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Ben's Cat

6 year old Gelding | Active
Owner(s):
King T. Leatherbury  -  The Jim Stable
Trainer:
King T. Leatherbury
Bred:
Maryland (USA) by K. T. Leatherbury Associates Inc.
Pedigree:
Parker's Storm Cat  -  Twofox  by  Thirty Eight Paces
Rating:
 
 
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What the Horse Racing Nation is saying about Ben's Cat...

James F. Olson & R.A. Hill Stable’s Fiddlers Patriot pressed the pacesetter from the start before drawing clear in the stretch to capture in the $100,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint at Pimlico Race Course.Read More
Friday's Black-Eyed Susan undercard at Pimlico features a stellar edition of the Grade 3, $300,000 Pimlico Special Stakes as well as three sprint stakes in the lead-up to Saturday's 137th running of the Preakness Stakes. Read More
Two of the best Maryland-breds of recent years will square off in Saturday’s Mister Diz from Pimlico when Heros Reward — who’s earned north of $1.2 million — and Ben’s Cat — winner of 14 of 20 lifetime and more than $800,000 — meet. Though it’s a compact field for… Read More
Is Ben’s Cat ready to pick up where he left off last year, when he established himself as one of the top turf sprinters on the East Coast? Based on his two most recent workouts, it certainly appears so. Read More
King T. Leatherbury’s homebred gelding Ben's Cat swept three divisional categories–older male, turf runner, and sprinter–and was named Maryland-bred Horse of the Year of 2011 in the annual poll conducted by the Maryland Horse Breeders Association. Read More
Lindy Redding’s well-traveled Ravalo, who became a millionaire this year at 7, added to his riches Nov. 23 with a hard-fought victory in the inaugural running of the $200,000 Six Bits Handicap at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course.Trained by Donald Barr, the bay gelding by Mutakddim out o...Read More
The Maryland-based gelding Ben’s Cat has already made one successful excursion to Penn National Race Course this season, so he’s returning to familiar surroundings as the headliner in Wednesday’s inaugural running of the $200,000 Six Bits Handicap.He is, however, a stranger to Penn National’s main t...Read More
Oh, what might have been. Today at Laurel Park, amidst a sea of slop, the right horse won, but it was in the wrong race. As Ben’s Cat effortlessly strode away from five foes to win the $75,000 Laurel Dash Stakes all I could think was that he should be running instead in the $1,000,000 Breeders’ Cup ...Read More
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  • arazi · szulcc - I agree. Where's the fun in winning a $75k race in the slop? After winning all these races, don't they sort of "owe it" to the horse to see what he can do? He's run like champion - he deserves the shot. · 208 days ago ·
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  • ScottDick · Great article, sad story. Horse deserved a chance to prove on a national stage how good he is. Sad for his fans that he didn't get that chance. · 207 days ago ·
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The little horse who could did it again yesterday at Laurel, while another horse who might have been able to now won’t. Rapid Redux, the gelded son of Pleasantly Perfect whose career, prior to this year, was of no special note, knocked down his record-tying 19th conesecutive victory yesterday in…Read More
Tomorrow at this time we will celebrate the approximately 200 horses that are pre-entered for the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Today, I will lament over a horse that will not be on the list. Ben’s Cat has been 2011’s best turf sprinter in the nation, bar none, yet for some reason his connectio...Read More
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  • Winplacsho · I obviously what type of financial situations the owners are in, but this is real disappointing. Isn't it the idea to go to the pinnacle of the sport when you have a horse that can get you there? Also, Ben's Cat has already earned his supplemental fee. Makes me wonder if they're too cheap to buy him carrots after a victory. · 212 days ago ·
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  • bobbeaux · In the world of thoroughbred racing, a $100k is not big bucks. I'm surprised someone did not step up to make this happen. I can only assume (I surely have no knowledge of the situation) that investors did not like the chances; or King Leatherbury is not an easy guy with whom to strike a business deal. · 212 days ago ·
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I have been pondering what horse I am going to the Breeder’s Cup to see. Last year, I couldn’t decide who I was going to see because I was excited about so many. I was going to see Blame, Uncle Mo, Awesome Feather, Blind Luck and Chamberlain Bridge. This year, things are changing so quickly I don’t ...Read More
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  • Winplacsho · Rumor has it Chamberlain Bridge is back to his old self & working like a champ · 213 days ago ·
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  • RaTalk_Girl · Love to hear that winplacsho...I really like this horse. · 212 days ago ·
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No BC Turf Sprint for Ben's Cat. He will run in the Laurel Turf Dash on Oct 29 instead.    
Laurel Park-based Ben's Cat, winner of the $356,000 Turf Monster Handicap (gr. IIIT)) on Labor Day at Parx Racing, is still on the fence for the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IIT) at Churchill Downs..Though the 5-year-old earned an automatic bid into the race, he s not Breeders’ Cup nomi...Read More
  • keeneland dan · The horse has won plenty of money, the guy needs to fork it up and run, he has the money just doesnt want to spend it. · 213 days ago ·
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Turf Monster winner, hope he runs in Sprint
Buckle up racefans, it's only 22 days until the World Championships are here. 15 Championship races to anticpate, handicap, and be thrilled by. Even on race day, they will be difficult races to unravel ... Who would be crazy enough to select the winner of all 15 Breeders' Cup races more than three w...Read More
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  • bigfootmauler · top 3 in the breeders cup classic will be havre mo and flat out.. · 223 days ago ·
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  • ethan · Seems like Turbulent Descent in the F&M Sprint is the most locked down of them all. · 222 days ago ·
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Ben’s Cat tuned up for a prospective start in next month’s Breeders’ Cup by scoring a repeat victory in Saturday’s Maryland Million Turf Sprint at Laurel Park.The 5-year-old Ben’s Cat ($3) won by a length over the 3-year-old Steady Warrior, who fought the winner all the way to the finish line. The w...Read More
The King.Anyone who has spent anytime around the track in Maryland knows exactly what those two words stand for.They stand for excellence. They stand for class. Those two words stand for all that's good in thoroughbred racing.King Leatherbury is truly The King of Maryland racing.Read More
The Breeders' Cup World Championships are on the horizon, but not all the stakes winners around are certain to get there. One such horse is Ben's Cat who is bred, owned and trained by Maryland legend King Leatherbury.See, the five-year-old won the Turf Monster Handicap on Labor Day at Parx Racing w...Read More
All kinds of good stuff in the email in-box today. This is from Laurel Park, about King Leatherbury - one of only three trainers to achieve 6,000 victories - seeking a partner to put up the $100,000 to make Ben’s Cat eligible for the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Churchill Downs Nov. 5. Read More
Prior to the Black-Eyed Susan S. (G2) at Pimlico on Friday, E. Paul Robsham Stables' homebred R HOLIDAY MOOD (Trippi) was a stalking second in the $52,750 Miss Preakness S. and just got up by a neck on the wire to score under jockey John Velazquez. The six-furlong event was one of four undercard sta...Read More

