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.
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 P.2:01 ¾ from Waikaura by Guy Parrish tracing through mares by imported sires to the ex-Australian mare Ella G by Vancleve from Rosebud by Tempest.

Major wins

He won the following major races:
Captain Sandy was also second in the 1949 New Zealand Trotting Cup behind Loyal Nurse with Lady Averil third.
He was the 1949 New Zealand Stake Earner of the Year earning $21,458.
Captain Sandy also set a new world record on a half mile track of 1:59, breaking Greyhound's record established in 1937. 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 racehorse in both Australia and New Zealand until Hydrogen, a thoroughbred won a higher amount.