Celestial Storm

Celestial Storm
Sire	Roberto
Grandsire	Hail to Reason
Dam	Tobira Celeste
Damsire	Ribot
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	18 April 1983
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Owner	Richard L. Duchossois
Trainer	Luca Cumani
Record	8: 3-4-1
Major wins
March Stakes (1986) Princess of Wales's Stakes (1987) Top-rated older horse in Europe, 11 furlongs plus (1987)
Awards
Timeform rating: 131 (1986), 132 (1987)

Celestial Storm (18 April 1983–after 1 February 2000) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Although he never won above Group Two level, he was rated among the ten best racehorses in Europe in both 1986 and 1987. As a three-year-old he won the March Stakes and finished second in both the St Leger Stakes and the Champion Stakes. His four-year-old was restricted to two races, a win in the Princess of Wales's Stakes and a second place behind Reference Point in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Celestial Storm stood as a breeding stallion in the United Kingdom and Japan but had very little success as a sire of winners.

Celestial Storm was a bay horse with a white star and a white sock on his left hind foot, bred by the North Ridge Farm of Lexington, Kentucky. He was sired by Roberto, an American-bred horse who won the Epsom Derby and the inaugural Benson and Hedges Gold Cup as a three-year-old in 1972. At stud, Roberto sired many important winners including Sunshine Forever, Real Shadai, At Talaq, Touching Wood, Lear Fan, Kris S. and Dynaformer. Celestial Storm's dam Tobira Celeste, a daughter of Ribot, was a highly successful broodmare. Her daughter La Vague a l'Ame produced the Canadian International Stakes winner River Memories, whilst her 1990 foal Thawakib won the Ribblesdale Stakes and produced the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Sakhee. Another of Tobira Celeste's daughters was Reves Celestes, the grand-dam of Mastercraftsman.

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