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Pedigree
The pedigree of Capt Midnight is one of the most intriguing and sensational pedigrees in the breeding world.
When a yearling is sold for $350,000 anywhere in the Harness Racing World, you can be sure it will tick all the boxes in relation to Conformation and Pedigree.
At Harrisburg, in late 2018 a colt named Capt Midnight found himself in a bidding duel and when the hammer dropped he was off to join the powerful Tony Alagna barn in New Jersey.
Tony had trained his sire Captaintreacherous to a $3.148 million career, whilst the Dam of this powerful and stunning colt, It Was Fascination, compiled a record of 1.51.2 and $317,222 in prize money.
The fact that the first foal of the Dam, Captain Trevor (a full brother to Capt Midnight) was showing some extreme juvenile speed also helped the Breeder to his big payday. Captain Trevor won six of his nine starts as a two-year-old and joined the elite group of freshman pacers to take a sub 1.50 record - 1.49.2.
Capt Midnight was a ready-made two-year-old evidenced by the fact he powered home his last quarter in 25.2 in his debut race at The Meadowlands in July 2019.
He certainly was the dominant 2 year old in North America for the first half of the 2019 season.
Capt Midnight is now retired to Stud duty with a two-season racing resume of 25 starts, 8 wins, 7 placings, and prize money of $662,286. He has a two-year-old record of 1:49.4, a three-year-old record of 1:48.3 and he has a best time of 1:47.2.
Highlights of his two-year-old racing career
NASSAGAWEYA STAKES
As a two-year-old Capt Midnight won the $228,100 Nassagaweya Stakes in 1:51 starting from post 11
DREAM MAKER SERIES
He won the Dream Maker Series at Woodbine Mohawk Park in 1:49.4 taking a new stakes record in the process.
CHAMPLAIN STAKES
He won the Champlain Stakes in 1:50.2 at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
INTERNATIONAL STALLION STAKES
He won the International Stallion Stakes at The Red Mile in 1:49.4.
METRO STAKES
He won an elimination of the Metro Stakes easily by four lengths in 1:51.4 and was third in the $750,000 Metro Final at Woodbine Mohawk Park to Tall Dark Stranger (p2, 1:49.1s, p3, 1:47.1, ($2,020,195), and Papi Rob Hanover 1:47.1f, ($1,019,244).
Capt Midnight raced his last start as a two-year-old in the $789,474 Breeders Crown but was an unlucky 5th placed 4th after suffering interference, behind Tall Dark Stranger, Papi Rob Hanover, and Cattlewash.
As a two-year-old Capt Midnight was the equal third fastest two-year-old pacer in 2019.
His reinsman, Andrew McCarthy, was most impressed with his ability after his win in the Elimination of the Metro Stakes. “I rank him probably on top of all the 2-year-olds I’ve ever driven. Once you ask him to go he gives you goosebumps."
The race caller that night described that easy win, “He’s a beast, will Andy McCarthy ever cut him loose?"
Highlights of his three-year-old racing career
As a three-year-old Capt Midnight at his very first start paced in 1:49.3 beating Papi Rob Hanover ($1,019,244) at The Meadowlands.
He won a $77,500 division of The Somebeachsomewhere in a stakes record-equalling time of 1:48.3.
Capt Midnight ran second by a head to Cattlewash in the Adios Elimination in 1:49.2 (his time)
He ran second to Tall Dark Stranger (Horse of the year) in the $273,135 Cane Pace in 1:47.4 (his time).
He ran second by a head to Tall Dark Stranger (Horse of the year) in the $50,000 elimination of the $1,000,000 North America Cup in 1:48.4 (his time). Watch North American Cup (Youtube)
He ran second in the $68,600 Bluegrass Stakes to Warrawee Vital in 1:47.2 (his time).
He ran second in the $239,500 Tattersalls Pace to Party Girl Hill in 1:47.3 (his time).
Capt Midnight ran against Tall Dark Stranger (Horse of the year) seven times, running second to him twice in the North America Cup elimination by a head, and in the Cane Pace.
He has run third, fourth and fifth to Tall Dark Stranger as well.
Career Highlights
In his last two starts, he paced in 1:47.2 and 1:47.3 pacing fast closing quarters each time finishing second.
Very rarely has a three-year-old ever paced in sub 1:48 let alone three times as a three-year-old.
Lifetime he was only out of the money on three occasions and when watching those races you can see clearly what went wrong in that particular race.
• He paced 14 of his 15 starts as a 3 year old in 1.49.4 or faster. His other start was in a Heat of the Little • • • • Brown Jug when he was timed in 1.50.1 on the half mile track.
• He paced two last quarters in 25.4 or faster and 10 last quarters in 26.4 or faster.
• He paced two first quarters in 25.4 and has paced 13 first quarters in 26.4 or faster.
• He paced three races in 1:47.4 or faster (his time) as a three-year-old, with his best time in 1:47.2.
• He paced his last quarter in 25.2 at his very first lifetime start.
• He paced three races as a two-year-old in 1:49.4 or faster.
• His slowest mile at three was 1:50.1.
• His slowest lifetime mile was paced in 1:52.2.
Bred on a Golden Cross
Capt Midnight is from the second crop of sensational sire Captaintreacherous and is the second foal of the Stakes winning American Ideal mare It Was Fascination 1.51.2 ($317,222).
SIRE: CAPTAINTREACHEROUS
Captaintreacherous has been a revelation since retiring to Stud in 2015 in North America. He now has five crops that have raced to date three-year-old and older.
