Captain Sandy

Captain Sandy was a New Zealand-bred Standardbred racehorse. He is notable in that he won two Inter Dominion Pacing Championship races and two Auckland Cups. He was inducted into the Inter Dominion Hall of Fame, being the first horse to win two grand finals of the race.[2]

Captain Sandy
BreedStandardbred
SireSandydale (USA)
GrandsireAbbedale (USA)
DamWaikura (USA)
Maternal grandsireGuy Parrish (USA)
SexStallion
Foaled1 September 1942
CountryNew Zealand
ColourBay
OwnerJ.M. (Jock) Bain (NZ)
TrainerJ.M. Bain (NZ)
Earnings
£43,000 ($87,424)[1]
Major wins
1948, 1949 Auckland Pacing Cup
1950, 1953 Inter Dominion Pacing Championship
Awards
1949 NZ Stake Earner of the Year (Pacers)
Honours
Half mile track record of 1:59
Inter Dominion Hall of Fame
Last updated on: 30 July 2011.

He was foaled in 1942 at Oamaru, in the South Island of New Zealand, and reared as a poddy foal, owing to an uncaring dam. Captain Sandy was by Sandydale (USA) P.2:01 ¾ from Waikaura (F1931) by Guy Parrish (USA) tracing through mares by imported sires to the ex-Australian mare Ella G (F1897) by Vancleve (USA) from Rosebud by Tempest (F1885 by Childe Harold (USA)).

Major wins

He won the following major races:

Captain Sandy also set a new world record on a half mile track of 1:59, breaking Greyhound's record established in 1937.[4] Captain Sandy amassed a total of £43,000 breaking the record of the time held by Highland Fling. He was also the highest stakes winning Thoroughbred or Standardbred, in both Australia and New Zealand until the Thoroughbred, Hydrogen won a higher amount.[3]

Captain Sandy was second in the 1949 New Zealand Trotting Cup behind Loyal Nurse with Lady Averil third.

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See also

Reference list
  1. x?HorseID=10025596 Classic Families: Captain Sandy Retrieved 2010-11-14
  2. "Captain Sandy". Inter Dominion Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  3. "Classic Families: Captain Sandy". Pepper Tree Farm Database. Syntax Software Pty Ltd. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  4. Racing History Inter Dominions - Captain Sandy Archived October 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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