Captain Optimistic

On To Norway silenced any doubters he might have had, as the Indiana invader upped his winning streak to 27 after taking one of four $69,444 splits of the second leg of the Graduate Series for four-ye...

Captain Optimistic left little doubt that he is ready for top-level competition as he won his four-year-old debut on Sunday, May 17 at Harrah’s Philadelphia in 1:48.1, equalling the track record for p...

The owners of three-year-old pacer Captain Optimistic have decided to continue to race the son of Captaintreacherous in 2026 as well as breed a limited book of mares.

As the Grand Circuit season heads toward the finish line – this is the final week with multiple races on the schedule – driver Scott Zeron finds himself reunited with a number of recent graded stakes ...

A quartet of six-figure Grand Circuit stakes for three-year-olds highlighted the 13-race Harrah’s Hoosier Program on Friday, Oct. 31 when trotter On To Norway extended his win streak to 19 in the Carl...

Captain Optimistic will join harness racing's stallion ranks in 2026.

Adios and Milstein Memorial champion Prince Hal Hanover returned from a defeat in the Little Brown Jug and blitzed the red clay in a dominant 1:47.2 performance to win the $98,611 second division of t...

Captain Optimistic and driver Dexter Dunn found room to the outside after coming out of the last turn and battled past Madden Oaks and Papis Pistol in deep stretch to win the $315,764 Cane Pace (Grade...

The fields are decided for the Hambletonian (Grade 1) and the Hambletonian Oaks (Grade 1) after the sport's top sophomore trotters contested eliminations for each stakes on Saturday, July 26 at The Me...

Nancy Takter has reason to feel hopeful about Captain Optimistic as the trainer gets her colt ready for Saturday’s $1 million Grade 1 Pepsi North America Cup for three-year-old male pacers at Woodbine...

Captain Optimistic, Lite Up The World and Louprint roll into next week's prestigious $1 million Pepsi North America Cup (Grade 1) at Woodbine Mohawk Park in top-tier form after winning their respectiv...

With the connections already boasting two victories in the Pepsi North America Cup, it's safe to say that Judy Chaffee has solid reasons for being "optimistic" on a third potential 'Cup' capture in 20...