WEST VIRGINIA TRIPLE CROWN NUTRITION BREEDERS’ CLASSIC STAKES
Hollywood Casino At Charles Town Races, Oct. 14, $75,000 assured, worth of race $67,500, 2-year-old fillies, 6½ furlongs, 1:19.28 (monitor document, 1:16.44), monitor sloppy.
DIRECT THE CAT (gr/ro, 120 lb), B $35,943
Redirect —Cat Thats Grey , by Fiber Sonde
B—John D. McKee, W.V.; O—Cynthia E. McKee; T—Cynthia E. McKee
Ran Out of Trainer (dkb/br, 120 lb), D $14,108
Tonalist —My Girl Tricksy , by Hat Trick
B—James Miller Jr., W.V.; O—Ultra Championship Racing
Runaway Beauty (ch, 120 lb), B $7,054
Aldrin —Runaway Brae , by Yarrow Brae
B/O—O’Sullivan Farms, W.V.
Margins: 12¼, neck, 5¾. Others: Kristinachrysalis 120 ($4,489), Seven Natty Patty 120 ($3,206), Navy Band 122 ($675), Mama Marge 121 ($675), Makani 120 ($675), Ilikefunsize 120 ($675). Winning jockey: Reshawn Latchman.
Direct the Cat’s
Family Notes
Sire: Redirect, gr/ro, 2016. Unraced, .
Lifetime: 1 crop, 9 foals, 2 rnrs (22%), 1 wnr (11%), 1 2yo wnr (11%), 1 sw (11%), 2.05 AEI, 0.87 CI, .
In 2023: 1 sw, 9 2yos, 2 2yo rnrs, 1 2yo wnr.
1st dam: CAT THATS GREY, gr/ro, 2011. Bred by John D. McKee (WV). Raced 2 yrs, 13 sts, 5 wins, $130,443. Won West Virginia Division of Tourism Breeders’ Classic S (R); third West Virginia Triple Crown Nutrition Breeders’ Classic S (R). Dam of 4 named foals, 3 rnrs, 3 wnrs, 1 sw.
2017: Command the Cat, b g, by Master Rick. Raced 5 yrs, 47 sts, 11 wins, $243,669. 2nd Last Enchantment Overnight S (R); third West Virginia Dash for Cash Breeders’ Classic S Presented by ROCKWOOL (R).
2018: My Cat Cheeto, gr/ro f, by Master Rick. Unraced.
2020: Cat With a Notion, dkb/br f, by Great Notion. Raced 2 yrs, 9 sts, 1 win, $31,284.
2021: DIRECT THE CAT, gr/ro f, by Redirect.
At 2: Won Rachel’s Turn S (R), West Virginia Triple Crown Nutrition Breeders’ Classic S (R).
2022: Gr/ro c, by Redirect.
2023: Ch f, by Master Rick.
Inbreeding: 3SX3D Silken Cat.
Nicking: REDIRECT w/FIBER SONDE mares: 1 foal, 1 str, 1 wnr (100%), 1 2yo wnr (100%), 1 SW (100%), 0 GSW (0%)
Broodmare sire: Fiber Sonde, gr/ro, 2005. Sire of 25 dams of 39 foals, 22 rnrs (56%), 14 wnrs (36%), 6 2yo wnrs (15%), 0.93 AEI, 1.27 CI; 1 sw.
2nd dam: Red Cherries Spin, gr/ro, 2003. Bred by Yoshio Fujita (Ky.). Raced 3 yrs, 11 sts, 4 wins, $109,997.