# Captain Sandy
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{{Short description|New Zealand Standardbred racehorse}}
{{About|the racehorse|the yacht captain|Below Deck Mediterranean}}
{{Infobox named horse
|horsename= Captain Sandy
|image= Captain Sandy (NZ).jpg
|caption=
|breed= [Standardbred](/source/Standardbred)
|sire= Sandydale (USA)
|grandsire= Abbedale (USA)
|dam= Waikura (USA)
|damsire= Guy Parrish (USA)
|sex= [Stallion](/source/Stallion)
|foaled= 1 September 1942
|country= [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand)
|colour= [Bay](/source/Bay_(colour))
|breeder=
|owner= J.M. (Jock) Bain (NZ)
|trainer= J.M. Bain (NZ)
|racerecord=
|raceearnings= £43,000 ($87,424)[[http://www.classicfamilies.net/HorseDetails.asp x?HorseID=10025596 Classic Families: Captain Sandy]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Retrieved 2010-11-14]
|racewins= 1948, 1949 [Auckland Pacing Cup](/source/Auckland_Pacing_Cup)
1950, 1953 [Inter Dominion Pacing Championship](/source/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](/source/Inter_Dominion_Hall_of_Fame)
|updated= 30 July 2011}}
'''Captain Sandy''' was a [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand)-bred [Standardbred](/source/Standardbred) racehorse. He is notable in that he won two [Inter Dominion Pacing Championship](/source/Inter_Dominion_Pacing_Championship) races and two [Auckland Cup](/source/Auckland_Cup)s. He was inducted into the [Inter Dominion Hall of Fame](/source/Inter_Dominion_Hall_of_Fame), being the first horse to win two grand finals of the race.[{{cite web |title=Captain Sandy |url=http://interdomhalloffame.com.au/horse-captain-sandy.asp |website=Inter Dominion Hall of Fame |accessdate=April 15, 2020}}]
He was foaled in 1942 at [Oamaru](/source/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:
* 1948 [Auckland Cup](/source/Auckland_Pacing_Cup)
* 1949 Hannon Memorial
* 1949 [Auckland Cup](/source/Auckland_Pacing_Cup)
* 1950 [Inter Dominion](/source/Inter_Dominion)
* 1953 [Inter Dominion](/source/Inter_Dominion)
* 1953 Easter Cup (Lord Mayor's Cup)
* 1954 Easter Cup (Lord Mayor's Cup)
Captain Sandy was also second in the 1949 [New Zealand Trotting Cup](/source/New_Zealand_Trotting_Cup) behind Loyal Nurse with Lady Averil third.
He was the 1949 New Zealand Stake Earner of the Year (Pacers) earning $21,458.[{{cite web|title=Classic Families: Captain Sandy|url=http://www.classicfamilies.net/HorseDetails.aspx?HorseID=10025596|work=Pepper Tree Farm Database|publisher=Syntax Software Pty Ltd|accessdate=30 July 2011|archive-date=23 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723043329/http://www.classicfamilies.net/HorseDetails.aspx?HorseID=10025596|url-status=dead}}]
Captain Sandy also set a new world record on a half mile track of 1:59, breaking [Greyhound](/source/Greyhound_(horse))'s record established in 1937.[[http://www.addington.co.nz/Timeline.asp?Case=1&ID=1953 Racing History Inter Dominions - Captain Sandy] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016045254/http://www.addington.co.nz/Timeline.asp?Case=1&ID=1953 |date=October 16, 2008 }}] Captain Sandy amassed a total of £43,000 breaking the record of the time held by [Highland Fling](/source/Highland_Fling_(horse)). He was also the highest stakes winning racehorse (either standardbred or [thoroughbred](/source/Thoroughbred)) in both [Australia](/source/Australia) and New Zealand until Hydrogen, a thoroughbred won a higher amount.