Storm Queen (horse)

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Storm Queen
SireCoronation Boy (IRE)
Grandsire Nasrullah (ENG)
DamStorm Gleam (AUS)
DamsireSun Storm (GB)
Sex Mare
Foaled1963
Country Australia
Colour Bay
Trainer Bart Cummings
Record20: 13-2-1
Earnings A$101,000
Major wins
SAJC Breeders' Stakes (1966)
VRC Sires' Produce Stakes (1966)
Golden Slipper Stakes (1966)
Champagne Stakes (1966)
Moonee Valley Stakes (1966)
Edward Manifold Stakes (1966)
Caulfield Guineas (1966)
George Adams Handicap (1966)
Lightning Stakes (1967)
Honours
Storm Queen Stakes
Last updated on 13 October 2017

Storm Queen was a notable Australian thoroughbred racehorse.

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A bay daughter of Coronation Boy from the mare Storm Gleam, she was foaled in 1963 and was trained throughout her career by Bart Cummings.

Her racetrack debut ended in defeat, but it was followed by eight successive wins in her two-year-old season including victory in the 1966 STC Golden Slipper Stakes. [1]

Retired in 1967 following an unplaced run in the AJC Doncaster Handicap she was unable to match her deeds on the racetrack as a breeding mare.

Race record

20 starts - 13 wins, 2 seconds, 1 third

Prize Money

A£50,243

Major wins

Storm Queen won the following major races:

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References

  1. 1 2 "Rosehill results - Golden Slipper Stakes 6f (Official 1962 result and photos)". The Age, Melbourne . 28 March 1966. p. 19 (column 2). Retrieved 31 March 2013.