Catalyst Workout Report

Catalyst worked an easy half mile on Sunday at Sam Houston, covering the ground in :51.20 (35/50). She remains on target for the aforementioned race which is on Apr. 5 (not Apr. 6 as previously reported). We will pass along any updates as they come to us.

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.

Catalyst Update

Catalyst continues to improve with De Meric Stables in Ocala, FL. They passed along the photo above this afternoon and you can see she is filling out over her top line and looks well.

Since our last update, she has done some swimming and is now back in training, jogging daily. She will start galloping and doing more in the upcoming weeks.

The De Meric team said, “She definitely enjoyed her time off and is looking more mature every week.”

Catalyst Update

Our team was able to check in on Catalyst yesterday morning at De Meric Farm in Ocala, FL. Tristan De Meric reports she is improving while on turnout. As you will see in the photo and video above, she has put on beneficial weight but still has a little ways to go. The current plan will be to keep her on turnout for a few additional weeks before starting to swim to build up her back muscles. We’ll be back with more soon.

Catalyst Race Recap and Post Race

Catalyst checked in a disappointing sixth yesterday afternoon in Oaklawn Park’s sixth race. She got away from the gate well and settled in the second pack while on the inside as the field hit the backstretch. She gradually improved her position and found herself in a nice position in second heading into the far turn. Luis Fuentes was hard at work into the turn once the post-time favorite #3 Flashy Dancer came to her inside and our daughter of Gun Runner could not quicken from there on out.

Both Luis and trainer Steve Asmussen did not feel the off-track suited her well. We were hoping we would be seeing another improvement yesterday as we did in start #2 but that did not happen. We’ll get together with trainer Steve Asmussen and put together a plan moving forward.

So far, the barn reported Catalyst appeared to be in good physical order and scoped clean after the race. She received a 54 Beyer Speed Figure which was not unexpected given the result.

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Catalyst Workout Report

Catalyst had her first work back this morning at Oaklawn Park, covering a half-mile in :50.40 while on the outside of Twirled (3x winner). Under jockey Erik Asmussen, our daughter of Gun Runner traveled easily throughout the drill under no urging, finishing head-to-head at the wire with her mate. This was a solid first breeze back for our soon to be 3-year-old who has handled everything out of her debut in good order. We will discuss a race plan with trainer Steve Asmussen in the coming week and follow up in our next update but our next possible options would come on Jan. 12 or Jan. 19.