Catholic Boy 2yo Romps in Churchill Downs MSW

Louisville, KY (October 27, 2024) – Moral, the 2-year-old son of Catholic Boy, was favored by the opening day crowd at Churchill Downs to come home best in the 3rd race and he rewarded the faithful with a one and three-quarter length victory.

Debuting with a second place finish going six furlongs over the same oval, stepped up to the one mile trip over the main track against a field on ten others chasing the $92,000 maiden special weight pot. In his debut, Moral fond the trouble a debutante can have from the rail post and had to work out a trip from a half-dozen lengths out. Today, he was prominent early from post nine. Once he and rider Luis Saez gained position, they galloped along into stalker mode down the backstretch. Asked to go entering the far turn, he was at the leader’s bridle with a quarter-mile to run. Settling the matter, he opened up through the stretch and he held the closers safely away to the wire.

Fan Duel posted the race replayy on their X (formerly Twitter) account

Moral races as a homebred for Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider. Trained by Thomas Drury, Jr., Moral was produced by the stakes winning, Mighty mare, Cross. He is from the well-known female family tracing to Alluvial.