Chad C Brown
With this win, Chad C Brown moved to 3 Group 1 wins this season, 5 wins behind leader Chris Waller in the 2025 trainers' table. This was the ninth win at the Kentucky Derby Weekend for the stable since 1926.
With this win, Chad C Brown moved to 3 Group 1 wins this season, 5 wins behind leader Chris Waller in the 2025 trainers' table. This was the ninth win at the Kentucky Derby Weekend for the stable since 1926.
Raging Sea is out of Stormy Welcome (Storm Cat), whose winners include the multiple stakes-placed Welcoming (Tapit), herself the dam of the multiple stakes-placed Reconcile (War Front).
Second dam Welcome Surprise (Seeking the Gold) was a graded stakes winner and is a half-sister to the Horse of the Year A.P. Indy (Seattle Slew). Through her daughter Guest House (Ghostzapper) she is also the second dam of the graded stakes winner Guest Suite (Quality Road).
Third dam Weekend Surprise (Secretariat), a multiple graded stakes winner, is the dam of A.P. Indy, a multiple leading sire and leading broodmare sire. She also produced the Grade 1 Preakness winner and successful sire Summer Squall (Storm Bird) and the stakes winner and graded-placed sire Eavesdropper (Kingmambo).
Stormy Welcome has a 2-year-old filly by City of Light. She was barren in 2024 after a visit to Curlin and this year produced a full sister to Raging Sea.
| Year | Winner | Trainer / Jockey | Owner / Breeder | Video | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IdiomaticCurlin × Lockdown | Brad H CoxFlorent Geroux | JuddmonteJuddmonte Farms | ||
| 2023 | Played HardInto Mischief × Well Lived | Philip A BauerJohn R Velazquez | Rigney RacingSusan Casner | ||
| 2022 | Pauline's PearlTapit × Hot Dixie Chick | Steve AsmussenJoel Rosario | Stonestreet StablesStonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC | ||
| 2021 | ShedaresthedevilDaredevil × Starship Warpspeed | Brad H CoxFlorent Geroux | Flurry Racing Stables, Qatar Racing Limited & Big Aut FarmsWinStar Farm | ||
| 2020 | Monomoy GirlTapizar × Drumette | Brad H CoxFlorent Geroux | Michael Dubb, Monomoy Stables, The Elkstone Group & Bethlehem StablesFPF LLC & Highfield Ranch |
| Year | Winner | Trainer / Jockey | Owner / Breeder | Odds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Raging SeaCurlin × Stormy Welcome | Chad C BrownFlavien Prat | Alpha Delta StablesAlpha Delta Stables | 5.50 | |
| 2024 | IdiomaticCurlin × Lockdown | Brad CoxFlorent Geroux | JuddmonteJuddmonte | 1.80 | |
| 2023 | Played HardInto Mischief × Well Lived | Philip A. BauerJohn R Velazquez | Rigney RacingSusan Casner | 11.00 | |
| 2022 | Pauline's PearlTapit × Hot Dixie Chick | Steve AsmussenJoel Rosario | Stonestreet StablesStonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings | 3.00 | |
| 2021 | ShedaresthedevilDaredevil × Starship Warpspeed | Brad CoxFlorent Geroux | Flurry Racing Stables, Qatar Racing Limited & Big Aut FarmsWinStar Farm | 3.00 | |
| 2020 | Monomoy GirlTapizar × Drumette | Brad CoxFlorent Geroux | Michael Dubb, Monomoy Stables, The Elkstone Group & Bethlehem StablesFPF LLC & Highfield Ranch | 1.40 | |
| 2019 | She's a JulieElusive Quality × Kydd Gloves | Steve AsmussenRicardo Santana Jr. | Whispering Oaks Farm, Team Hanley, Tim & Anna Cambron, Bradley Thoroughbreds, Madaket StablesGodolphin | 6.00 | |
| 2018 | SaltyQuality Road × Theycallmeladyluck | Mark E. CasseTyler Gaffalione | Gary Barber, Baccari Racing Stable & Chester PrinceSeclusive Farm Llc & Prince Farm Llc | 5.50 | |
| 2017 | Big WorldCustom For Carlos × Tensas Wedding Joy | Thomas M. AmossFlorent Geroux | Maggi MossCurt Leake & Elm Tree Farm LLC | 8.00 | |
| 2016 | CuralinaCurlin × Whatdreamsrmadeof | Todd PletcherJohn R Velazquez | Eclipse Thoroughbred PartnersCASA Farms I, LLC | 3.00 | |
| 2015 | Molly MorganGhostzapper × Capitulation | Dale RomansCorey Lanerie | William D. CubbedgeMike Lauffer, Bill Cubbedge & Greg McDonald | 5.00 | |
| 2014 | On Fire BabySmoke Glacken × Ornate | Gary G. HartlageJoe M. Johnson | Anita CauleyAnita A. Ebert-Cauley | 2.60 | |
| 2013 | AuthenticityQuiet American × Court Of Appeal | Todd PletcherJohn R Velazquez | Padua StablesDixiana Stables Inc | 6.00 | |
| 2012 | JuanitaMineshaft × Wishful Splendor | Michael MakerRamon Domínguez | William S. & Graydon PattersonPadua Stables | 18.00 | |
| 2011 | Blind LuckPollard's Vision × Lucky One | Jerry HollendorferGarrett Gomez | Mark DeDomenico, John Carver, Peter Abruzzo & Jerry HollendorferFairlawn Farm | 2.40 |
Source: G1Stars meeting database – winners, connections, times and starting prices as recorded. Group 1 grading began in 1971.