Performance

Cattalou established an exceptional cutting career, earning US$334,723 in reported lifetime earnings, including US$333,051 in NCHA earnings. His sustained success at the highest levels of cutting competition earned him the prestigious NCHA Platinum Award. Throughout his career, he achieved six Champion or Reserve Champion titles and reached the finals of 24 major aged events, demonstrating remarkable consistency across both aged-event and open cutting competition. After reaching the semi-finals of the 2012 NCHA Open Futurity, Cattalou delivered an outstanding four-year-old season in 2013. He was Champion of the PCCHA Open Derby and placed third in the Arbuckle Mountain Open Derby. He also finished equal fifth in both the PCCHA Four-Year-Old Open Stakes and West Texas Open Derby, equal ninth in the Breeders Invitational Open Derby, and reached the finals of the Abilene Spectacular and Brazos Bash Open Derbies. His achievements also included semi-final appearances in the NCHA Open Super Stakes and NCHA Open Derby. In 2014, Cattalou continued his championship success, winning both the Breeders Invitational Open Classic and Arbuckle Mountain Open Classic. He was also Reserve Champion of the PCCHA Summer Open Classic/Challenge, placed third in the PCCHA Derby World Series Open, and finished equal fifth in the Bonanza Open Classic. His success continued in 2015, when he again became Reserve Champion of the PCCHA Summer Open Classic/Challenge and captured the West Texas Open Classic Reserve Championship. Additional achievements included third place in the Bonanza Open Classic, an equal fifth-place finish in the Breeders Invitational Open Classic, and finals appearances in the NCHA Open Super Stakes Classic, Abilene Spectacular Open Classic, Brazos Bash Open Classic and other major events. Cattalou maintained his competitive record beyond the aged-event divisions. In 2017, he earned NCHA Open Top Ten recognition, reached the finals of the NCHA Open Finals and NCHA Eastern Nationals, and placed fourth in the Congress World Series Open. In 2019, he finished fourth in the NCHA Open Finals, achieved another NCHA Open Top Ten placing and finished third in the Augusta Cutting The Finalist Open. His subsequent achievements included fifth place in the 2020 Augusta Cutting THE-41 Open. Cattalou's championship victories, repeated Reserve Championships and continued success in major open cutting events established his reputation as an accomplished and consistently competitive cutting stallion. His NCHA Platinum Award, together with more than US$334,000 in lifetime earnings, reflects a distinguished performance career spanning nearly a decade.