Pass Catcher (foaled April 6, 1968 in Kentucky) was an United States Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 103rd running of the Belmont Stakes. The bay colt was bred and raced by Peter Kissel's October House Farm. His sire was All Hands and his dam was La Grue. All Hands was a son of Turn-To who was a grandson of the great English runner and outstanding sire, Nearco.
Pass Catcher was trained by Eddie Yowel who had won the 1965 Belmont Stakes with Ha...
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Pass Catcher (foaled April 6, 1968 in Kentucky) was an United States Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 103rd running of the Belmont Stakes. The bay colt was bred and raced by Peter Kissel's October House Farm. His sire was All Hands and his dam was La Grue. All Hands was a son of Turn-To who was a grandson of the great English runner and outstanding sire, Nearco.
Pass Catcher was trained by Eddie Yowel who had won the 1965 Belmont Stakes with Hail To All. At age two, the colt ran second in the 1967 Hopeful Stakes but came out of the race with a hairline fracture that kept him out of racing until the following March. Not ready for the first two legs of the rigorous Triple Crown races, Pass Catcher regained his racing form with a win in two straight races then, just five days before the Belmont Stakes, had a second-place finish to Bold Reasoning in the Jersey Derby.
The 1971 Belmont Stakes drew a record crowd, swelled by thousands of members of the New York City and area Latino...
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