Storm Boy Retired to Coolmore Australia

Media Release - Tuesday June 24

An utterly dominant winner of the $3 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic, the hugely exciting son of the international sire sensation Justify is set to join the Coolmore Australia roster in 2025.

Unbeaten on his first four racecourse appearances, Storm Boy racked up dominating victories in the B.J. McLachlan Stakes [Gr.3], the Magic Millions 2YO Classic [L.R] and the Skyline Stakes [Gr.2].

Storm Boy was explosive when winning the Magic Millions 2YO Classic - image Grant Courtney

Trainer Gai Waterhouse described his 2YO Classic success as “basically toying with them, he was really really impressive…He annihilated them, it was just so dominant.” Racenet regarded the performance as “one of the most dominant Magic Millions 2YO Classic wins ever seen.”

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Having positioned himself as the red-hot favourite for the 2024 Golden Slipper [Gr.1] Storm Boy lost little in defeat. Missing the start, giving several lengths away and being forced to race on the worst of the ground away from the main protagonists, he very nearly overcame the impossible, finishing just over a length back in third.

Storm Boy's 3YO campaign kicked off with an emphatic win in the San Domenico [Gr.3] at Rosehill, accounting for a high-class field by the most comfortable of 3-length victories.

“We are delighted to welcome Storm Boy back to Coolmore Australia for the 2025 season. His early performances on the track really had to be seen to be believed," commented Coolmore Australia's principal Tom Magnier. "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."

Coolmore's Colm Santry remarked, "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 $460,000, after which we were happy to have bought him back for many multiples of that price.”

Storm Boy will stand at a fee of $16,500.

"We took Storm Boy to Europe with the plan of winning the QE II Jubilee Stakes [Gr.1] at Royal Ascot," Magnier continued, "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."

“Being a son of Justify is a huge positive for us. What we're witnessing from Justify the world over is incredible," commented Coolmore's Tom Moore.

"He'll stand alongside Justify's Champion 2YO and World Champion 3YO, City Of Troy who is already fully booked for the coming season. It's imperative that we stand the best sons of Justify globally and we're very excited to see what Storm Boy can do in this next chapter.”

Storm Boy will stand for a fee of $16,500 including GST.

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