“She’s eight lengths in advance… she’s broken their hearts, Captains Mistress!”
A 1:52.4 win in the GROUP 1 NZ Pacing FFA gave the champion, millionaire four-year-old mare her tenth straight victory, a run that includes the Grand Circuit Pacing Inter Dominion Final, and four GROUP 1 wins – as the first mare to win the Victoria Cup, but also in the Rising Sun and QEII and now, the NZ FFA. Prior to that, she had also collected GROUP 1 victory in the Chariots of Fire and the Queen of the Pacific.
Today, she beat Leap To Fame yet again to add herself to the annals of Addington Raceway. What a horse, this daughter of CAPTAINTREACHEROUS.
Her earnings are now second only down under to Catch A Wave ($2.3m), and ahead of star millionaire mare Encipher ($1.6m), Captains Knock ($985,000) and Lux Aeterna ($778,000). In an interesting coincidence, her younger full brother Faith Not Fear claimed the Group 1 NZ Sires Stakes 2YO C&G Final earlier this week, while Catch A Wave’s full sister, two-year-old Catch A Butterfly had a winning debut at Kilmore.
