{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{short description|American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}} {{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Raging Sea | image_name = | caption = | sire = Curlin | grandsire = Smart Strike | dam = Stormy Welcome | damsire = Storm Cat | sex = Mare | foaled = 18 March 2020<ref name="Equineline">{{cite web |title=Pedigree of Raging Sea |url=https://www.equineline.com/Free-5X-Pedigree.cfm/Raging%20Sea?page_state=DISPLAY_REPORT&reference_number=10777563®istry=T&horse_name=Raging%20Sea&dam_name=Stormy%20Welcome&foaling_year=2020&include_sire_line=Y&include_truenick=Y |website=Equineline |access-date=May 10, 2025}}</ref> | country = United States | color = Chestnut | breeder = Alpha Delta Stables | owner = Alpha Delta Stables | trainer = Chad C. Brown | record =16: 8 – 2 – 3 | earnings = $2,229,318<ref name="EquibaseProfile">{{cite web |title=Profile of Raging Sea |url=https://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=10777563®istry=T&rbt=TBB |website=Equibase |access-date=July 19, 2025}}</ref> | race =Comely Stakes (2023)<br>Doubledogdare Stakes (2024)<br/>Shuvee Stakes (2024)<br/>Personal Ensign Stakes (2024)<br/>Beldame Stakes (2024)<br/>La Troienne Stakes (2025) | awards = | updated = July 19, 2025 }}
'''Raging Sea''' (foaled March 18, 2020) is a multiple Grade I winning American thoroughbred racehorse who won the Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in 2024 and the La Troienne Stakes at Churchill Downs in 2025.<ref name="EquibaseProfile"/>
==Background== Raging Sea is a chestnut mare that was bred in Kentucky by Jon Clay's Alpha Delta Stables. Alpha Delta Stables continues to own the mare. Her sire is Curlin, the 2007 and 2008 American Horse of the Year and stands at Hill 'n' Dale Farms in Kentucky. Her dam is Stormy Welcome, an unraced daughter of Storm Cat who had 9 named foals of which 8 were winners.<ref name=BH_RagingSea>{{cite web |title=Shuvee Stakes (G2): Raging Sea |url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/stakes-result/278426/shuvee-stakes-g2-raging-seae |website=bloodhorse.com |access-date=May 10, 2025 |date= July 21, 2024}}</ref> Raging Sea's 2nd dam Welcome Surprise won the 2000 Grade III Dogwood Stakes at Churchill Downs.<ref name=BH_RagingSea/> Raging Sea's 3rd dam Weekend Surprise was dam of 1992 American Horse of the Year A.P. Indy and 1990 Preakness Stakes winner Summer Squall and Kentucky Broodmare of the Year in 1992.
Raging Sea is trained by Chad C. Brown.<ref name="EquibaseProfile"/>
==Career highlights==
As a three-year-old on November 25, 2023, Raging Sea won her first graded event at Aqueduct, the Grade III Comely Stakes.<ref name=Comely/>
As a four-year-old on August 23, 2024, Raging Sea defeated the 2023 Champion Older Dirt Female Horse Idiomatic by a head in a major upset in the Grade I Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.<ref name=BH_Personal>{{cite web |last1=Ehalt |first1=Bob |title=Raging Sea Rallies to Beat Idiomatic in Personal Ensign; Idiomatic wins pace duel but is unable to hold off late-charging Curlin filly. |url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/279148/raging-sea-rallies-to-beat-idiomatic-in-personal-ensign |website=bloodhorse.com |access-date=May 10, 2025 |date= August 23, 2024}}</ref>
In the Breeders' Cup Distaff at Del Mar, Raging Sea was gallant in defeat to the 2024 American Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna.<ref name=BC_Distaff/>
Raging Sea started her five-year-old season with a victory in the Grade I La Troienne Stakes at Churchill Downs, defeating Thorpedo Anna.<ref name=BH_La_Troienne>{{cite web |last1=Hughes |first1=Alicia |title=Raging Sea Storms to Victory in La Troienne; The 5-year-old daughter of Curlin captures her second grade 1 win. |url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/284252/raging-sea-storms-to-victory-in-la-troienne |website=bloodhorse.com |access-date=May 10, 2025 |date= May 2, 2025}}</ref>
