Bluegrass Cat, New York’s leading sire by winners and earnings since moving New York in 2012, will shuttle from Rockridge Stud to Norman Fox’s Haras Lacala in Uruguay for the upcoming Southern Hemisphere breeding season in a deal negotiated by TBS Agency of Brazil and Wynrose Equine, it was announced Thursday.
“Bluegrass Cat has an exceptional pedigree, and has proven his ability to sire precocious stock, and we couldn’t be happier to be bringing him to Uruguay this season,” said Norman Fox. “His recent notable performers include the very impressive Santa Anita juvenile debut winner Story To Tell along with stakes winner E B Ryder at Gulfstream Park, and we are particularly excited about his ability to sire good juveniles and horses that train on”.
An 11-year-old by Storm Cat, Bluegrass Cat has enjoyed success at stud with the likes of Graded Stakes horses Kathmanblu, Sabercat, Laurie’s Rocket, Percussion and Teeth of the Dog among his 46 Stakes performers.
Out of a full sister to the dams of 2010 Grade 1 Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver and 2014 Grade 1 Man o’ War S. winner Imagining, Bluegrass Cat was a record-breaking Grade 1 winner and millionaire during his racing career. His biggest triumph came in the 2007 Grade 1 Haskell Invitational where he won by a record margin of seven lengths. He also captured the Grade 2 Remsen Stakes and Grade 3 Nashua Stakes as a 2-year-old.
