{"id":259866,"date":"2017-12-07T18:11:44","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T23:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aleteia.org\/?post_type=post&p=259866"},"modified":"2017-12-07T18:11:44","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T23:11:44","slug":"its-catholic-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2017\/12\/its-catholic-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Catholic Boy!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

A huge h\/t to my horse-loving sister, Karen, who spotted this item:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

It remains to be seen if Catholic Boy<\/a><\/span> prefers turf or dirt, but trainer Jonathan Thomas is surely confident of something the 2-year-old son of More Than Ready<\/a>\u00a0<\/span> relishes. As far as distance\u00a0goes, it\u2019s the more the merrier for owner Robert LaPenta\u2019s juvenile colt.<\/p>\n

Tested on dirt and the\u00a01 1\/8-mile trip\u00a0for the first time, Catholic Boy handled the surface switch with aplomb Dec. 2 as he surged to a decisive 4 3\/4-length victory in the $250,000 Remsen Stakes (G2)<\/a>,\u00a0as his connections\u2019 favorite color switched from the green of turf to the brown of Aqueduct Racetrack<\/a><\/span>\u2018s main track.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe came over quietly confident he would show us a little something, but we never expected that,\u201d Thomas said.<\/p>\n

Catholic Boy\u2019s first three starts came on turf and he was pleasantly successful, winning the With Anticipation Stakes (G3T) at Saratoga Race Course<\/a><\/span> and finishing a close fourth at a mile in the Breeders\u2019 Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T), when he rallied from ninth to finish 1 1\/2 lengths behind the victorious Mendelssohn<\/a><\/span>\u00a0at Del Mar<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe galloped out well at the Breeders\u2019 Cup, which indicated to us he wants some more ground. The day after the race, he was very lively and looked like he exited it well,\u201d said Thomas, who added Catholic Boy was originally tested on grass because of a lack of route races on dirt. \u201cI hate to say it, but the Breeders\u2019 Cup acted like a prep for us.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read on.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

And you can see him in action in the video above.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A huge h\/t to my horse-loving sister, Karen, who spotted this item: It remains to be seen if Catholic Boy prefers turf or dirt, but trainer Jonathan Thomas is surely confident of something the 2-year-old son of More Than Ready\u00a0 relishes. 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