Catcher In The Rye getting the winners on the board
28th May 2007
It has been a great couple of weeks for the Coolmore stallions represented by their first crops.
Trainer David Evans has his sights set on Royal Ascot after the first-crop Catcher In The Rye filly Eileen's Violet (2f Catcher In The Rye-Brave Act by Catrail) won a high-class Windsor conditions contest last Monday evening.
The Tom Radley-bred filly - who was stepping up on a debut second at Chester a fortnight earlier - got up in the dying strides to beat another smart performer in the Choisir colt Group Therapy (2c Choisir-Licence To Thrill by Wolfhound), himself a dual winner.
"She probably wants six furlongs already and will stay further. I imagine we will go to Royal Ascot but we will have to think about which race," said Evans.
Meanwhile Catcher In The Rye had his fourth first-crop winner at Ayr on Wednesday when the Howard Johnson-trained Nine Stories (2c Catcher In The Rye-Irinatinvidio by Rudimentary) landed a six-furlong maiden by two and a half lengths.
Bred by Stefano Stivali, Nine Stories looks destined for bigger things with the Racing Post noting "he stayed on well in the closing stages to win decisively."
