Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse (2002–2016)
Hurricane Run (2002–2016) was a champion Irish-bred thoroughbred racehorse. He was the second French-trained horse, after his sire Montjeu, to win both the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. The colt was trained by André Fabre in France and ridden in all but one of his races by Christophe Soumillon or Kieren Fallon.
Background
Hurricane Run was bred by German breeders Gestüt Ammerland. The colt was a son of champion Montjeu out of a German-bred dam, Hold On. He was owned by his breeders until bought by Michael Tabor in June 2005.[1]
Racing career
2004: Two-year-old season
Hurricane Run, ridden by Christophe Soumillon won on his only start as a two-year-old.[1]
2005: Three-year-old season
In 2005, Hurricane Run won two Group 1 and two Group 2 races. His victories included the Irish Derby at the Curragh and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at the Longchamp in Paris, ridden on both occasions by Kieren Fallon.[1] His two-length Arc win was rated the best performance of the year by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities.[2] He was scheduled to run at Belmont Park in New York in October in the 2005 Breeders' Cup Turf but was sidelined with a cough.[3] Hurricane Run lost only one race that year, when a late charge from behind a wall of horses just failed to catch the winner in the Prix du Jockey Club over 10 furlongs.[1]
Hurricane Run was voted the Cartier Racing Award for European Horse of the Year and was both the world's top-ranked horse and long-distance horse as decided by the World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings.[2]
2006: Four-year-old season
Hurricane Run's season began brightly but tailed off towards the end of the year. After winning the Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh, he failed to win the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud in June. Ridden by Christophe Soumillon, the colt returned to action on 29 July to win the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot. He was unsuccessful in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, the Champion Stakes and the Breeders' Cup Turf, his final race.[1]
Stud record
Notable progeny
Hurricane Run sired two individual Group One winners:
c = colt, f = filly, g = gelding
Hurricane Run was retired for the 2007 breeding season to Coolmore Stud in Ireland. His 2012 stud fee was 12,500 Euros. Hurricane Run was euthanized after complications during an operation on 14 December 2016.[4]
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winners
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winners
Cartier Horse of the Year
Cartier Champion Three-year-old Colt
