Got Stormy

Got Stormy broke through for her first career victory in her third start with a clear win in February 2018 at Gulfstream Park. She ran third by a half-length in the Sanibel Island Stakes at Gulfstream Park before a fourth-place finish in the Grade 3 Edgewood Stakes on the Longines Kentucky Oaks undercard.

Got Stormy followed with a hard-fought victory by a neck in the Penn Oaks. She added a two-length win in the Wild Applause Stakes at Belmont Park, which set her up for her graded stakes debut in the Grade 3 Ontario Colleen Stakes at Woodbine on July 21.

In the Ontario Colleen, Got Stormy stalked the early pace, seized command near the top of the stretch, and opened up a commanding three-length lead in early stretch. She cruised to a two-length win as the 3-5 favorite to extend her stakes winning streak to three and earn her first graded stakes win. Got Stormy was unplaced in her final two starts in 2018.

Got Stormy returned for her 4-year-old bow and won an allowance race at Gulfstream Park in March by 2 ¼ lengths when returning from a 3 ½-month layoff. She followed with a third-place finish in the Grade 1 Coolmore Jenny Wiley Stakes in April at Keeneland before running second in the Grade 2 Longines Distaff Turf Mile Stakes at Churchill on the May 4 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve undercard.

Got Stormy regained her winning form with a four-length runaway win in the Fasig-Tipton De La Rose Stakes Aug. 3 at Saratoga. She returned a week later at the Spa and set a new course record while defeating males in the Grade 1 Fourstardave Handicap, completing the one-mile race in 1:32, more than a second faster than the previous mark of 1:33.13 set by Macagone eight days earlier. Got Stormy followed with a game runner-up finish in the Grade 1, $1 million Ricoh Woodbine Mile Stakes.

Got Stormy tackled males again inthe  TVG Breeders’ Cup Mile and seized command in the stretch but she could not hold off the sustained late rush of Uni and settled for second. The filly rebounded from her close defeat in the Breeders’ Cup Mile with a visually impressive three quarter-length score in the Grade 1 Matriarch Stakes at Del Mar on Dec. 1 to close out a career-best 2019 racing season.

Got Stormy faded to fourth in Grade 3 Lambholm South Endeavour Stakes Feb. 8 at Tampa in her 5-year-old debut. She followed with a hard-fought runner-up finish March 7 at Santa Anita in the Grade 1 Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes. Following back-to-back unplaced finishes in Grade 3 races, Got Stomy closed willingly to run second to Halladay in the Grade 1 Fourstardave Handicap Aug. 22 at Saratoga. Got Stormy halted a five-race winless stretch when she proved much the best Sept. 12 in the Grade 3 Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf Sprint Stakes. She followed with another victory sprinting on the grass when she finished with an explosive burst to win the Buffalo Trace Franklin County Stakes in the final jump Oct. 9 at Keeneland. Got Stormy closed out her 2020 season with a fifth-place finish, beaten by two lengths, in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint.

Got Stormy extended back out to one mile for the Grade 3 Honey Fox Stakes to kick off her 6-year-old campaign Feb. 27 at Gulfstream Park. She took command in the stretch and held off a powerful late bid from runer-up Zofelle to prevail.

After two graded stakes defeats, Got Stormy was 12.50-1 in the Grade 1 Fourstardave Handicap at Saratoga on Aug. 14. She found her best form again and drew off to victory by X lengths. With that win, Got Stormy became the third horse to win the Fourstardave twice, joining the race's namesake in 1990 and 1991 and Hall of Famer Wise Dan in 2012 and 2013. She also earned a spot in the Grade 1 FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile Presented by PDJF at Del Mar on Nov. 6, as part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge "Win and You're In" series.