Sure Thing Captain News Today

Breeding authority Peter Wharton presents all the harness racing news on breeding from Australia, New Zealand and North America every week brought to you by Garrard’s Horse & Hound. World record to Encipher A fresh world record mile rate for a mare over 2400 metres from the mobile barrier was established by the Captaintreacherous mare Encipher of 1:51.8

Sure Thing Captain capped off a great night for his sire Captaintreacherous after he took out the $100,000 (Gr2) The Bottlemart Stockade at Tabcorp Park Menangle tonight in the hands of harness racing driver Adam Sanderson. Trained by Shannon Price, Sure Thing Captain began well and settled three deep on the fence for the majority

Trainer Melanie Wrenn took top honours on Tuesday's (June 20) Western Kentucky State Fair program at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming and Hotel, accounting for three of the afternoon's 17 winners in Kentucky Proud Series competition.

Trixton mare Yanaba lowered the track record for aged trotting mares at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming and Hotel in her most recent start, and on Monday she knocked it down a tick with a win in her $50,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes division.