Racing: New Zealand superstar Catalyst without trainer as Clayton Chipperfield quits for personal reasons

Clayton Chipperfield is stepping away from training. He will not train his horses anymore. Catalyst is a New Zealand galloper who won the 2000 Guineas and the Hawke's Bay Guines. Rick Williams manages Catalyst and other horses owned by Queensland-based Dick Karreman. They would like him to race in August or September. If he comes up well, he could head to Australia. The synthetic track will help him. There are many trainers interested in training him, but he will probably end up in Cambridge. It is possible he might race at the Foxbridge Plate or the Group 1 1400m weight-for-age at Hastings.