Catalina Cruiser voted Del Mar horse of the meet

DEL MAR, Calif. – Catalina Cruiser was named Del Mar’s horse of the meet in a media poll, reflecting the outsized success this season for his connections – trainer John Sadler, owners Kosta and Pete Hronis, and jockey Flavien Prat.

Prat, who rode Catalina Cruiser to his second stakes win of the meet in the Pat O’Brien, led all jockeys with 10 stakes wins. Sadler led all trainers in stakes wins with nine. The Hronis brothers won nine races and more than $1.4 million in purses, the biggest being in concert with Sadler and Prat in the Pacific Classic with Higher Power.

In addition to being named horse of the meet, Catalina Cruiser was named top sprinter and top older horse. He won both his starts, the Pat O’Brien and the San Diego, both for the second straight year. Other winners were Vasilika (top grass horse and top older female), Nolde (3-year-old), Cambier Parc (3-year-old filly), Bast (2-year-old filly), and Nucky (2-year-old).