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Quiet Storm
Closer
“Quiet Storm is the assassin. He sits dead last for six furlongs, so far back that the camera barely catches him, and then — like a thunderclap out of a clear sky — he explodes. His GPS acceleration from the 6th to 9th furlong is the stuff of legend. Bill Mott calls him 'the quietest loud horse I've ever trained.'”
Fun Facts
- Has come from last place to win twice in his 10-race career — both times by a combined 8 lengths
- His GPS acceleration of 1.7 ft/s from furlongs 6-9 matches Incredibolt for the best in the database
- Sired by Gun Runner, same as Confessional — making them half-brothers with wildly different running styles
TrainerBill Mott
JockeyJohn Velazquez
SireGun Runner
DamSilent Thunder
Age4 yrs
Weight1170 lbs
$1.56M
Career Earnings
6
Career Wins
✓ Strengths
- ✓GPS acceleration from 16.9 to 18.6 ft/s over the final 3 furlongs is tied for the best sustained close in the database
- ✓Peak speed of 18.8 ft/s in the 9th furlong is matched only by Firestorm King's early speed and Copper Bullet's raw top end
- ✓Young and improving — his last 4 GPS profiles each show incrementally higher peak speeds
⚠ Weaknesses
- ⚠Early speed of 15.6 ft/s in the first furlong is the second-slowest in the database — can get hopelessly far back
- ⚠One-dimensional running style; GPS data shows he cannot rate or stalk, only close from far behind
GPS Performance Data
Speed Curve (ft/s across race)
18.8
Top Speed
ft/s
16.7
Avg Speed
ft/s
2.20
Stride Efficiency
3.4
Avg Finish
of 10 races
9F
Best Distance
Dirt
Best Surface
Recent Results
DateTrackFinish
Mar 15, 2026AQU1st
Feb 22, 2026AQU3rd
Jan 31, 2026AQU2nd
Jan 11, 2026GP1st
Dec 20, 2025GP4th