Mariah's Storm
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Mariah's Storm (born 1991 in Kentucky) was an American thoroughbred filly racehorse. The story of Mariah's Storm was a relatively unknown one. However, film director John Gatins, in 2005, made a movie based on it titled Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story. Sonador, the filly in Dreamer, is based on Mariah's Storm.
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[edit] The story of Mariah's Storm
Mariah's Storm was a filly with a lot of racing prospect. She was working on building points to qualify for a chance to run in the 1993 Breeder's Cup. The dream of making her the odds-on favorite to win came to a bitter end when she suddenly fractured her front left cannon bone while running in a stakes race known as the Alcibiades Stakes. Usually, when a horse injures their cannon bone, it puts them out of racing forever. However, Mariah's Storm's owners and trainers refused to give up hope. With the work of some very skillful veterinarians, the fractured cannon bone healed and strengthened. But whether she would ever race again was still a question.
[edit] Full Recovery, and a big surprise
In September of 1993, before the injury had occurred, Mariah's Storm won the Arlington Lassie. This was a grade three stakes race for two-year old-fillies. After her injury was healed, and she had fully recovered, she made a return to racing. She won the Arlington Heights Oaks. This race was a grade three stakes race for three-year-old fillies. Since her record of winning all three stakes races at Arlington was a rare accomplishment, Arlington now named a race after her, the Mariah's Storm Stakes. In 1995, Mariah's Storm qualified to run in the Breeders' Cup Distaff but finished ninth in a ten horse field.
[edit] As a broodmare
Mariah's Storm is the mother to several track champions. The most famous of all her children is a son of Storm Cat, Giant's Causeway. Giant's Causeway won 2000 European Horse of the Year honors.