Storm Boy Retired to Coolmore Australia at Introductory Fee of A$16,500

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Storm Boy, a Group 2 winner and Group 1-placed when trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, is set to join the Coolmore Australia roster in 2025, it was announced on Tuesday. He has been introduced at a fee of A$16,500 (inc GST).

The son of Justify was bought by Coolmore and a group of their friends and clients for an undisclosed sum after he made it three from three as a juvenile in the Listed Magic Millions 2YO Classic. On his next start he won the G2 Skyline Stakes, before finishing third, beaten just a length and a quarter, in the G1 Golden Slipper, the world's richest race for two-year-olds.

The first foal out of the winning Fastnet Rock mare Pelican, Storm Boy also won the G3 San Domenico Stakes on his return to action as a three-year-old, before posting creditable efforts in defeat when finishing third in the G2 Run To The Rose, fourth in the G1 Golden Rose and eighth, beaten around two lengths, in The Everest.

“We are delighted to welcome Storm Boy back to Coolmore Australia for the 2025 season,” said Coolmore Australia's principal Tom Magnier. “His early performances on the track really had to be seen to be believed. He was jaw-dropping. Much like his sire Justify, he broke his opponents' hearts! He won five of his first seven starts in a really dominating fashion and was unlucky not to include a Golden Slipper in that tally.”

Having joined Aidan O'Brien at Ballydoyle for a European campaign in 2025, he was last seen finishing down the field in Saturday's G1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot and retires as the winner of five of his 12 career starts.

Magnier added, “We took Storm Boy to Europe with the plan of winning the [G1] Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot but, unfortunately, we haven't been able to give him the ideal prep. We felt we were getting back to where we needed to be with him, but he was found to be quite lame since returning to Ballydoyle on Saturday.”

Coolmore's Colm Santry said, “What's also particularly gratifying is the fact that we have come full circle with Storm Boy. He was born and raised here at Coolmore Australia. By the best young stallion in the world and out of a daughter of one of Australia's greatest broodmare sires, Fastnet Rock. He went through our draft at Magic Milions for A$460,000, after which we were happy to have bought him back for many multiples of that price.”

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