Adcat, a Grade 3 winner and veteran sire, died on Dec. 30, per Korea Racing Authority records. He was 26.
The son of Storm Cat had resided in Korea since the summer of 2007 after beginning his stud career at Farnsworth Farms in Florida for the 2001 breeding season.
Adcat was a New York homebred for Gallagher's Stud, which campaigned the horse in partnership with Caesar Kimmel and Phillip Solondz. He broke his maiden in the summer of his 3-year-old season, and finished second in the Japan Racing Association Stakes at Laurel Park to finish the campaign.
The horse achieved his biggest accolade during his 4-year-old season, when he closed sharply to win the Grade 3 New Hampshire Sweepstakes Handicap at Rockingham Park. He bolstered his resume that season with a trio of stakes placings in New York.
In his final season, Adcat won the Mohawk Handicap at Belmont Park and placed in three stakes races, including a runner-up effort in the G3 Laurel Turf Cup Stakes at Laurel Park.
Adcat retired with five wins in 28 starts for earnings of $435,597.
His domestic-born runners are led by multiple Grade 2 winner Briecat, and stakes winners Cat Can Do and Survicat. His highlight as a broodmare sire is the Grade 3-placed stakes winner Temper Mint Patty.
Adcat sold to Korean connections for $52,000 at the 2006 Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. Fall Mixed Sale, and he was exported the following year. His highest placing on Korea's general sire list came in 2016, when he finished 33rd.
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