Catapult

Catapult, a son of leading turf sire Kitten’s Joy, scored a breakthrough win in the Grade 2 Eddie Read Stakes at Del Mar on July 22, 2018, at odds of 21-1, defeating Sharp Samurai by a head.

Prior to that, he had won four of his first 13 starts including a black-type stakes, racing at tracks up and down the East Coast  before shipping west to California in summer 2018 for new trainer John Sadler.

In his next start following the Eddie Read, Catapult once again rallied from midpack and, after moving off of the rail at the top of the stretch and finding racing room, he outfinished runner-up Fly to Mars (who was subsequently placed third) to tally his second consecutive graded stakes win in the Grade 2 Del Mar Mile Handicap. Catapult followed with a strong performance in the Breeders’ Cup Mile, rallying to challenge for the lead in deep stretch only to come up just short while running second to Expert Eye.

Catapult made his season debut in the inaugural Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Stakes in January 2019 and finished fourth in the $7 million race. He returned on March 30 at Santa Anita Park in the Grade 1 Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes and closed powerfully to finish second by anose to Ohio.