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01/24/2026

Huge day for Catholic Boy.
His son, Mika, steps onto the world stage today in the
๐Ÿ† Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1)
๐Ÿ“ Gulfstream Park
๐Ÿ’ฐ $3,000,000 | ๐Ÿ“ 1 1/8 miles

After a steady climb through allowance company and a strong runner-up finish in the Cigar Mile Handicap, Mika has earned his shot at the very top. This is a big moment for the c**t, the connections, and his sire.

Race 13 | January 24, 2026
Jockey: Manuel Franco
Trainer: Michael J. Maker
Owner: Nice Guys Stables

Moments like this are why we do it. Letโ€™s go, Mika.

01/17/2026

1st Annual Fresno State Stallion Auction
January 10-17, 2026
Featuring some of the best stallions in the industry. All proceeds go directly to the Fresno State Equine Unit to make a positive impact on the next generation of equine professionals.
www.32auctions.com/fsstallionauction
Questions contact: [email protected]

01/14/2026
01/09/2026

CATHOLIC BOY PROGENY

Patriarchal (KY), a 5-year-old gelding by Catholic Boy out of a mare by Harlanโ€™s Holiday, won his most recent start, taking a Claiming race at Mahoning Valley Race Course at 1 mile and 1/16, showing continued competitiveness and soundness as a mature runner.

Overall, Patriarchal has made 30 career starts, earning $148,033, with 5 wins, 6 seconds, and 4 thirds, reflecting durability and consistent performance over multiple seasons.

๐๐Ž๐’๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐‹๐„๐ƒWe are overwhelmed (in the best way) by the interest โ€” thank you to everyone who reached out!Relief Foal ...
01/07/2026

๐๐Ž๐’๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐‹๐„๐ƒ
We are overwhelmed (in the best way) by the interest โ€” thank you to everyone who reached out!

Relief Foal Watch โ€“ Read Carefully

If youโ€™re looking for not great pay and even worse hours, Iโ€™ve got the job for you.

This is a relief foal watch position for someone who:

Loves horses

Doesnโ€™t mind being exhausted

Can work nights, weekends, and odd hours without complaining

Understands that mares do not care what time it is

Schedule:

Friday: 3:00 p.m. โ€“ 9:00 p.m.

Saturday: 3:00 p.m. โ€“ 9:00 p.m.

Sunday: 9:00 p.m. โ€“ 6:00 a.m.

Monday: 9:00 p.m. โ€“ 6:00 a.m.

If you love horses, donโ€™t care about not great pay and even worse hours, and can stay focused at odd hours of the night when mares decide to do things on their own schedule, this job might be for you.

Experience around horses preferred. Common sense required. Coffee addiction encouraged.

To apply or ask questions, email:
[email protected]

01/01/2026

๐Ÿ‡ Big Weekend for the Catholic Boys ๐Ÿ‡

Itโ€™s shaping up to be an exciting weekend at the races with several Catholic Boy runners entered across the country. From Turfway to Gulfstream, Oaklawn to Santa Anita, weโ€™re proud to see these horses stepping up in some competitive spots.

Entries this weekend include:

โ€ข Les Is Best โ€“ Allowance, 1 mile
๐Ÿ“ Turfway Park | Friday, Jan. 2 | Race 8 | $101,000

โ€ข Secret Power โ€“ Maiden Claiming, 1 1/16 miles
๐Ÿ“ Gulfstream Park | Saturday, Jan. 3 | Race 2 | $26,500

โ€ข Myraโ€™s Boy โ€“ Allowance, 1 1/16 miles
๐Ÿ“ Oaklawn Park | Saturday, Jan. 3 | Race 8 | $115,000

โ€ข Aguila Negra โ€“ Maiden Special Weight, 1 mile
๐Ÿ“ Turfway Park | Saturday, Jan. 3 | Race 5 | $100,000

โ€ข Turkish Pistachio โ€“ Maiden Optional Claiming, 6 furlongs
๐Ÿ“ Gulfstream Park | Sunday, Jan. 4 | Race 5 | $50,000

โ€ข Midnight Ambush โ€“ Maiden Special Weight, 6 furlongs (Turf)
๐Ÿ“ Santa Anita Park | Sunday, Jan. 4 | Race 7 | $70,000

Best of luck to all the connections โ€” weโ€™ll be cheering them on all weekend long! ๐Ÿ€

12/26/2025

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12/26/2025

CATHOLIC BOY
Upcoming Entries

Faith Understood
4-year-old Filly (by Catholic Boy, out of Zia)

๐Ÿ“… December 27, 2025 โ€” Race 11
Gulfstream Park
Allowance Optional Claiming | $57,000
1 1/16 miles (Turf)

Faith Understood returns to the turf following a strong fourth-place finish in the Ellis Park Turf Stakes, adding to a rรฉsumรฉ that includes graded stakesโ€“placed form and competitive performances at premier tracks nationwide.

