by Mike Sweeney, for Scarborough Downs

Scarborough, ME — Cat Has A Kitten kept her perfect sophomore season intact on Sunday (Aug. 2) as the graceful Maine-bred won her fifth consecutive start and her fourth in a row in Maine Sire Stakes competition.

Derek Davis photo

Cat Has A Kitten was a 1:57.2 winner.

Deftly handled by driver Heath Campbell, the 3-year-old daughter of Western Cyclone-Lady Katie pounced to the lead just past the half and then proceeded to toy with the competition, like a calico would a captured mouse, before extending out to a 3-1/2 length margin at the wire in a more than adequate time of 1:57.2.

The “ferocious feline,” owned in tandem by Anthony Sivik Jr. and the KDK Standardbreds and who is trained by noted stakes conditioner Valerie Grondin, claimed the lion’s share of the $12,462 purse.

Eat Your Enemy (John Nason) saw her own undefeated season come to a conclusion while settling for the runner-up placing while Ms Casey Mac (Gary Mosher) held firm for the show.

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