From Harness Link (Tony Milanese, published 30 March 2025) Prominent horseman David Hewitt won his first Group 1 event as a harness racing driver when Message Bank (Captaintreacherous) ran up to his excellent heat win in taking out the $150,000 Group 1 Hynash Group Gold Crown Final for two-year-olds at Bathurst on Saturday night. Despite…
What a massive few days for CAPTAINTREACHEROUS, securing an incredible TWELVE winners in AUNZ including a GROUP 1 and Group! STAY HUNGRY was represented at the rich Bathurst carnival by filly Swift Code (bred by Pini Pty Ltd) who took her first win in the Gold Tiara Gold Consolation but the meet was headlined by…
Ourtreacherous Reign (bred by David Kennedy) represented CAPTAINTREACHEROUS (pic) this week with his 1:55.5 win at Penrith to bring up $69,000 in stakes earnings. ROCKNROLL HANOVER (Grey Cadillac, Rocktagonal & Full Swing Denario) and SOMEBEACHSOMEWHERE (Nick Of Time, Port Au Prince & Wheres Our Money) continued to prove their statesman status with trebles, while there…
More lots continue to be offered by our standout sires TALL DARK STRANGER, STAY HUNGRY and CAPTAINTREACHEROUS at the remaining APG and Nutrien sales in 2025 – the next this weekend in Adelaide and followed by Bathurst and of course the big finale in Melbourne: STAY HUNGRY is from multi-millionaire World Champion mare, My Little…
Super fast this week was STAY HUNGRY filly Hunger Strike (bred by Kate Baring) who clocked 1:53.3 to reach $116,000 in stakes at Newcastle where CAPTAINTREACHEROUS son Captain Dorian (Helen Head) also took a win, in 1:54.9 to boost his bank to $127,000. Also on CAPTAIN‘s win list this week was two-year-old Gold Tiara heat…
Two brand new winners for STAY HUNGRY this week as Autumn arrives – two-year-old Smooth Buckeroo (bred by R & J Hayes) on debut at Bathurst and three-year-old La Feast (S & K Robertson) by 12.1m at Shepparton. CAPTAINTREACHEROUS also had a new two-year-old winner with filly Myras Mint (Heath Bourke) saluting at Menangle in…
Three solid midweek winners for CAPTAINTREACHEROUS with three-year-old Its Electrifying (bred by Les Whiteside) putting two together after a 1:54.3 win at Albion Park by a whopping 19m margin, Captain Dorian (Helen Head) taking his earnings to over $121,000 with a Newcastle victory and at Canberra, it was mare Backwards First (S & M van…
A brand new CAPTAINTREACHEROUS winner this week at Newcastle in the form of two-year-old colt San Sebastian (bred by Alf la Spina & Brooklyn Lodge), joined on the winners’ list by star mare Ruby Roe (K & F Price) who tipped over $111,000 with her Winton win, and at Mount Gambier, Youbethecaptain (Peter & Leslie…
A new winner for CAPTAINTREACHEROUS this week in three-year-old IM HANK (bred by Charlene Gusman) who saluted easily at Shepparton. His sales season also continued to run super hot with the NZB Sales continuing during the week – CAPTAIN‘s 2025 yearling sale average per lot sold now sits at over $134,000! Congratulations to all the…
From NZB, published 15 February 2025 The Auckland Session of the 2025 National Standardbred Yearling Sale was one for the history books when 130 lots went under the auction hammer at the Karaka Sales Centre on Saturday. Not just one, but two equal record top lots were recorded when the dominant force of Stonewall Stud…