8 September 2024, from Tony Milanese The brilliant but unpredictable CATCH A WAVE (CAPTAINTREACHEROUS) was on his best behaviour to take out the time honoured $150,000 Group 1 TAB Len Smith Mile at Menangle Park. Less fancied than his harness racing opponents in a star studded field CATCH A WAVE was caught three wide early…
8 September 2024, from Ray Cotolo & Frank Cotolo, and The Meadowlands. CAPTAIN OPTIMISTIC (CAPTAINTREACHEROUS) and driver Yannick Gingras and ROCKET DEO (CAPTAINTREACHEROUS) won their $150,000 New Jersey Classic Finals for two-year-old colt and three-year-old filly pacers, respectively, at The Meadowlands on Friday night (Sept. 6). CAPTAIN OPTIMISTIC, the prohibitive favorite at 1-9, floated off…
What a huge couple of days for our boys! STAY HUNGRY gelding Snowiewillrev extended his unbeaten streak to four when he secured the 2024 2YO C&G Sweepstakes Final at Hobart, while in North America his three-year-old son De La Hoya Hanover took the $40,000 Stallion Series Final at Harrah’s Philadelphia in 1:51.4. CAPTAINTREACHEROUS though –…
A second win for the exciting son of STAY HUNGRY, Stay Foolish at Bathurst this week added to the North American two-year-old result for our sire in Joel And The Jets who claimed the $50,000 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes Consolation in 1:52.1 at The Meadows. Also flying at The Red Mile were TALL DARK STRANGER sons…
It’s been a big few days for CAPTAINTREACHEROUS! With the richest harness race in the world coming up next weekend, the dominant sire has THREE runners named – Captains Knock, this Saturday’s Discovery Stakes winner Sure Thing Captain (1:54, Menangle) and Vicbred 4YO E&G heat winner High Above who secured his second consecutive win in…
A midweek double for CAPTAINTREACHEROUS at each end of the crop – two-year-old Hezatreacherous went back-to-back with a win at Penrith to take his earnings past $53,000 while six-year-old Treacherous One notched up his fourth win at Gawler. At The Red Mile in the US, TALL DARK STRANGER secured a quinella in a Kentucky Golden…
CAPTAINTREACHEROUS progeny new and old on the board this weekend, headlined by two-year-olds Path To Greatness who kept his unbeaten streak in tact with a 1:53.7 win at Albion Park and new winner Infamee, up in just his second start at Alexandra Park. Hitting $245,000 in stakes with a 1:52.6 win was Captain Hammerhead, in…
Two new two-year-old winners for CAPTAINTREACHEROUS with My Ultimate Freddie (1:55, Menangle) and Takara Wikiwiki (on debut at Penrith) both in the money this week. Both hitting over $50,000 in earnings were older CAPTAIN progeny in Chillin ($54,000, Gloucester Park) and Blackjack Beth ($58,000, Redcliffe). At The Red Mile in Kentucky we also got to…
17 Aug 2024, from Ken Weingartner, USTA Media Relations Manager CAPTAIN ALBANO (CAPTAINTREACHEROUS) moved to the outside from the pocket coming off the final turn and got to favourite Legendary Hanover just prior to the wire to win Saturday’s $300,000 Max C. Hempt Memorial for 3-year-old pacers by a nose in 1:48.3 at Mohegan Pennsylvania’s…
18 Aug 2024, from Steve Wolf, Quebec Jockey Club With one of the gutsiest performances of his career, 14-1 REDWOOD HANOVER (STAY HUNGRY) and driver Jonathan Drury wore down Huntinthelastdolar in the stretch to capture the C$200,000 Prix d’Ete for four-year-old pacers Sunday at the Hippodrome 3R. It was the 33 edition of the Prix…