Tropical Storm will stand for the same $5,000 fee that he stood for in 2006 at Hopewell Farm near Midway, Ky. His first foals will be yearlings in 2007.
Tropical Storm, who is closely related to successful sire Hennessy, has been relocated to John T.L. Jones III and Robert Trussell's Walmac Farm near Lexington.A winning son of Storm Cat, Tropical Storm has the same sire as Hennessy and is out of Hennessy's half-sister, grade I winner Pearl City. A daughter of Carson City, Pearl City also is a half-sister to two stakes winners, including graded winner Shy Tom.