 In 1980, Storm Bird was the highest-rated European two-year-old on the official International Classification, one pound ahead of To-Agori-Mou.The independent Timeform organisation rated him on 134 In their book "A Century of Champions", John Randall and Tony Morris rated Storm Bird the 27th best two-year-old trained in Britain or Ireland in the 20th century.Retired to stand at stud at Ashford Stud in Versailles, Kentucky, Storm Bird sired 63 stakes winners, including 1990 Preakness Stakes winner Summer Squall, Storm Cat, the leading sire of graded stakes race winners in North America in 2005, Balanchine, Indian Skimmer and Bluebird.