The beginning of 2022 ushers in a new milestone for CATHOLIC BOY and DEMARCHELIER (GB) when their first short yearlings are offered at Keeneland’s January Sale.
One of only three North American 3-year-old colts to win Grade 1s on both dirt and turf, CATHOLIC BOY has eight of his yearlings cataloged for the sale. That group follows a weanling sales season that saw his first weanlings average nearly four times his stud fee with his first in-foal mares selling for up to $950,000 in 2020.
| Hip | Sex | Sire | Dam | Broodmare Sire | DOB | Color | Consignor | Book | Barn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 185 | C | Catholic Boy | Lady Grantham | Yankee Gentleman | 5/15/2021 | Dark Bay/Brown | Legacy Bloodstock, Agent for the Estate of J. David Richardson, et al. | 1 | 9 |
| 191 | C | Catholic Boy | La Song | Unbridled's Song | 2/20/2021 | Gray/Roan | Greenfield Farm (B. D. Gibbs Farm LLC), Agent III | 1 | 1 |
| 338 | F | Catholic Boy | Space Talk (GB) | High Chaparral (IRE) | 3/1/2021 | Bay | Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent for Town & Country Horse Farms, LLC | 1 | 3 |
| 355 | C | Catholic Boy | Sweet Destiny | Curlin | 3/16/2021 | Chestnut | Hartwell Farm, Agent I | 1 | 6 |
| 502 | F | Catholic Boy | Cost | Pulpit | 4/7/2021 | Bay | Claiborne Farm, Agent | 1 | 12 |
| 618 | F | Catholic Boy | Lemarchos | Lemon Drop Kid | 1/30/2021 | Bay | Indian Creek, Agent | 1 | 23 |
| 842 | C | Catholic Boy | Parol | Mizzen Mast | 2/25/2021 | Chestnut | Claiborne Farm, Agent | 1 | 12 |
| 897 | C | Catholic Boy | Brunette Princess | Bodemeister | 4/6/2021 | Dark Bay/Brown | Denali Stud, Agent V | 2 | 30 |
| 907 | C | Demarchelier | Cloudbuster | Empire Maker | 4/28/2021 | Bay | St. George Sales | 2 | 27 |
| 982 | F | Demarchelier | Irish Connection | Mr. Greeley | 2/18/2021 | Bay | St. George Sale | 2 | 27 |
His first through the ring is offered by Legacy Bloodstock on behalf of the Estate of J. David Richardson as Hip 185. A colt who already has stakes winners under his first three dams, the May-born colt received another update in early December when his stakes winning half-sister Lady Edith finished third in the Holiday Inaugural Stakes at Turfway.
Hip 191 from Greenfield Farm is out of the Grade 3-placed La Song, the granddam of the stakes-placed Munny Penny and dam of two winners. All three dams on this colt’s page are stakes performers with his Grade 3 winning third dam You’renotlistening also the granddam of Grade 1 winner Currency Swap and Grade 3 winner Chanteline in addition to being the dam of three stakes performers.
HIP 338 is the first foal out of the High Chaparral (IRE) mare Space Talk (GB) who was Grade 2-placed in southern California during her career.. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales for Town and Country Horse Farms, this filly is from a successful European family which includes millionaires Lush Lashes (G1) and Saumarez (G1).
Claiborne offers CATHOLIC BOY’s Hip 502, a filly out of a Pulpit half-sister to multiple graded stakes winner Tax. This filly has a deep family behind her as a great-granddaughter of Grade 2 winning racehorse and top broodmare Yell. Yell produced stakes winner Cheery, Grade 1-placed Chide, and stakes-placed Shrill from her eight winners and is also the granddam of multiple Grade 1 winner Elate.
Out of a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Celestine and two other stakes winners comes Hip 618 from Indian Creek. The filly’s first dam Lemarchos is the dam of a two-time winning 3-year-old from two to race. There are stakes performers under two of the filly’s three dams on the page with her third dam producing Grade 3 winner Buddy’s Humor and the Grade 2-placed dam of Grade 1-placed Nasreddine.
The first foal out of stakes winner Brunette Princess is Hip 897 consigned by Denali. That mare is out of a half-sister to the Grade 2 winning Fantasticat and the dam of Grade 1 winner Centralinteligence. The colt has stakes winners under his two dams with racing age foals and has 11 stakes performers on his page overall.
A Grade 3 winning son of sire-of-sires Dubawi (Ire) with a picture perfect pedigree, DEMARCHELIER’S (GB) first foals sold for up to nine-times his stud fee at the weanling sales.
St. George Sales consigns both the stallion’s January offerings with the first going through the ring as Hip 907. That colt is the first out of a full sister to the Grade 2-placed Moraz and the pedigree gets even better from there. His third dam is the Grade 1 winning Macoumba, whose influence has been felt on the sport throughout the generations. In addition to producing two stakes performers, she is also the dam of top sire Malibu Moon and to the dam of Grade 3 winner and Grade 1-placed Temple City in addition to Grade 3 winner Worth Repeating.
DEMARCHELIER’S (GB) Hip 982 is a half-sister to the Grade 2 winning Irish Jasper and five other winners out of Irish Connection, who saw her only non-winner place multiple times in the past two months. Irish Connection is a half-sister to two stakes performers, including the dam of Grade 3-placed Safe To Say. Seeing stakes winners under all three of her dams on the page, the filly’s third dam has produced three stakes winners and is also the third dam of Canadian champion Artie’s Princess.
The four-session Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale takes place from January 10 to January 13, 2022.