Catch a Flight resumes light training

Catch a Flight is on the comeback trail. Among the top handicap horses in California last season, when he won three graded stakes, Catch a Flight has resumed training with Richard Mandella and will target a spring-summer campaign.

“He just started galloping, and he looks great,” Mandella said. “He’ll gallop for another two weeks and then start to breeze. I wish I had him right now, but he had a hell of a good year, then he stiffened up. He needed a rest.”

Catch a Fight won the Grade 2 San Diego at Del Mar and the Grade 2 Californian and Grade 3 Precisionist at Santa Anita. He also finished second in the Grade 1 Pacific Classic won by Beholder and third in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap. Catch a Flight has won 10 races and $773,239 from 18 starts.