Cazenovia College near Syracuse, N.Y. will add the well-traveled Rascal Cat to its stallion roster for the 2022 breeding season to bolster the school's Thoroughbred breeding program, BloodHorse reports.
The 17-year-old son of Pulpit traveled with Dr. William McGuire, who previously acquired the horse to stand at Arkansas State University. The horse will be used to teach students how to handle stallions.
Rascal Cat sold as a yearling to Stonestreet Stables for $1.3 million at the 2006 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. However, his career was hampered by injuries, and he tumbled down the class ladder after selling as a racing-age horse for $25,000 at the 2009 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale.
After spending most of his career in the East Coast claiming ranks, Rascal Cat was sold privately to race in Alberta. He earned his lone stakes victory in his debut start north of the border, when he took the Millarville Derby during the Millarville Races. In total, Rascal Cat won 11 wins in 68 career starts over seven seasons of racing for earnings of $203,124. He entered stud in Alberta, and later stood at J&M Equine Reproduction in Oklahoma before joining the roster at Arkansas State University.
Bred in Kentucky by BAN Partnership and Haras Vacacion, Rascal Cat is out of the winning Storm Cat mare Razzi Cat, whose runners also include Argentine Group 1 winners Rocking Trick and Randy Cat.
Cazenovia College is seeking broodmare donations for its breeding program. The ensuing foals will be used for management classes and will eventually be prepped for sales.
Rascal Cat will stand for outside breeders for an advertised fee of $1,000.
Read more at BloodHorse.
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