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Get Stormy, a leading sire at Crestwood Farm, died unexpectedly on March 6 at the age of 16 from what is believed to be a cardiac event.

The son of Stormy Atlantic was bred and owned by Mary A. Sullivan, who raced under the name Sullimar Stables. Trained by Tom Bush, Get Stormy had a long successful campaign which included seven graded stakes wins. Get Stormy raced until age six, and he was a three-time Grade 1 winner, winning the Marker's Mark Mile, Woodford Reserve Turf Classic Stakes, Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap. From 31 career starts, he compiled a record of 11-5-4 and earned $1,606,812.

“Get Stormy was an amazing racehorse, and came to us with all the credentials and a tremendous following. He was such a great physical, and was a pleasure to be around. He was poised to become a top sire, as his best bred crops have yet to race. We are sorry and shocked; he is a great loss to our farm and Storm Cat's legacy” said Pope McLean of Crestwood Farm.

Get Stormy was popular his first year at stud when he arrived at Crestwood Farm, breeding 120 mares in his first season. Get Stormy's first crop included graded stakes winner Fifty Five, who was a nine-time stakes winner, earning $1,088,288 and was named New York's champion 3-year-old filly in 2017 and the state's champion turf female in 2019. Also from Get Stormy's first crop was multiple graded stakes winner, Storm the Hill.

Get Stormy's most prolific runner, the multiple Grade 1-winning filly, Got Stormy with earnings of $2,468,403. She won the Grade 1 Fourstardave in 2019 and again in 2021. She set a new course record during her first Fourstardave victory, completing one mile in 1:32, while defeating males at Saratoga Race Course. In December of 2019, Got Stormy won her second Grade 1 race in the Matriarch Stakes at Del Mar.

As of March 5, 2022, Get Stormy is the sire of 229 starters, 123 winners, six graded stakes winners (Got Stormy, Fifty Five, Get Smokin, Storm the Hill, Go Noni Go, and Getmotherarose), and a total of 11 black-type winners and total progeny earnings of $12,188,748.

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Snapy Halo, a Group 1 winner in his native Argentina and a veteran sire, has been sold to Josep Bassaganya-Riera's Colivar LLC, and he will stand the 2022 breeding season at Colivar's Owl Hollow Farm in Floyd, Va.

The 18-year-old son of Southern Halo previously stood at Calumet Farm in Lexington, Ky.

Bassaganya-Riera, an entrepreneur and a biotech pioneer said, “I am pleased to announce that Covilar LLC initiated operations in the second half of 2021. We are proud to build on the legacy of success of the Owl Hollow Farm. The 120-acre equestrian estate located near the Blue Ridge Parkway is currently being renovated to become a premier breeding and racing Thoroughbred facility. The breeding barns are fully functional and ready to accommodate any number of mares immediately.”

Snapy Halo raced primarily in Argentina, with a few races in Australia. He won Argentina's Group 1 Gran Premio Estrellas Mile in June 2009, prevailing by three lengths and stopping the clock in 1:32.49.

As a sire Snapy Halo has sired 58 foals, with 45 starters (78 percent), 26 winners (45 percent) and two stakes winners (three percent).

Snapy Halo is happy and adjusting well to his new home. Just a day after arriving at Covilar Farm, he was breeding mares.

Snapy Halo will stand for an advertised fee of $2,000, with special considerations under certain conditions.

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Spendthrift Farm's five first-season stallions – Basin, By My Standards, Known Agenda, Rock Your World, and Yaupon – have all had their first respective mares checked in foal.

Basin's first reported in-foal mare is the Bernardini mare Littlegreatone, and By My Standards' is the Outwork mare Danceswithbourbon. Known Agenda, Rock Your World, and Yaupon each had two mares confirmed as pregnant on the same day. Pink Fizz and Sunandsea checked in foal to Known Agenda, Hope Lady and Mrs. O'Connell to Rock Your World, and Joy Filled and An Eddie Surprise to Yaupon.

