Captain Sandy
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| Captain Sandy | |
|---|---|
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| Breed | Standardbred |
| Sire | Sandydale (USA) |
| Grandsire | Abbedale (USA) |
| Dam | Waikura (USA) |
| Maternal grandsire | Guy Parrish (USA) |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1 September 1942 |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Colour | Bay |
| Owner | J.M. (Jock) Bain (NZ) |
| Trainer | J.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. | |
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]
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)).