A good spread of winners across AUNZ this week for CAPTAINTREACHEROUS! New 3YO winner at Wyndam Rustenberg joined more seasoned young campaigners on the winners list with Menangle double act Bainbridge, 1:53.2 in a heat of the NSW Breeders Challenge and My Ultimate Carter in 1:53.3. Win number three for Zeus Dan at Globe Derby…
Perhaps CAPTAINTREACHEROUS‘ quietest achieving daughter is August Moon and this weekend the filly claimed the GROUP 1 WA Oaks at Gloucester Park, taking her earnings to over $210,000 and her strike rate to nine wins from seventeen starts – congrats to owners! Staking his claim in another Group 1, Petracca was successful by 5m in…
With all the TALL DARK STRANGER and CAPTAINTREACHEROUS lots now through the ring at the 2023 Lexington Sales it’s safe to say that the multi-millionaire son of Bettors Delight has had an outstanding debut as a commercial sire. TALL DARK STRANGER over all had sixty lots presented to buyers which brought in a total of…
We’ll take a look at the incredible Lexington Sales results for TALL DARK STRANGER and CAPTAINTREACHEROUS separately but for now, CAPTAIN‘s local winners are a worth a closer look! At Addington this week, two exciting winners – Millwood Nike took a heat of the Success series in 1:55.2 to maintain her unbeaten run, extending it…
September 29, 2023, by Evan Pattak, for The Meadows Standardbred Owners Association Brue Hanover made up 1-1/2 lengths in the Lightning Lane and scored in 1:49.1, matching the stakes record in Friday’s (Sept. 29) $69,100 Keystone Classic at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. Muskateer Hanover also used the Lightning Lane to capture the other division…
Four solid juvenile winners for CAPTAINTREACHEROUS this week – two new two-year-old winners in Jorge Street at Wagga and Chase A Dream in just his second start at Addington. Filly Blackjack Beth brought up $35,000 at Albion Park while at Kilmore, Perfect Class won the 2023 Reg Withers 3YO Classic, now with a bank of…
More exciting STAY HUNGRY fillies on the march in the US – two $96,000 Bluegrass 2YO Fillies Series divisions were won by his daughters this week – Sarasota Hanover (1:52) and Lyons Legend (1:52.1) who pushes close to $300,000 territory! CAPTAINTREACHEROUS was represented this week by 3YO Hez All The Rage at Pinjara, while in the US his…
From Harness Link, (Ray Cotolo 29 September 2023) LEXINGTON, Ky.— Driver Tim Tetrick worked steady early fractions for Lyons Legend (Stay Hungry) to force her main competitor, 1-5 favorite Blue Pacific, to claw forward in a final-quarter sprint, and the tactics paid off to give the 5-2 second choice a 1:52.1 harness racing victory in…
From Harness Link, (Nicholas Barnsdale, 23 September 2023) CAPTAINS QUARTERS (CAPTAINTREACHEROUS) fought all the way home to seize victory in the $970,000 Metro Pace, North America’s richest harness racing event for two-year-old pacers, on Saturday (Sep. 23) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Jody Jamieson pointed him for the four-hole as the field raced to the first…
From Harness Link, (Steve Wolf, 23 September 2023) In a four-horse race to the finish, ALLYWAG HANOVER (CAPTAINTREACHEROUS) and driver Todd McCarthy was able to beat longshot Lou’s Pearlman to the wire in capturing the $175,000 Harrah’s Hoosier Park Pacing Derby Friday (Sept. 22) at Hoosier Park. The 12th race feature got underway with Hellabalou…