His first crop of 110 eligible to race has produced total earnings to the end of May 2023 of a massive $17,348,045, 95 have raced for 86 winners to date. 53 of those winners have all made over $100,000, 17 of those winners have made over $250,000, 6 have made over $500,000, 5 have made over $750,000 and 3 have made over $1,000,000. He has averaged a staggering $157,710 for each live foal born in this crop. His richest performers are Captain Crunch $1,725,495 (1:47.2s), Workin Ona Mystery $1,178,311 (1:48.1) and Tall Drink Hanover $1,053,023 (1:48).
His second crop of 121 eligible to race has produced total earnings to the end of May 2023 of a massive $20,688,267, 104 have raced for 89 winners to date. 47 of those winners have all made over $100,000, 18 have made over $250,000, 10 have made over $500,000, 7 have made over $750,000 and 4 have made over $1,000,000. He has averaged an unbelievable $170,812 for each foal born in this crop. His richest performers are the mare Lyons Sentinel $2,325,124 (1:48), Allywag Hanover $1,784,658 (1:46), Catch The Fire $1,525,829 (1:46.4) and another mare Rocknificent $1,184,514 (1:48).
His third crop of 109 eligible to race has produced total earnings to the end of May 2023 of $11,887,348, 94 have raced for 81 race winners to date. 31 have made over $100,000, 12 have made over $250,000, 3 have made over $500,000, 3 have made over $750,000 and 2 have made over $1,000,000. He has averaged $109,058 for each foal born in this crop. His richest performers are the mare Blue Diamond $1,340,144 (1:47.2) and Rockyroad Hanover $1,035,658 (1:46.2).
His fourth crop of 97 eligible to race has produced total earnings to the end of May 2023 of $11,044,336, 80 have raced for 64 race winners to date. 31 have made over $100,000, 12 have made over $250,000, 5 have made over $500,000, 3 have made over $750,000 and 3 have made over $1,000,000. He has averaged another huge $113,859 for each foal born in this crop. His richest performers are the mare Teacherous Dragon $1,213,662 (1:49.1), I Did It Myway $1,078,798 (1:48.1) and Boudoir Hanover $1,044,922 (1:48.3s).
His fifth crop, (now only three-year-olds in 2023) of 114 eligible to race has produced to the end of May 2023 $5,014,241, 104 have raced for 71 race winners to date. 13 have made over $100,000 and 4 have made over $250,000. His richest performer to date is Save America $450,639 (1:48.1f).
Amazing totals here for Captaintreacherous with $65,962,237 in total earnings from his five crops that have raced to date. For every eligible horse to race his progeny have averaged an incredible amount of $100,860 to date.
Such is the demand from breeding farms for sons of Captaintreacherous that many are going to stand as stallions as three and four-year-olds long before their racing careers are complete.
From his first two crops, Captaintreacherous is represented by his sons Captain Crunch, Captain Trevor, Captain Ahab, Capt Midnight, and Catch The Fire, all standing at stud in 2021.
It is understandable as Captaintreacherous was the North American leading money-winning two-year-old sire with his first crop to the races in 2018 when his 78 starters won $3,525,548.
He was again the North American leading money-winning two-year-old sire in 2019 with $4,922,011 and the leading money-winning three-year-old sire with $6,759,492 heading his own great sire Somebeachsomewhere on both lists.
Also with just two and three-year-olds racing Captaintreacherous made the top five list on overall ages of money winning sires.
Another amazing statistic from this 2019 list was that the top five sires on the all-age list of money-winning sires included Mach Three (sire of Somebeachsomewhere) and Somebeachsomewhere (sire of Captaintreacherous). Their combined earnings in 2019 were $49,515,313. The other two leading sires that year were Bettors Delight and American Ideal with combined earnings of $44,191,037.
Now another amazing statistic from 2019 was on the average earnings per starter list when Captaintreacherous completely dominated this list with sensational numbers. For the two-year-old list, he had 75 starters from 120 foals that averaged $65,626 per starter (his nearest rival had $42,378). For the three-year-old list, he had 82 starters from his 113 foals born averaging $82,432 per starter (his nearest rival was his own sire Somebeachsomewhere who had 87 starters from 114 foals for an average of $69,247.
In 2020 Captaintreacherous (his third crop to the races, traditionally a stallion's toughest year) finished second (with 68 foals) on the North American leading money-winning two-year-old sires list to his own sire Somebeachsomewhere (with 89 foals) but he again dominated the three-year-old list with 84 starters earning $5,969,767 over Bettors Delight (with 98 foals) and Somebeachsomewhere (with 101 foals).
In 2020 Captaintreacherous made it to third place on the all-aged money-winning sires list (with 220 starters) behind Bettors Delight (with 616 starters) and his own sire Somebeachsomewhere (with 496 starters).
Perhaps the most amazing statistic for 2020 was the fact that Captaintreacherous topped the three-year-old average earnings list for three-year-olds with a staggering $71,068 per starter with 84 starters from 120 foals born. The next best stallion on that list was Bettors Delight with $48,918 per starter from 98 starters from 120 foals.
DAM: IT WAS FASCINATION
The dam of Capt Midnight, It Was Fascination by American Ideal, counted a victory in a New York Sires Stakes Final [3-year-old Fillies] amongst her 6 wins and $317,222 in prize money.
She now has a unique record of being the only Broodmare in History to produce two sub 1.50 two-year-olds [from her first two foals] full brothers in Captain Trevor 1.49.2 and Capt Midnight 1.49.4.
Capt Midnight is a descendant of the grand Broodmare Romola as is his own sire Captaintreacherous and the sire of his dam American Ideal.
This Family has arguably been the most productive of Families in the Pacing Stud Book for both Stallions and millionaire racetrack performers.