Known Agenda ($10,000 Stands & Nurses), Rock Your World ($10,000 S&N), and Yaupon ($30,000 S&N) – all three Grade 1 winners in 2021 – are booked full. Grade 1 winner Basin and multimillionaire By My Standards are both standing for $7,500 S&N and participating in Spendthrift's Share The Upside program.

For more information about Spendthrift Farm stallions or the Share The Upside program, please contact Des, Mark, or Brian at 859-294-0030 or visit SpendthriftFarm.com.

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The fifth annual Renaissance Awards, a collaborative effort between the Maryland Horse Breeders Association, Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association, and Maryland Jockey Club, which recognizes excellence in Thoroughbred racing and breeding in Maryland in the past year, went virtual again this year.

Throughout the week of Feb. 28, awards were presented through the MHBA's social media accounts to the top Maryland owner, trainer, jockey, breeder, broodmare and stallion, Backstretch Workers of the Year, one for Pimlico Race Course and one for Laurel Park, as well as the champion Maryland-breds of 2021.

Maryland-bred honorees of 2021 included Knicks Go, the 2021 Eclipse Award winner as Horse of the Year and champion older dirt male who was crowned Maryland-Bred Horse of the Year. The son of Paynter—Kosmo's Buddy, by Outflanker, was bred by Angie and Sabrina Moore and is owned by Korea Racing Authority. He is trained by Brad Cox

Other Maryland divisional champions are:

Champion 2-year-old male: Joe (b.c., 2019, by Declaration of War—Battle Bridge, by Arch). Bred and owned by The Elkstone Group LLC; trained by Michael J. Trombetta;

Champion 2-year-old filly: Luna Belle (b.f., 2019, by Great Notion—Heavenly Moon, by Mojave Moon). Bred by Fred A. Greene Jr., Deborah Greene and Hamilton Smith; owned by Deborah S. Greene and Hamilton A. Smith; trained by Hamilton A. Smith;

Champion 3-year-old male: Jaxon Traveler (dk.b./br.c., 2018, by Munnings—Listen Boy, by After Market). Bred by Dr. and Mrs. A. Leonard Pineau; owned by West Point Thoroughbreds and Marvin Delfiner; trained by Steven M. Asmussen;

Champion 3-year-old filly: Street Lute (ch.f., 2018, by Street Magician—Alottalute, by Midnight Lute). Bred by Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Bowman and Dr. Brooke Bowman; owned by Lucky 7 Stables; trained by John J. Robb;

Champion older female: Hello Beautiful (dk.b./br.m., 2017, Golden Lad—Hello Now, by Tiznow). Bred by Hillwood Stables LLC; owned by Madaket Stables LLC, Albert Frassetto, Mark Parkinson, K-Mac Stable and Magic City Stables, LLC; trained by Brittany Russell;

Champion turf runner: Field Pass (gr./ro.h, 2017, by Lemon Drop Kid—Only Me, by Runaway Groom). Bred by Mark Brown Grier; owned by Three Diamonds Farm; trained by Michael J. Maker; and

Champion sprinter: Aloha West (dk.b./br.h., 2017, by Hard Spun—Island Bound, by Speightstown). Bred by Robert T. Manfuso and Katharine M. Voss; owned by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners; trained by Wayne M. Catalano.

Also presented were the annual breeder, stallion, and broodmare of the year awards.

The late Robert T. Manfuso and Katharine M. Voss, breeders of 2021 Maryland-bred champion sprinter Aloha West, were crowned the Maryland Breeders of the Year, while their mare Island Bound, dam of Aloha West, was named Maryland Broodmare of the Year, and Northview Stallion Station's Great Notion took home the title of Maryland Stallion of the Year for the sixth consecutive year.

Other award winners for 2021 include Hillwood Stable LLC, Maryland Owner of the Year; Brittany Russell, Maryland Trainer of the Year; Jevian Toledo, Maryland Jockey of the Year. Julio Garcia was honored as the Pimlico Backstretch Worker of the Year, while Antoinette Charles Orellana earned the title of Laurel Backstretch Employee of the Year.

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