Two big sales coming up this weekend starting on Saturday with the NZB National Yearling Sale at Karaka and followed on Sunday in Sydney with the Australian Pacing Gold sale – CAPTAINTREACHEROUS, STAY HUNGRY and TALL DARK STRANGER are very well represented across the two – find the full listing here: https://www.empirestallions.com/2025-yearling-season-is-here/ BETTING LINE once…
A huge one for CAPTAINTREACHEROUS! Crowned New Zealand Pacing Sire of the Year for 2024, he was also represented by eight winners headlined by mare Lakelsa (bred by B & A Sinclair) who claimed the GROUP 1 NZ Breeders Stakes Fillies & Mares Free For All at Addington, taking her stakes earnings past $147,000. Breeders…
Four winners for CAPTAINTREACHEROUS this week, with three hitting the magic $100,000 mark! Mare Highly Respected (bred by Alex Smith & Russ Woods) claimed hers at Redcliffe while Lanai (Mathew Day) put two together later at Albion Park to reach his in 1:55.9. Peligroso (K & A Charles) clocked 1:55.2 at Penrith to hit $107,000…
STAY HUNGRY has an exciting three-year-old to watch after Go Without (bred by Rhiannon Park) secured back-to-back wins by clocking 1:54.5 at Geelong this week! CAPTAINTREACHEROUS wasn’t without a juvenile winner either with filly Keayang Payton (Durham Park Standardbreds) saluting on debut later on the card. CAPTAIN secured a further five winners across the weekend…
In 2025 the quality of yearlings on offer across Australasia by our standout sires TALL DARK STRANGER, STAY HUNGRY and CAPTAINTREACHEROUS is truly outstanding – take a look at the full list below before Sunday’s debut sales in Melbourne for Australian Pacing Gold… TALL DARK STRANGER, multi-millionaire, USA 2019 2YO of the Year and 2020…
A brand new three-year-old winner for CAPTAINTREACHEROUS this week headed a midweek trifecta for the sire. French Fries (bred by Solid Earth) took a 5.6m win at Albion Park, giving him a win in both his two- and three-year-old seasons. Nearby at Redcliffe, Lanai (Mathew Day) took win #10 to bring his bank up to…
It was the ladies heading CAPTAINTREACHEROUS‘ list this weekend with a trifecta for the sire in the GR2 Premier Mares Championship at Addington. Lakelsa (bred by B & A Sinclair) pumped up her earnings to over $92,000 with her win, coming in ahead of fellow CAPTAIN girls Ruby Rose and All You Need Is Me.…
Three solid winners for CAPTAINTREACHEROUS this week, headlined by $60,000-earning mares Melody Banner (bred by Banner Bloodstock) who posted her third win to hit $65,000 at Oamaru and followed in by Destiny Stride (E + M Stride) at Penrith last night. Captains Pick (Solid Earth) topped $170,000 with his salute at Redcliffe. SOMEBEACHSOMEWHERE led the…
Two mares represented CAPTAINTREACHEROUS in New Zealand on the weekend, both at Blenheim – new winner Copenhagen Girl (bred by Express Yourself Pty Ltd) and Tokyo Rose (pic, RS Cornelius) who brought up $69,000 in earnings with her salute on the grass. On an even smaller island, Jorge Street (Mathew Day) brought up win #6…
Another win for STAY HUNGRY son Go Without (bred by Blanche & Dean Poole at Rhiannon Park), who clocked a smoking 1:52.7 to claim an 8.5m victory to make for the sire’s second three-year-old winner of the season… WELL SAID (Major Statement, Sweetly Spoken & Interpretation) and BETTING LINE (Betting Origin, Daylight & Betting Jewel)…