Global View (Galileo), sire of Sunday’s Gr1 The HKJC Champions Cup winner Dave The King, is one of a growing line of Gr1 sires produced by a daughter of Storm Cat.
Twice Champion Sire in the USA, where he topped the Leading Sires of 2YOs premiership on seven occasions, Storm Cat continues to be a major factor in modern pedigrees.
Global View – a son of Galileo out of Egyptian Queen by Storm Cat (Pic – Pauline Herman)
His numerous active high-class male line descendants include top stallions Into Mischief, Lope De Vega, Justify, and No Nay Never, as well as Goldencents, sire of the 2024 Gr1 Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan.
However, Storm Cat, whose son Giant’s Causeway is broodmare sire of the likes of Gun Runner (Candy Ride) and One World (Captain Al), has also made a huge mark on the breed as a broodmare sire.
Storm Cat mares have produced more than 300 stakes winners, and they have also produced a number of successful stallions.
One of the current hottest sires around is Gleneagles (Galileo), who is out of the Storm Cat mare You’resothrilling, and thus bred on the same cross as Global View.
In 2024, Gleneagles has been responsible for all of Mill Stream (Gr1 My Pension Expert July Cup Stakes, Gr2 1895 Duke Of York Clipper Stakes), Palladium (Gr1 Idee 155th Deutsches Derby) and Ambiente Friendly (William Hill Lingfield Derby Trial Stakes, 2nd Gr1 Betfred Derby), with Gleneagles having sired 37 stakes winners in total.
Another son of Gleneagles, Calandagan, has won three group races this year, romping to a six-length win in the Gr2 King Edward VII Stakes last time out, while Gleneagles’ son Royal Scotsman won the 2024 G3 Betfred Diomed Stakes at Epsom.
The great Storm Cat (Pic – Supplied)
Gleneagles and Global View are both sons of Galileo out of a Storm Cat mare, as is another successful sire Churchill.
The latter, whose progeny include French classic winners Blue Rose Cen and Vadeni, is the sire of 2024 Gr1 Prix de Diane Longines runner-up and G2 Prix de Malleret winner Survie.
The late Speightstown (Gone West), out of the Storm Cat sired champion Silken Cat, was an outstanding stallion, who left behind more than 140 stakes winners, more than 20 of which won Gr1 races, including successful sire Munnings.
Speightstown’s Gr1 Hollywood Derby-winning son Seek Again is the sire of 2022 Gr1 Betway Summer Cup/2023 Gr1 World Sports Betting Champions Challenge winner Puerto Manzano.
Storm Cat mare Lord Blossom, directly descended in female line from Secretariat’s full-sister Syrian Sea, produced a top-class stallion in the form of Lord Kanaloa (King Kamehameha).
Twice champion sprinter, and dual Gr1 Hong Kong Sprint winner, in Japan, Lord Kanaloa has been responsible for more than 50 stakes winners, with his progeny including dual Japanese Horse Of The Year Almond Eye, Gr1 Saudi Cup/Gr1 Dubai Duty Free winner Panthalassa, Gr1 MRC Blue Diamond Stakes hero Tagaloa and Japanese champion Saturnalia.
Study Of Man and Kizuna are both Derby winning sons of Deep Impact and both are out of Storm Cat mares. Study Of Man, winner of the Gr1 Prix du Jockey Club, has made a cracking start to his stud career with his first crop, now three, including five stakes winners notably group winners Deepone (Gr2 Beresford Stakes) and Birthe (Gr2 Prix Saint-Alary).
Kizuna, Leading First Season Sire in Japan in 2019 and Leading Second Season Sire the following year, has sired more than 30 stakes winners including this year’s Gr1 Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) winner Justin Milano.
