Claim: The closest kin of Katies, an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse, are Nonalco from the United States and Mortefontaine from France.
Evidence: Katies (22 April 1981 – 20 August 2004) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. Pedigree of Katies (IRE), bay or brown mare, 1981 Sire
Nonoalco (USA)
1971 Dam
Mortefontaine (FR)
1969 Katies' sire Nonoalco won the 2000 Guineas and the Prix Jacques Le Marois in 1974 and stood as a breeding stallion in Europe (siring Noalcoholic) before being exported to Japan. Her dam Mortefontaine was a winner of one minor race in France, a full-sister to the Nunthorpe Stakes winner Polyfoto and closely related to the dual Cambridgeshire Handicap winner Baronet. Nonoalco (1971–1992) was an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who raced in France.