The 2026 Kurow Cup sets a path to the NZ Cup for CAPTAINTREACHEROUS son Dreams Are Free (bred by Studholme Bloodstock & M Jeffreys) with a victory at Oamaru this weekend, one of six winners for the statesman sire. $750,000+ earning mare Lux Aeterna (Brooklyn Lodge & the la Spina family) claimed the Listed Classic Norms Daughter in 1:50 at Menangle where earlier on the card, Captains Knock (John Rutter) edged closer to the million stakes mark with his 1:49.4 salute.
Colt San Sebastian (Brooklyn Lodge & the la Spina family) put 19m on rivals to win in 1:51.5 at Newcastle, while Cyclone Jenni (Fusinato Bloodstock) took her second lifetime win at Cranbourne in 1:55.4, and Magic Captain (Mal Moody) put a 6m gap on them at Gloucester Park.
STAY HUNGRY three-year-old Affamoto (I & D Montgomery) went back to back at Hobart, this time by 9m to take his bank past $40,000, while over at Harrah’s Philadelphia, his two-year-olds Scorecard Hounddog (1:52.2) and Hungry Marco (1:52) each took a $30,000 leg of the Pennsylvania Stallion Series, along with CAPTAIN kid Celtic Wave (1:54.4).
Rising CAPTAIN colt Starstruck Dreamer clocked a world record with his 1:48.4 at Harrah’s to take the $129,000 Pennsylvania Sires Stakes for two-year-old colts and geldings.
Of our past roster, there were doubles for WELL SAID (Interpretation & Punto Caliente) and ROCKNROLL HANOVER (Lullaby & Rock The Nation), and winners for BETTING LINE (Luvbite), TALL DARK STRANGER (Boystrous), FOUR STARZZZ SHARK (Heskoalatee), BLISSFULL HALL (Ultra Bliss), ARTSPEAK (Pickle It) and SOMEBEACHSOMEWHERE (Neds Beach).
PHOTO: Dreams Are Free (CAPTAINTREACHEROUS), HRNSW
Race of the Week
2026 Kurow Cup – OAMARU
DREAMS ARE FREE
CAPTAINTREACHEROUS – Start Dreaming – American Ideal
