Catalyst Race Recap

Catalyst was sixth today at Oaklawn Park. She sat towards the back early, and started to make a move down the backside. She continued to show interest from there while moving through the pack, but just had too much to do in the short stretch and never quickened as much as she needed to.

Jockey Ramon Vazquez said that he felt he had lots of horse down the backside, but said she just ran evenly in the stretch while at the same time not necessarily getting tired or backing up.

Considering her prior races, and the fact that she was coming off a lay-off here, we weren’t necessarily surprised by the finish, but would be hopeful she can step forward next out with a bit more conditioning.

We’ll let the Asmussen team evaluate her over the coming days and discuss options with Steve and our partners—something like a venue change might be worth thinking about, but there’s no need to make any decisions right now.