Captain was the leading sire of both pacers and trotters with his 14 yearlings averaging a remarkable $225,500 at the Lexington Selected Sale on Tuesday, October 5th. There were 12 Captains that sold for $100,000+, 8 for $200,000+ and 4 brought $300,000 or more for an aggregate total of $3,157,000. The Captain fillies were the…
A big week for our boys in both hemispheres this week! A local double for BETTING LINE with Saint Veran taking a heat of the 2YO C&G NSW Breeders Challenge at Bathurst and Betting Origin by 10m at Redcliffe. HESTON BLUE CHIP scored a treble – Only One Dan by 21m and 3YO filly Oh…
A new 2YO winner for BETTING LINE, with Betting Origin scoring by 14.9m at Albion Park this week. HESTON BLUE CHIP also sired a 2YO winner with Sinister up at Wagga. CAPTAINTREACHEROUS recorded a midweek double with 3YO Lochinvar Chief clocking 1:55.2 at Shepparton and Captain Wilson putting 6.9m on rivals at Maryborough. Our past…
3YO HESTON BLUE CHIP daughter Lovin Miss Dixie posted 1:55.4 to take the 2021 Pink Diamond Stakes at Tabcorp Park Menangle, making a weekend double for the sire with fellow 3YO My Ultimate Heston in by 13.5m at Redcliffe. CAPTAINTREACHEROUS also claimed a double, with 2YO Cobalt Stride saluting at Horsham and at Albion Park,…
A nice double for HESTON BLUE CHIP with 3YO filly Cheyella adding another win to her record, putting 10.3m on rivals at Maryborough and at Geelong, mare Illawong Phoenix continued her good form. CAPTAINTREACHEROUS colt, Skyfall Benchmark, claimed his heat of the NSW Breeders Challenge 2YO C&G at Penrith.Our past sires were on fire this…
ABUCKABETT HANOVER won his first Grand Circuit final in more than a year as he crushed his harness racing rivals in the $176,815 Simcoe Stakes for sophomore pacers on Saturday at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Under orders from regular driver Andrew McCarthy, the son of BETTING LINE tucked in sixth from post seven while Bettor Sun…
A big 12m win in 1:53.8 at Ballarat for CAPTAINTREACHEROUS son Catch A Wave, claiming the 2021 APG Victoria 2YO Gold Sovereign Final.In the northern hemisphere, he also continued his outstanding season, with two daughters taking their $250,000 series final races in the Kentucky Championships at The Red Mile (2YO Don’t Fence Me In, 1:50.2…
BLUE DIAMOND EYES returned to The Red Mile with a fury on Sunday (Sep 12), scoring a 1:47.2 victory by open lengths in the single $40,000 Kentucky Championship Series division for 3-year-old pacing fillies. Driver Yannick Gingras sent BLUE DIAMOND EYES for the front heading to a :26.1 first quarter and cleared control as the…
Three lovely juvenile winners for CAPTAINTREACHEROUS this week:3YO filly Let It Linga saluted at Terang, resulting in a donation from HRV to the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia as part of the Stanley-Caldow #TheLongRun campaign across September; 2YO filly Captains Queen took a heat of the NSW Breeders Challenge at Young by an eight-metre margin;…
A handy double for HESTON BLUE CHIP over the weekend with Nichel Blue at Wagga, and in Hobart, 3YO filly Syzate claiming the Medhurst Memorial. In North America, CAPTAINTREACHEROUS entire, Warrawee Vital claimed the $40,000 Open Mile in 1:50.5 and 3YO SOMEBEACHSOMEWHERE filly, Fire Start Hanover clocked 1:50 to win the $425,000 Fan Hanover, both…