With offspring like One Bad Boy and Ms Bad Behavior, it would be easy to assume that trouble runs in the family of the Stormy Atlantic mare Cumulonimble.
Far from it.
One Bad Boy, the younger of the two half-siblings – both of whom were foaled in Ontario – was a $65,000 Keeneland September Yearling Sale purchase by bloodstock agent Brooke Hubbard on behalf of Sayjay Racing in 2017. The Twirling Candy colt traveled north of the border to win last year's Queen's Plate, the most important horse race for Canadian-breds. Through seven career starts, One Bad Boy has earned $556,732.
Hubbard had some inside information while shopping at Keeneland in 2017. One Bad Boy's older half-sister by Blame, Ms Bad Behavior, showed promise in a pair of 2-year-old maiden races in California for trainer Richard Baltas just before the September auction. She had purchased him for Sayjay and Greg Hall for $75,000 at the 2016 Keeneland September Sale.
Ms Bad Behavior would go on fulfill that promise in an 18-race career that would include four wins, seven seconds and three third-place finishes over three seasons. She would retire with earnings of $502,251.
Foremost among the wins was her lone graded stakes victory in 2019 at 7-1 odds in the Grade 3 Three Chimneys Ladies Turf Stakes at Kentucky Downs. Ridden by Jose Ortiz, Ms Bad Behavior controlled the pace, drawing off late to defeat 11-10 favorite Mitchell Road by 1 1/2 lengths.
Even though she didn't qualify for Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund purse enhancements, the Ladies Turf Stakes win was worth $180,420, her richest payday.
Both One Bad Boy and Ms Bad Behavior were trained in Southern California by Richard Baltas and raced for the partnership of Sayjay Racing, Greg Hall and Brooke Hubbard.
One Bay Boy remains in training: he finished fourth Aug. 29 in a Del Mar allowance race, his first start since running third in the Canadian Triple Crown's middle leg, the Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie on July 23, 2019.
Ms Bad Behavior was entered in Fasig-Tipton Kentucky's November Sale last year, bringing a final bid of $600,000 from Australia-based Freyer Bloodstock.
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