| Summer Squall | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Storm Bird |
| Grandsire | Northern Dancer |
| Dam | Weekend Surprise |
| Damsire | Secretariat |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1987 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | W.S. Farish III & William S. Kilroy |
| Owner | Dogwood Stable |
| Trainer | Neil J. Howard |
| Record | 20: 13-4-0 |
| Earnings | $1,844,282 |
| Major wins | |
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Hopeful Stakes (1989) Preakness Stakes (1990) Kentucky Derby 2nd (1990) |
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| Horse (Equus ferus caballus) | |
Summer Squall (foaled 1987 in Kentucky - September 22, 2009) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by Storm Bird, who in turn was a son of 1964 U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt Northern Dancer, "one of the most influential sires in Thoroughbred history." His dam was Weekend Surprise, a daughter of the great U.S. Triple Crown winner Secretariat. Weekend Surprise was also the dam of 1992 United States Horse of the Year, A.P. Indy.
Bred and born on the land that would become Lane's End Farm in Versailles, Kentucky by W.S. Farish III & W.S. Kilroy, Summer Squall was trained by Neil J. Howard and ridden by National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day.
Racing at age two, Summer Squall went undefeated in all five of his starts. As a three-year-old in 1990 he became known for his rivalry with Unbridled. They met six times, with Summer Squall winning four, including the Blue Grass Stakes.
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At Kentucky Derby post time, Summer Squall was sent off as the bettors' second choice behind Mister Frisky, a colt from Puerto Rico who had won a record sixteen straight races coming into the Derby including impressive wins in California in the San Rafael and San Vicente Stakes and the important Grade I Santa Anita Derby.
Running six lengths back, Summer Squall made a move as the field turned into the stretch for home but Unbridled came with him, then pulled away to win. Pleasant Tap finished third with Mister Frisky eighth.
Summer Squall won the Preakness Stakes by 21⁄2 lengths. In beating Unbridled, his 18 seconds for the final 3/16 of a mile was the fastest in Preakness history.
Summer Squall had bled quite a bit during his racing in Florida and required Lasix to deal with the problem. Unfortunately, Lasix was still banned in New York in 1990, and so he did not race in the Belmont Stakes, in which rival Unbridled finished fourth.
Summer Squall competed at age four in 1991. He won the Fayette Handicap at Keeneland Race Course; then in Chicago at Arlington Park, ran second to Black Tie Affair in the Washington Park Handicap. He earned another second, this time to Farma Way, in the then Grade I Pimlico Special.
Summer Squall was a ridgling, meaning that he had an undescended testicle. However, this did not preclude him being used as a successful stud. He stood at Lane's End Farm until he was pensioned in 2004 due to fertility problems. He was euthanized in September 2009 from infirmities of old age.
The sire of thirty-five stakes winners, Summer Squall produced offspring that included:
Summer Squall is the damsire of Summer Bird, winner of the 2009 Belmont Stakes, and also the damsire of Stevie Wonderboy.
| Sire Storm Bird bay 1978 |
Northern Dancer
bay 1961 |
Nearctic brown 1954 |
Nearco |
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| Lady Angela | |||
| Natalma bay 1957 |
Native Dancer | ||
| Al Mahmoud | |||
| South Ocean
bay 1967 |
New Providence bay 1956 |
Bull Page | |
| Fair Colleen | |||
| Shining Sun bay 1962 |
Chop Chop | ||
| Solar Display | |||
| Dam Weekend Surprise bay 1980 |
Secretariat
chestnut 1970 |
Bold Ruler brown 1954 |
Nasrullah |
| Miss Disco | |||
| Somethingroyal bay 1952 |
Princequillo | ||
| Imperatrice | |||
| Lassie Dear
bay 1974 |
Buckpasser bay 1963 |
Tom Fool | |
| Busanda | |||
| Gay Missile bay 1967 |
Sir Gaylord | ||
| Missy Baba |
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