==Statistics== {| class = "wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; width:100%; font-size:90%" |- ! scope="col" | Date ! scope="col" | Distance ! scope="col" | Race ! scope="col" | Grade ! scope="col" | Track ! scope="col" | Odds ! scope="col" | Field ! scope="col" | Finish ! scope="col" | Winning<br>Time ! scope="col" | Winning<br>(Losing)<br>Margin ! scope="col" | Jockey ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Ref |-style="background-color:white" |align="left" colspan=12|'''2022 – Two-year-old season''' |- | {{dts|2022|Aug|7|format=mdy}} | {{ntsh|7}} 7 furlongs | Maiden Special Weight | {{ntsh|6}} | Saratoga | 6.90 | 10 | 1 | 1:25.36 | {{ntsh|0.15}} neck | {{sortname|Flavien|Prat}} |<ref name="MSW">{{cite web |title=Chart of Maiden Special Weight at Saratoga August 7, 2022 (race 5) |url=https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=5&BorP=P&TID=SAR&CTRY=USA&DT=08/07/2022&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |website=equibase.com |date=August 7, 2022 |access-date=10 May 2025}}</ref> |- | {{dts|2022|Oct|7|format=mdy}} | {{ntsh|8.5}} {{frac|1|1|16}} miles | Alcibiades Stakes | {{ntsh|1}}I | Keeneland | 6.52 | 14 | 4{{efn|Raging Sea finished third in the event but was disqualified and placed fourth after bumping Xigera in the straight.}} | 1:45.17 | {{ntsh|-0.15}} (neck) | {{sortname|Jose|Ortiz|Jose Ortiz (jockey)}} |<ref>{{cite web |title=Darley Alcibiades Stakes Grade 1 – (Race 9) |url=https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=KEE&CTRY=USA&DT=10/07/2022&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |website=Equibase |date=October 7, 2022 |access-date=January 23, 2023}}</ref> |- | {{dts|2022|Nov|4|format=mdy}} | {{ntsh|8.5}} {{frac|1|1|16}} miles | Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies | {{ntsh|1}}I | Keeneland | 6.71 | 13 | 3 | 1:44.90 | {{ntsh|-4.0}} (4 lengths) | {{sortname|Flavien|Prat}} |<ref>{{cite web |title=NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Grade 1 – (Race 7) |url=https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=7&BorP=P&TID=KEE&CTRY=USA&DT=11/04/2022&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |website=Equibase |date=November 4, 2022 |access-date=January 23, 2023}}</ref> |-style="background-color:white" |align="left" colspan=12|'''2023 – Three-year-old season''' |- | {{dts|2023|Aug|9|format=mdy}} | {{ntsh|8}} 1 mile | Allowance Optional Claiming | {{ntsh|5.5}} | Saratoga | 1.75 | 7 | 4 | 1:38.79 | {{ntsh|-1.75}} ({{frac|1|3|4}} lengths) | {{sortname|Flavien|Prat}} |<ref name=ALW_1>{{cite web |title=Chart of Allowance Optional Claiming at Saratoga August 9, 2023 (race 8) |url=https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=8&BorP=P&TID=SAR&CTRY=USA&DT=08/09/2023&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |website=equibase.com |date=August 9, 2023 |access-date=10 May 2025}}</ref> |- | {{dts|2023|Sep|4|format=mdy}} | {{ntsh|9}} {{frac|1|1|8}} miles | Allowance Optional Claiming | {{ntsh|5.5}} | Saratoga | 2.70 | 8 | 2 | 1:50.39 | {{ntsh|-1.75}} ({{frac|1|3|4}} lengths) | {{sortname|Flavien|Prat}} |<ref name=ALW_2>{{cite web |title=Chart of Allowance Optional Claiming at Saratoga September 4, 2023 (race 2) |url=https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=2&BorP=P&TID=SAR&CTRY=USA&DT=09/04/2023&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |website=equibase.com |date=September 4, 2023 |access-date=10 May 2025}}</ref> |- | {{dts|2023|Oct|20|format=mdy}} | {{ntsh|9}} {{frac|1|1|8}} miles | Allowance | {{ntsh|5.5}} | Keeneland | 0.78* | 9 | 1 | 1:51.20 | {{ntsh|3.25}} {{frac|3|1|4}} lengths | {{sortname|Flavien|Prat}} |<ref name=ALW_3>{{cite web |title=Chart of