
Stormy Business and the Depth of His Pedigree > Link to 5 generation pedigree > With every mare or grand mare producing a stakes winner, and every sire or grand sire being a stakes winner, Stormy Business has a knockout pedigree. While many people quickly look at a pedigree and simply reflect on a strong sire or two, great pedigrees are determined by understanding how a horse may have been bred and the capability of every horse that went into producing a foal. Serious analysts look for gaps or holes in a pedigree. While recent generations are outstanding, let's look even deeper into the pedigree. For example, every horse has exactly 8 fourth generation sires and we started to wonder how “Stormy Business” went 8 for 8 with, not good, but legendary sires in his pedigree? (See the chart to the right.) The answer…... He was bred by the outstanding Evans breeding family. Edward Evans, whose father bred Pleasant Colony, bred such horses as Saint Liam and many other Breeders Cup horses. He was named the outstanding breeder by the New York Turf Writers Association in 2002, the same year Stormy Business was born! Of course, with 3rd generation sires Storm Bird, Mr. Prospector and Pleasant Colony, as well as the 2nd generation impacts of Storm Cat, Colonial Affair and 2nd Dam Avowal, it is clear that Stormy Business comes from a tremendous hand picked bloodline. |
| Storm Creek Triple Digit Speed Rated Graded Stakes Winner! |
| Storm Cat Grade 1 Stakes Winner and a breeding legend who Commanded a $500,000 Sire Fee and has Sired 163 Black type Winners! |
| Avowal Canadian Champion 3 Year Old Filly and Stakes Winner of $470,762, as well as a Stakes Producing Mare! |
| Colonial Affair Grade 1 Stakes Winner of $1,635,228 with a 113 Top Speed rating! |
| Shawnee Creek Stakes Winner of over $100,000 and Stakes Producer! |
| Stormy Business Repeatedly a Triple Digit Speed Rated Stakes Winner! |
| Promising Affair Stakes Producing mare and winner of $94,900! |
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"Facts are stubborn things." |
| That most people begin as owners in the claiming game. While claiming is great fun, and gets new owners right into the action, there are some things new owners who claim must know. First, don't kid yourself and think the simple analysis of past performances will be the key to success. Everyone can see what you see and don't think you're smarter than others who have been at it for years. The real key is to hook up with a trainer who has proven success at improving horses after claims. Don't take their word, or some goofy advisors word, in this regard. Evaluate the data yourself by looking at all of their claims and simply checking running lines before and after their claims. Not all trainers know how to effectively maintain older claiming horses, or have learned the tricks of the trade. There are many tricks including veterinary techniques, horse maintainence methods and even feed and supplement use. While we have had fun claiming, we eventually realized that the possibility of having stakes winners was extraordinarily slim in the claiming game. We found that the satisfaction of buying young horses, and breeding our own, was without compare. |
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