Two great results at Melton for CAPTAINTREACHEROUS across the weekend of his seven winners overall… Perfidious Sue trotted TR1:56.7 to win the Vicbred Platinum Trotting Mares Sprint Championship Final while Encipher clocked 1:53.6 to win the Ladyship Cup and put her earnings over $1.63m. Filly All You Need Is Me kept her unbeaten run in tact with a win at Addington while at Wagga Carbineer became CAPTAIN‘s latest new winner in just his second start. Chillin put three in a row at Albion Park, Captain Dan posted a 21m win at Carrick and at Gloucester Park, Rascal pushed past $125,000 in earnings with lucky win #13.
The opening yearlings sales for 2024 took place over the weekend too, with TALL DARK STRANGER‘s first lots to be offered in the southern hemisphere bringing $60,000 (APG Gold Coast) and three STAY HUNGRY yearlings selling at both APG and Nutrien Tasmania for an average of almost $20,000. We look forward to the Melbourne APG sale coming up this Sunday where there are lots from TALL DARK STRANGER, STAY HUNGRY, BETTING LINE & CAPTAINTREACHEROUS on offer – subscribe to our email list if you’d like to learn more about this terrific draft of fifteen.
WESTERN TERROR headed the list of our past sires this weekend with Dark Terror, Runfromterror, Western Action and Sanday in the winner’s circle, followed by trebles from BETTING LINE (Perfect Trend, Maas Betting Again & I Break The Line), WELL SAID (Baxter Red, Peter Fosberg & Triedtotellya) and SOMEBEACHSOMEWHERE (Missed The Truth, Xlendi & Murphys Reward). Winners also for ARTSPEAK (Talks Up A Storm) and ARTISTIC FELLA (Andrew Swagger).
Photo: Encipher (CAPTAINTREACHEROUS)
Race of the Week
Two starts for two wins – Addington
ALL YOU NEED IS ME
CAPTAINTREACHEROUS – Adore Me – Bettors Delight
