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Captured By Love
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Trained by Mark Walker & Sam Bergerson at Riccarton Park, Captured By Love is a 4 year old mare by the sire Written Tycoon, out of the dam Moldova.

She has won a total of 6 races from 16 starts for a win percentage of 38%. Her career earnings are $805k, with the biggest win of her career coming at Riccarton Park on November 16th in 2024 when she won $281,431 in the Barneswood Farm 52nd New Zealand 1000 Guineas (a set weight race over 1,600 metres).

Captured By Love is a top level performer, having started 12 times at group race level, with 5 wins, including 1 in Group 1 company.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $120.

The mare tends to run better on heavy ground, with an average prize money per start of $58k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$805k
Starts
16
Wins
6
Second
2
Third
4
Win %
38
Place %
75
Profit
+1.2
Conditions
Good
8
4-1-2
$44k
Soft
7
1-1-2
$56k
Heavy
1
1-0-0
$58k
Race Standard
All
12
5-1-3
Group 1
3
1-0-1
Group 2
5
2-0-2
Group 3
3
2-1-0
Race Distance
1400m
6
1-0-3
-2.9
1300m
1
0-1-0
-1
1600m
2
1-0-0
+2.3
1200m
5
2-1-1
-0.7
1100m
1
1-0-0
+3
1000m
1
1-0-0
+0.5
Race Track
Riccarton Park
2
2-0-0
+5.4
Taupo
1
0-1-0
-1
Ellerslie
3
0-0-1
-3
Flemington
2
0-0-0
-2
Te Aroha
1
0-0-1
-1
Matamata
2
1-0-1
+0.9
Hastings
1
0-1-0
-1
Trentham
2
1-0-1
+2
New Plymouth Raceway
1
1-0-0
+0.4
Tauherenikau
1
1-0-0
+0.5
Race State
NZ
9
3-2-2
+1.3
VIC
2
0-0-0
-2
5
3-0-2
+1.9

Race History

Nov-8 25
1/14
2.0
$3.1
Riccarton Park
3
1400
Windsor Park Stud Canterbury Breeders' Stakes 
$69k
$120k
B Queiroz
56½
81.53
-
5
3
+2
Oct-10 25
2/14
2.0
$5.7
Taupo
6
1300
Placemakers Taupo Hcp
$5k
$25k
W Pinn
54½
79.54
-
Sep-20 25
5/11
6.6
$2.9
Ellerslie
5
1400
Eagle Technology Hcp
$2k
$65k
C Grylls
54½
83.56
-
8
9
+4
Spell of 196 Days
Mar-8 25
8/10
9.1
$16
Flemington
3
1600
TAB & World Pool Kewney Stakes 
$6k
$304k
J Melham
56
94.74
34.89
4
4,4,4
-4
Feb-15 25
4/8
3.0
$6.5
Flemington
7
1400
Desirable Stakes 
$8k
$177k
B Shinn
59½
85.68
35.88
2
2,2
-2
Jan-25 25
7/11
2.3
$3.6
Ellerslie
5
1200
Sistema Railway  
$11k
$700k
C Williams
52½
70.22
-
9
8
+1
Spell of 70 Days
Nov-16 24
1/11
1.3
$4.3
Riccarton Park
7
1600
Barneswood Farm 52nd New Zealand 1000 Guineas  
$316k
$550k
J Parr
56½
98.93
-
6
8
+7
Oct-30 24
3/9
2.3
$1.8
Te Aroha
5
1400
James & Annie Sarten Memorial  
$14k
$150k
W Pinn
55
85.88
-
3
4
+1
Oct-2 24
3/10
0.4
$1.9
Matamata
4
1400
AHD Animal Health Direct Hawke's Bay Guineas 
$16k
$175k
W Kennedy
55
83.08
-
1
1,1
-2
Sep-7 24
2/8
0.8
$3.7
Hastings
4
1200
HBPB Thoroughbred Breeders Gold Trail Stakes 
$22k
$120k
O Bosson
56½
69.41
-
4
4,4
+2
Spell of 154 Days
Apr-6 24
3/10
1.5
$4
Trentham
5
1400
Sires Produce Stakes  
$41k
$450k
C Grylls
55
83.69
-
2
2,2,2
-1
Mar-9 24
3/8
0.9
$4.2
Ellerslie
4
1200
Sistema Stakes
$41k
$450k
W Kennedy
55
71.88
-
7
6
+3
Feb-24 24
1/9
1.8
$2.9
Matamata
4
1200
J Swap Contractors Matamata Breeders Stakes  
$86k
$150k
O Bosson
56½
70.32
-
3
3,3
+2
Feb-3 24
1/7
0.5
$1.4
New Plymouth Raceway
8
1200
Platinum Homes Taranaki 2yo Classic 
$58k
$100k
O Bosson
55
73.71
-
3
3,2
+1
Dec-9 23
1/11
3.0
$4
Trentham
4
1100
Mode Technology Wakefield Challenge Stakes 
$101k
$175k
O Bosson
55
62.46
-
3
3,1
Nov-12 23
1/3
1.8
$1.5
Tauherenikau
3
1000
Johnson Brothers 2yo
$10k
$19k
W Kennedy
55
57.02
-
2
2
+1