Allowance at Keeneland October 20, 2023 (race 8) |url=https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=8&BorP=P&TID=KEE&CTRY=USA&DT=10/20/2023&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |website=equibase.com |date=October 20, 2023 |access-date=10 May 2025}}</ref> |- | {{dts|2023|Nov|25|format=mdy}} | {{ntsh|9}} {{frac|1|1|8}} miles | Comely Stakes | {{ntsh|3}}III | Aqueduct | 2.15 | 6 | 1 | 1:50.86 | {{ntsh|0.05}} nose | {{sortname|Manuel|Franco|link=Manuel Franco (jockey)}} |<ref name=Comely >{{cite web |title=Comely Stakes Grade 3 (race 9) |url=https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=AQU&CTRY=USA&DT=11/25/2023&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |website=Equibase |access-date=10 May 2025 |date=November 25, 2023}}</ref> |-style="background-color:white" |align="left" colspan=12|'''2024 – Four-year-old season''' |- | {{dts|2024|Apr|19|format=mdy}} | {{ntsh|8.5}} {{frac|1|1|16}} miles | Doubledogdare Stakes | {{ntsh|3}}III | Keeneland | 2.79 | 7 | 1 | 1:44.24 | {{ntsh|3.25}} {{frac|3|1|4}} lengths | {{sortname|Flavien|Prat}} |<ref name=Doubledogdare >{{cite web |title=Baird Doubledogdare Stakes Grade 3 – (race 9) |url=https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=KEE&CTRY=USA&DT=04/19/2024&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |website=Equibase |date=April 19, 2024 |access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref> |- | {{dts|2024|Jun|8}} | {{ntsh|9}} {{frac|1|1|8}} miles |Ogden Phipps Stakes | {{ntsh|1}}I | Saratoga | 4.80 | 6 | 4 | 1:49.58 | {{ntsh|-0.15}} (head) | {{sortname|Flavien|Prat}} |<ref name=Ogden_Phipps_2024>{{cite web |title=2024 Ogden Phipps Stakes Presented by Ford Grade I (race 7) |url=https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=7&BorP=P&TID=SAR&CTRY=USA&DT=06/08/2024&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |website=Equibase |date=8 June 2024 |access-date=9 June 2024}}</ref> |- | {{dts|2024|Jul|21}} | {{ntsh|9}} {{frac|1|1|8}} miles |Shuvee Stakes | {{ntsh|2}}II | Saratoga | 1.65 | 5 | 1 | 1:51.95 | {{ntsh|2.5}} {{frac|2|1|2}} lengths | {{sortname|Flavien|Prat}} |<ref name=Shuvee_2024>{{cite web |title=2024 Shuvee Stakes Grade II (race 5) |url=https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=5&BorP=P&TID=SAR&CTRY=USA&DT=07/21/2024&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |website=Equibase |date=21 July 2024 |access-date=2 May 2025 }}</ref> |- | {{dts|2024|Aug|23}} | {{ntsh|9}} {{frac|1|1|8}} miles |Personal Ensign Stakes | {{ntsh|1}}I | Saratoga | 6.20 | 5 | 1 | 1:49.14 | {{ntsh|0.15}} head | {{sortname|Flavien|Prat}} |<ref name=PersonalEnsign_2024>{{cite web |title=2024 Personal Ensign Stakes Grade I (race 10) |url=https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=10&BorP=P&TID=SAR&CTRY=USA&DT=08/23/2024&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |website=Equibase |date=23 August 2024 |access-date=25 August 2024}}</ref> |- | {{dts|2024|Oct|6|format=mdy}} | {{ntsh|9}} {{frac|1|1|8}} miles | Beldame Stakes | {{ntsh|2}}II | Aqueduct | 0.10* | 6 | 1 | 1:50.41 | {{ntsh|0.15}} head | {{sortname|Flavien|Prat}} |<ref name=Beldame>{{cite web |title=Beldame Stakes Grade 2 (race 2) |url=https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=2&BorP=P&TID=BAQ&CTRY=USA&DT=10/06/2024&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |website=Equibase |access-date=10 May 2025 |date=October 6, 2024}}</ref> |- | {{dts|2024|Nov|02}} | {{ntsh|8.5}} {{frac|1|1|8}} miles |Breeders' Cup Distaff | {{ntsh|1}}I | Del Mar | 4.10 | 10 | 2 | 1:49.10 | {{ntsh|-2.5}} ({{frac|2|1|2}} lengths) | {{sortname|Flavien|Prat}} |<ref name=BC_Distaff >{{cite web |title=Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff Grade 1 - (race 6) |url=https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=6&BorP=P&TID=DMR&CTRY=USA&DT=11/02/2024&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |website=Equibase |date=November 2, 2024 |access-date=November 2, 2024}}</ref> |-style="background-color:white" |align="left" colspan=12|'''2025 – Five-year-old season''' |- | {{dts|2025|May|2|format=mdy}} | {{ntsh|8.5}} {{frac|1|1|16}} miles | La Troienne Stakes | {{ntsh|1}}I | Churchill Downs | 4.04 | 7 | 1 | 1:42.91 | {{ntsh|0.75}} {{frac|3|4}} length | {{sortname|Flavien|Prat}} |<ref name=LaTroienne>{{cite web |title=Fasig-Titpon La Troienne Stakes Grade 1 – (race 7) |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=7&BorP=P&TID=CD&CTRY=USA&DT=05/02/2025&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |website=Equibase |date=2 May 2025 |access-date=10 May 2025}}</ref> |- | {{dts|2024|Jun|6}} | {{ntsh|9}} {{frac|1|1|8}} miles |Ogden Phipps Stakes | {{ntsh|1}}I | Saratoga | 1.10* | 6 | 3 | 1:49.10 | {{ntsh|-6.5}} ({{frac|6|1|2}} lengths) | {{sortname|Flavien|Prat}} |<ref name=Ogden_Phipps_2025>{{cite web |title=2025 Ogden Phipps Stakes Presented by Ford Grade I (race 9) |url=https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=SAR&CTRY=USA&DT=06/06/2025&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |website=Equibase |date=6 June 2025 |access-date=9 June 2025}}</ref> |- | {{dts|2024|Jul|18}} | {{ntsh|9}} {{frac|1|1|8}} miles |Shuvee Stakes | {{ntsh|2}}II | Saratoga | 0.65* | 7 | 3 | 1:50.77 | {{ntsh|-13.5}} ({{frac|13|1|2}} lengths) | {{sortname|Flavien|Prat}} |<ref name=Shuvee_2025>{{cite web |title=2025 Shuvee Stakes Grade II (race 8) |url=https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=8&BorP=P&TID=SAR&CTRY=USA&DT=07/18/2025&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |website=Equibase |date=18 July 2025 |access-date=19 July 2025}}</ref> |}
'''''Notes:''''' <br/> An (*) asterisk after the odds means Raging Sea was the post-time favorite. {{notelist}} <br/>
==Pedigree== {{Pedigree |name =Raging Sea, chestnut mare, March 18, 2020<ref name=Equineline /> |f = Curlin<br/>(2004) |m = Stormy Welcome<br/>(2006) |ff =Smart Strike (CAN)<br /> (1992) |fm = Sherriff's Deputy<br />(1994) |mf = Storm Cat<br />(1983) |mm = Welcome Suprise<br/>(1997) |fff = Mr. Prospector <br /> (1970) |ffm = Classy 'n Smart <br /> (1981) |fmf = Deputy Minister (CAN) <br />(1979) |fmm = Barbarika <br />(1985) |mff = Storm Bird (CAN)<br />(1978) |mfm = Terlingua<br />(1976) |mmf = Seeking the Gold<br />(1985) |mmm = Weekend Surprise<br />(1980) |ffff = Raise A Native (1961) |fffm = Gold Digger (1962) |ffmf = Smarten (1976) |ffmm = No Class (CAN) (1974) |fmff = Vice Regent (CAN) (1967) |fmfm = Mint Copy (CAN) (1970) |fmmf = Bates Motel (1979) |fmmm = War Exchange(1972) |mfff = Northern Dancer (CAN) (1961) |mffm = South Ocean (CAN) (1967) |mfmf = Secretariat (1970) |mfmm = Crimson Saint (1969) |mmff = Mr. Prospector (1970) |mmfm = Con Game (1974) |mmmf = Secretariat (1970) |mmmm = Lassie Dear (1974) (family 3-l)<ref>{{cite web |title=Thoroughbred Bloodlines – Mayonaise – Family 3-l |url=https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Families/Family3l.htm |website=www.bloodlines.net |access-date=May 10, 2025}}</ref> }} '''''Notes:''''' <br/> <nowiki>*</nowiki> Raging Sea is inbred 3S x 4D to the stallion Mr Prospector, meaning that he appears third generation on the sire side of his pedigree and fourth generation on the dam side of his pedigree.
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Raging Sea is inbred 5S x 4D to the stallion Northern Dancer (CAN), meaning that he appears fifth generation on the sire side of his pedigree through Vice Regent (CAN) and fourth generation on the dam side of his pedigree. ==References== {{reflist|2}}
Category:2020 racehorse births Category:Racehorses bred in Kentucky Category:Racehorses trained in the United States Category:Thoroughbred family 3-l Category:Grade 1 stakes race winners