cat thief

[Monmouth Matt]

Any comments on his progeny at this early stage in the game? Results seem fairly limited.....any thoughts or comments would be appreciated.Thanks

[chicago78]

His results are pretty scary at this point. He stood for $25,000, and has one horse that has made $100,000, and has not sired a stakes winner. He's ranked #28 on the second crop sires, which is very low. He ran at longer distances, but being a son of Storm Cat, you would think that he would sire some better horses than those that have raced so far.

[FOS]

hi chicago78...hi Monmouth Matt

chicago78...a pretty fair commentary (unfortunately for the Cat Thief connections).

I looked at Cat Thief immediately upon his retirement. He was a tall, rangy kinda horse and had a nice frame on him but did not have the bone mass I would have liked seeing. If I had to highlight one particular feature though that I felt might compromise his success as a sire it was his long and VERY fragile pasterns.

I felt that if breeding to him was a consideration, it was necessary to be Extremely selective when choosing a mare for him.

For what it's worth...just a week or so ago, there was a very impressive 2-yo maiden winner at Saratoga out of a very good racemare named Godmother.

That juvenile won with style and might be able to reignite some enthusiasm re: Cat Thief. But I strongly suggest that anyone considering breeding to him should BEWARE...and I recommend...be EXTREMELY selective of the mare.

Respectfully

[Monmouth Matt]

Thanks..... I've been surprised by his weak showing,but FOS you make a great point on the pasterns. I believe it was Buzz Chace in a Bloodhorse interview that mentioned his dislike of long pasterns. By the way,in doing some homework on the horse,I noticed he has a colt in for $7500 @ Monmouth tomorrow....that 's not a good sign.

[Intrinsic Worth]

He also has thrown sway backed offspring