CAPTAINTREACHEROUS had a massive weekend headlined of course by history making mare, Captains Mistress (bred by Taffy Ltd) with her 1:52.6 GROUP 1 Victoria Cup win at Melton – the first mare ever to claim the classic. Two-year-old colt Disturbance (Brooklyn Lodge & the la Spina family) led a Menangle double, clocking 1:53.7 to claim his semi final of the NSW Breeders Challenge Series while Mick Danger (Mick McGeechan) marked his return with a 1:54.5 victory. At Bunbury, Mighty Magician (Taffy Ltd) brought up $84,000 in earnings, and at Albion Park two-year-old Harry The Hat (Keith Croft) clocked 1:55.5 for a 5.5m victory.
Four local winners this weekend for STAY HUNGRY plus six wins on end for American filly Honey Roll with a 1:54.1 division of the Razzle Hanover at Pocono Downs… New on debut was two-year-old Winchester Boy (bred by Fusinato Bloodstock), one of a STAY HUNGRY Cranbourne double with three-year-old colt River Storm (the Ronan family) taking his third win there too. Kittykat Cutie (Wyndown Stud) notched up $40,000 in earnings with her win at Globe Derby Park, while at West Wylong, it was all about the threes – three-year-old Loiero (Evan Hillman) by 3m to take win #3.
Two Breeders Crown eliminations were taken out at Scioto Downs by CAPTAINTREACHEROUS babies – colt Starstruck Dreamer in a two-year-old elim, and filly Sangria Summer in a track record 1:49.3 to claim her three-year-old elim. Gift Of Faith joined Honey Roll in taking a division of the Razzle Hanover at Pocono, hers in 1:55.
PHOTO: Mick Danger (CAPTAINTREACHEROUS), Club Menangle