Ben's Cat - Pedigree

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Parker's Storm CatStorm CatStorm Bird
Terlingua
MacoumbaMr. Prospector
Maximova
TwofoxThirty Eight PacesNodouble
Thirty Paces
DronetteDrone
Stacey D'ette

Ben's Cat - Race Results & Past Performances

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View Details05/18/125thS RussellPim95 fTJim McKay Turf Sprint03+ MFiddlers PatriotSuper ChunkyJu Jitsu Jax0:56.12
View Details04/07/121stH KaramanosPim105 fTMister Diz03+ M (S)Ben's CatSteady WarriorDelaunay0:57.26
View Details11/23/113rdJ RosePen36 fDSix Bits03+ MRavaloImmortal EyesBen's Cat1:10.38
View Details10/29/111stJ RoseLrl96 fDLaurel Dash03+ MBen's CatRoyal CurrierAction Andy1:11.11
View Details10/01/111stJ RoseLrl25 1/2 fTMaryland Million Turf Sprint Hdcp.03+ MBen's CatSteady WarriorHeaven's Voice1:06.07
View DetailsView Video09/05/111stJ RosePrx105 fTTurf Monster Handicap-G303+ MBen's CatPerfect OfficerChamberlain Bridge0:57.30
View Details07/30/111stJ RosePen55 fTPennsylvania Governor's Cup03+ MBen's CatCardashiCar Thief0:00.00
View Details05/20/111stJ RosePim55 fTJim McKay Turf Sprint03+ MBen's CatLocal CelebritySuper Chunky0:59.71
View Details04/09/111stJ RosePim95 fDMister Diz03+ M (S)Ben's CatSandbagin' LoverDigger0:57.82
View Details02/21/114thJ PimentelLrl87 fDGeneral George-G204+ MNo AdvantageLaysh Laysh LayshHeritage Hall1:24.46
View Details01/17/115thJ PimentelLrl81 mileDNative Dancer04+ MLaysh Laysh LayshNo AdvantageGlobal Force1:37.45
View Details12/19/102ndJ PimentelAqu81 mileDForty Niner03+ MAlma D'oroBen's CatMore Than a Reason1:36.27
View Details11/24/101stJ PimentelLrl81 mileDAlwOC03+ MBen's CatFonda Ronda WonI Know Why1:39.08
View Details10/30/101stJ PimentelLrl91 1/8 mTFind Handicap03+ M (S)Ben's CatBaltimore BobCourt Band1:52.20
View Details10/02/101stJ PimentelLrl55 1/2 fTMaryland Million Turf Sprint Hdcp.03+ M (S)Ben's CatIf Not For LustSandbagin' Lover1:05.54

 

 

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