Trainer: Jennifer P. Young
Jockey: Luca Panici
Owner: Team Adams Racing LLC
Breeder: Whitehorse Stable

Looking forward to seeing her back in action at Gulfstream.

๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐๐จ๐ฒ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐†๐จ ๐Ÿ’-๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ-๐Ÿ’ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐คCatholic Boyโ€™s progeny delivered a perfect week on the racetrack, producin...
12/18/2025

๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐๐จ๐ฒ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐†๐จ ๐Ÿ’-๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ-๐Ÿ’ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค

Catholic Boyโ€™s progeny delivered a perfect week on the racetrack, producing four wins from four starters across multiple tracks, distances, and age groupsโ€”continuing to showcase the versatility and competitiveness of his runners.

๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐–๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ:
โ€ข ๐˜๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐œ๐ง๐ข๐œ (2-year-old filly)
1st โ€“ 6 furlongs
Claiming
๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ค | ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘

โ€ข ๐’๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐๐ซ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ (3-year-old filly)
1st โ€“ 1 mile 70 yards
Claiming
๐†๐ฎ๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ค | ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’

โ€ข ๐’๐ซ. ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ญ (3-year-old filly)
1st โ€“ 1 mile
Maiden Claiming
๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ค | ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

โ€ข ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž (3-year-old filly)
1st โ€“ 7 furlongs
Maiden Claiming
๐‚๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐ฐ๐ง | ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ

From early 2-year-olds sprinting to 3-year-olds stretching out around two turns, ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐๐จ๐ฒโ€™๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.

๐”๐ฉ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก โ€“ ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐๐จ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ฒ
๐’๐ฆ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฒ (3-year-old c**t)
Allowance Optional Claiming โ€“ Race 8
๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ค | ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—
6 furlongs | $102,000
Jockey: Edgar Morales
Trainer: Cheryl Winebaugh
Owner: Robert V. LaPenta | Lighthouse Racing, LLC

๐’๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž (3-year-old filly)
Maiden Claiming โ€“ Race 3
๐†๐ฎ๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ค | ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—
6 1/2 furlongs | $26,500
Jockey: Jorge Ruiz
Trainer: William Tharrenos
Owner: Gestรผt Zur Kรผste AG

๐Œ๐š๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐†๐จ๐ฅ๐ (2-year-old gelding)
Maiden Claiming โ€“ Race 7
๐“๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฌ | ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—
1 mile (Turf) | $21,500
Jockey: Ubardo Casique
Trainer: Carlos Narvaez
Owner: Robert Brandstetter & Carol M. Ricker
San Francisco Stables, LLC

๐๐ข๐  ๐‡๐š๐ฐ๐ค (2-year-old gelding)
Maiden Special Weight โ€“ Race 10
Turfway Park | December 21
1 1/16 miles | $100,000
Jockey: Danny Sheehy
Trainer: John Ennis
Owner: James F. Connor

๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐๐จ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐‡๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐‘๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐š๐ง๐œ๐ก.
For breeding inquiries, seasons, or additional information, please contact the farm at ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ—-๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ—-๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ• or at ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ@๐ก๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ก.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ.

๐‚๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ!This flashy filly by Nothing But Blu out of Sister Magic was born May 6th and is owned by Dan M...
05/27/2025

๐‚๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ!
This flashy filly by Nothing But Blu out of Sister Magic was born May 6th and is owned by Dan Macedo. One of the coolest face markings weโ€™ve seen this season!

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ by Gunner Dun It Again out of Sparklin Whizkey was born last Thursday and is already turning heads. Ju...
05/12/2025

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ by Gunner Dun It Again out of Sparklin Whizkey was born last Thursday and is already turning heads. Just look at those markings! She is proudly owned by Booth Ranches - Horse Division.

๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ! C**t by Om (standing at Harris Farms Horse Division) out of Classy Atlantic, owned by Dar Hans...
04/28/2025

๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ! C**t by Om (standing at Harris Farms Horse Division) out of Classy Atlantic, owned by Dar Hanson. Big blaze, big future!

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