Rascal Cat, an 11-time winner who formerly stood in Arkansas, is headed to Cazenovia College in central New York. Photo courtesy of J & M Equine Reproduction Center.
Rascal Cat, a 17-year-old son of Pulpit who won 11 times during his career and stood most recently at Arkansas State University, is headed to the Northeast to help establish a Thoroughbred breeding program at Cazenovia College in Central New York.
BloodHorse reported the move last week in its online story titled “Rascal Cat Helping to Launch Another College Program.”
Here is the full report, courtesy of BloodHorse:
Dr. William McGuire is expanding the breeding program at Cazenovia College near Syracuse, N.Y., with the same stallion that helped him establish a Thoroughbred breeding program at Arkansas State University.
Rascal Cat, a 17-year-old son of Pulpit, has been relocated to New York where he will train students in how to handle stallions and will be available to outside breeders for a $1,000 fee.
“He has the perfect stallion temperament for helping train college students,” said McGuire. “While he is definitely a stallion, his demeanor lessens the risk to students that are just learning how to handle stallions in the live cover breeding process.”
McGuire started the breeding program at Arkansas State in 2017 and brought in Rascal Cat from Oklahoma. The stallion was a standout as a yearling, selling for $1.3 million to Stonestreet Stables out of Taylor Made Sales Agency’s consignment at the 2006 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. He is out of the winning Storm Cat mare Razzi Cat and is a half brother to group 1 winners Rocking Trick and Randy Cat. His family is rich in European success, with 35 stakes winners named under his third dam, Vale.
As a racehorse, Rascal Cat was hampered by a condylar fracture and yet he won 11 races and placed in 20 others out of 68 starts and earned $203,124. He had limited opportunities as a stallion without a stakes win to his credit. His six crops are represented by 33 foals that include 19 starters and seven winners. His best runner to date is Rascal Candy who has won five times and placed in 12 other races out of 27 starts on his way to earning more than $50,000.
“He has a nice conformation and has sired winners from a limited number of offspring,” said McGuire. “As far as what he will add to the New York-bred program, I feel that he brings excellent bloodlines for a very affordable fee for owners.”
The only Thoroughbred mares Cazenovia owns right now are used for equitation classes, so McGuire said the school is seeking mare donations for the breeding program. The resulting foals from the program will be used for weanling and yearling management classes and eventually will be prepped for a sale.
The college has one other stallion, a Holsteiner named Royal Appearance, who is used for training in artificial insemination and is bred to warmblood mares.
McGuire began at Cloud County Community College in Concordia, Kansas, where he taught animal science classes, anatomy, and physiology, and implemented the college’s equine program. He also started the college’s rodeo team, equestrian team, and coached the horse judging team. After 15 years in this position, he accepted a job with New Mexico State University and served as a Northern New Mexico Horse Specialist among many other roles. He next went to Arkansas State and then took a job in 2019 as assistant manager at Sequel Stallion New York. He became a visiting instructor at Cazenovia College in August 2021.
