| Mariah's Storm | |
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| Sire: | Rahy |
| Grandsire: | Blushing Groom |
| Dam: | Immense |
| Damsire: | Roberto |
| Sex: | Filly |
| Foaled: | 1991 |
| Country: | United States  |
| Colour: | Bay |
| Breeder: | Crescent Farm |
| Owner: | Thunderhead Farms |
| Trainer: | Don Von Hemel |
| Record: | 16: 10-2-1 |
| Earnings: | $724,894 |
| Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards | |
| Major Racing Wins | |
| Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes (1993) Ak-Sar-Ben Oaks (1994) Arlington Oaks (1994) Arlington Matron Stakes (1995) Falls City Handicap (1995) Turfway Breeders' Cup Stakes (1995) |
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| Honours | |
| Mariah's Storm Stakes at Arlington Park | |
| Infobox last updated on: June 18, 2007. | |
Mariah's Storm (born 1991 in Kentucky) was an American thoroughbred filly racehorse. Bred by Donald T. Johnson's Crescent Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, the story of Mariah's Storm was a relatively unknown one until 2005 when film director John Gatins made a motion picture titled Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story in which the horse "Sonador" is based on Mariah's Storm.
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The story of Mariah's Storm
Mariah's Storm was a very well bred filly with a lot of racing prospect. She was a daughter of Rahy, who would also sire 2001 European Horse of the Year Fantastic Light, Noverre, Champion 3-Year-Old in England, and Dreaming of Anna, 2006 U.S. 2-Year-Old Champion Filly & Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner. Mariah's Storm's grandsire was the important Blushing Groom and her damsire was Epsom Derby winner, Roberto. In 1993, Mariah's Storm was working on building points to qualify for a chance to run in that fall's Breeder's Cup. The dream of getting there came to a bitter end when she fractured her front left cannon bone while running in the Alcibiades Stakes at Keeneland Racecourse. When a horse injures their cannon bone, it usually ends their racing career. However, Mariah's Storm's handlers refused to give up hope and with the work of skilled veterinarians, the fractured cannon bone healed and strengthened. But whether she would ever race again was still a question.
Full Recovery, and a big surprise
In September of 1993, before the injury had occurred, Mariah's Storm won the Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes at Chicago's Arlington Park. This was a Grade III stakes for two-year old-fillies. After her injury healed, and she had fully recovered, she made a return to racing in 1994 and won the Arlington Oaks and Arlington Matron Stakes. Since her record of winning all three stakes races at Arlington Park was a rare accomplishment, Arlington officials named the Mariah's Storm Stakes in her honor. Racing at age four, in September of 1995 Mariah's Storm won the Turfway Breeders' Cup Stakes at Turfway Park, in the process defeating the future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame filly, Serena's Song, also a daughter of Rahy. She went on to win the Falls City Handicap at Churchill Downs then competed in the Breeders' Cup Distaff where she finished ninth in a ten horse field.
As a broodmare
Mariah's Storm is the dam, by Storm Cat, of Giant's Causeway, the 2000 European Horse of the Year.
