For thirty years Jack Diamond was an enthusiastic buyer at yearling sales in Kentucky under the guise of the B.C. Jockey Club. Over the years various delegates would make the purchases.

One of three scenarios would usually unfold: He would resell them to people getting started in racing, they would be claimed, or they would turn out to be stakes winners and rejoice in Diamond’s blue and white silks.

His generous bankroll kept a steady supply of prospects coming into the province where they fattened out the overnight entries. All of them were useful, but not many of them were stars. That’s the law of averages in the racing game.

He hit the jackpot when he paid $72,000 for a bay filly by freshman sire Storm Cat. Senate Appointee was out of the Graustark mare Kermis. Today a filly with that breeding would bring a million or more, but in 1990 Storm Cat was a question mark, not an exclamation point.

After being named Horse of the Year at three when she won both the British Columbia and Washington Oaks, Senate Appointee surpassed those accomplishments as a four-year-old.

Trained by Harold (Bunny) Johnson she was flawless in 1993 when she went six-for-six at Hastings Park, winning the Daffodil, North Van, Milady, and Mademoiselle Handicaps and two allowances. She was then shipped to Southern California where she captured the restricted E.B. Johnston Stakes and the $100,000 Las Madrinas Handicap at Fairplex Park.

She is one of three horses to be twice named B.C.’s Horse of the Year. Westbury Road and Travelling Victor are the others.

She completed her career with 20 wins in 31 starts and earnings of $543,000