• Sire of the 2010 VRC Oaks winner Brazilian Pulse
• Sire of the Champion NZ 2YO Il Quello Veloce
• Champion British 2YO Colt of 2001

A high class European two and three-year-old, Captain Rio won the Group 2 Criterium de Maisons-Lafitte by an amazing eight lengths over six furlongs, a win which saw him ranked as the Leading British trained 2YO of his year, and posting an Annual Timeform Rating of 122 - a figure he recorded again the following year as a three-year-old.

By leading European sire Pivotal, Captain Rio has shuttled between Ballyhane Stud in Ireland, and Westbury Stud in New Zealand, where his oldest crop are six-year-olds of 2011. Captain Rio has enjoyed excellent success in both hemispheres during his initial years at stud with two Group 1 winners in the southern hemisphere including the 2010 VRC Oaks winner Brazilian Pulse and former Champion 2YO Il Quello Veloce.