Catalina Cruiser back in training

ARCADIA, Calif. – Catalina Cruiser, a two-time Grade 2 winner who was sixth in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile at Churchill Downs in November, has resumed training after a late autumn rest.

Trainer John Sadler said earlier this week that Catalina Cruiser is being prepared for springtime comeback. Catalina Cruiser has yet to have a workout this year.

“He’s back in training,” Sadler said. “We turned him out. We want to have him good at the end of the year.”

Owned by Pete and Kosta Hronis, Catalina Cruiser won his first four races and was beaten for the first time in the BC Dirt Mile, finishing 17 1/2 lengths behind winner City of Light, who later won the $9 million Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park last month.

Last year, Catalina Cruiser won the Grade 2 San Diego Handicap at 1 1/16 miles and Grade 2 Pat O’Brien Stakes at seven furlongs at Del Mar.