Capture Our Heart shows her worth in Young Cup success

Top local filly Capture Our Heart (Locharburn) proved her worth amongst open class pacers when she led all the way to take out the Young HRC Cherry City Cup on Friday evening.

Drawn the pole, Capture Our Heart made full advantage of her favourable when driver Jackson Painting kicked up on the inside to hold the lead. Her main danger Gleneagle Ruler was a bit wide early but then was forced to face the breeze with Meserati in the one out and one back trail and Octagonise poised behind the leader.

Although there were a couple of runs made from the rear it always looked as if the leading four would figure in the finish and that’s how it turned to be.

Painting applied the pressure along the back straight and Capture Our Heart ran a speedy 27.9 seconds for the third quarter as the rest struggled to stay in touch. Gleneagle Ruler though kept plugging away and was trying his hardest to draw level. Octagonise went for an inside run but it got tight and as a result Octagonise broke up as Capture Our Heart held on to win over a brave Gleneagle Ruler with Messerati third.

As a result of the incident Painting was suspended for ten days but nothing was going to spoil the occasion of seeing his special filly win.

Capture Our Heart is raced by Painting’s wife and established clients Mick Ross, and fellow Coleambally mates Tony Leadbitter, Shane Gilbert and Brendon Scott.

Painting reflected after the event.

She’s just a great trying filly, always tries her heart out. Last night was her first step up into open grade rated in the system as she was a 62 rater.

I was confident after her run at Wagga last week which was outstounding. But before the race you’ve still got that doubt in your mind especially over the 2480 metres.

 

Painting explained how he obtained the filly.

It’s the exact same group of owners that brought Her half brother Blazing Home six years ago. He was a really good horse for us winning his first eight starts and also the Four Year Old championship at Albion Park. He won 11 races in total and then we  sold him to America. I always kept close eye on siblings from that mare. I noticed the filly was a yearling, and had gone to a trainer. So I organised Stuart Valentine to buy her.

We got her quite cheap $25K delivered to the door as she was by a no name sire.

 

Before last night we quoted to her some agents in the US but they won’t that interested. I honestly thought she would sell straight away. Being regionally based I get them to city class and then normally send them to Jarrod Allchin.

At this stage Capture Our Heart is being set for the $40,000 Red Ochre at Dubbo and we may also go for the Leeton Cup around Christmas and New Year.

Painting is having a good season and is currently the leading trainer and driver at Wagga, which he won last year.

As for Painting’s other very smart filly Seaside boulevard who was scratched from last week’s Riverina Championship the word is that she’s made a full recovery and she too is headed to Dubbo where she’ll tackle a fast class race where the winner will qualify for the Final at Menangle.

Last night was Young’s biggest meeting of the season and the club staged a great night’s racing with plenty to occupy the large crowd that turned up. The club has another bumper ten event programme scheduled for this Tuesday evening.

By Tony Milanese for Harnesslink