Matt Broken Vow, from a heads-up ride by Assiniboia prominent competitor Alan Cuthbertson. Outran fellow Woodbine intruder Bonanza for a 5 1/4-interval victory in Monday’s $100,000 Manitoba Lotteries Derby.

Owned by Robert Mitchell and trained by Josie Carroll, Matt’s Broken Vow pressed the slow pace of Mr Exspeedient in the 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-olds before heartbreaking to the lead around the far turn and turning back the fleeting challenge of Bonanza.

“The pace was really slow; he usually lays farther back,” said Cuthbertson, who won his first Manitoba Derby.

Matt’s Broken Vow $5.60 as the close following choice behind Bonanza, who went off at even money under disclaimer Simon Husbands.

Mr Exspeedient done third, six lengths behind the runner-up. Completing the order of finish were Colosseum and Ruckus Rules.

* Miss Missile ($2.70), trained by Charlie Smith, unbroken her local control with a front-seriatim 4 1/2-part success under regular requirement Rohan Singh in the $50,000 Assiniboia Oaks for 3-year-old .

The one-mile Oaks was the erect winnings slash in Winnipeg for Miss Missile, including a win over top mare Polynesian Kitty in the one-mile Canada Day.

* Smith came right back in the $50,000 Debutante with Lady Countdown ($3.90), who assumed command discourteously after the dawn and rolled to a compelling 6 1/4-span conquest under specification Mark Anderson. Dreamin in Schemin kaput subsequent in the 5 1/2- Debutante, with Classy Gem third in the sphere of six 2-year-old fillies.

* Monsoon Rain ($4.40) a element of danger victor for instructor Martin Drexler in the $50,000 Wheat City, by 1 1/4 lengths in the one-mile race for 3-year-olds and upward.

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Breeder and broker Ben Walden Jr., has purchased 235-acre Valhalla Farm near Midway, Ky., where he will endure to operate his commercial upbringing setting.

Walden sold his Gracefield goods near the Kentucky Horse Park to a show jumping operation earlier this year.

Walden said Monday that he plans to trim his broodmare band from roughly speaking 56 mares to between 20 and 25 “and just have fun.”

His are to dimensions a new barn, install an Aquaciser flooded treadmill for yearling -preparation, and spread out the current barn at Valhalla from 10 to 20. He also will rename the farm Paul’s Mill, which he said the inventive name its bestowed on the property some ago.

Walden expects his first Paul’s Mill batch to sell at Saratoga in 2009.

“My goal is for this to be my last farm,” Walden said, “and to be able to grow old on this farm.”

Posted on August 5th, 2008 by admin
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