Multiple G1 winner Raging Torrent retired from racing with seven wins and earnings of almost $1.8 million dollars with four triple-digit Beyers including an impressive win on the international stage in the G2 Godolphin Mile at Meydan. Bred by Rodney J. Winkler and Alfonso Mazetti, Raging Torrent won at first asking in his two-year-old debut at Del Mar with a troubled trip including the jockey losing his crop in the stretch, but still drew off by over two lengths. He went on to be graded stakes placed at two.
At three, he came into his own winning an allowance at Churchill Downs, where he dominated the field with an 8 1/4 length victory. This began a streak of races where he won six of his next seven starts. During that span, Raging Torrent won his first stakes in the Maxfield S. at Churchill Downs and won his graded stakes debut in the G2 Pat O’Brien at Del Mar against older horses with a 104 Beyer. He fought back in the stretch to defeat a talented field of runners, including G1 winners The Chosen Vron and Senor Buscador. He capped his three-year-old season with his first grade one victory in the G1 Malibu S. at Santa Anita defeating G1 Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan.
An international field in the $1,000,000 G2 Godolphin Mile set the stage for Raging Torrent’s four-year-old campaign for new owners Yuesheng Zhang and Craig Dado. He was never in doubt, jumping out to an early lead and drawing away for an easy 3 ½ length victory. Returning to the U.S., he led the entire way yet again in his G1 Metropolitan Handicap victory, making easy work of a field that included champion two-year-old Fierceness and G1 Breeder’s Cup Classic winner White Abarrio with a career best 106 Beyer.
WON Maiden Special Weight (5f, defeating Mirahmadi, Rothschild, etc.) 3rd in the Best Pal S. [G3] at Del Mar.
AT 3
WON Malibu S. [G1] at Santa Anita Park (7f defeating Mystik Dan, Stronghold, Imagination, etc.), Pat O'Brien S. [G2] at Del Mar (7f, defeating The Chosen Vron, Senor Buscador, etc.), Maxfield Overnight S. at Churchill Downs (7f, defeating Otto the Conqueror, World Record, etc.), AOC at Churchill Downs (7f), 2nd John Shear S. Santa Anita Park.
AT 4
WON Metropolitan H. [G1] (1 mi., defeating Fierceness, White Abarrio, Just A Touch etc.), Godolphin Mile [G2] (1mi., defeating King Gold (FR), Kazu Petrin (JPN), Mufasa (CHI)).
