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6 The Game, May 2008
Canada’s Thoroughbred Racing Newspaper
MHa n i t o b a 2 0 0 7 A w a r d W i n n e r s
ard-knocking Car Keys overcame the in- Falloon
ux of highly-priced and royally-bred run- This year’s winner of the CTHS Sales Stakes lly
HBPA Three-Year-Old Filly
ners this year at Assiniboia Downs to take home the big hardware, HBPA Horse of the Year. Car Keys, owned and trained by all-time leading trainer Gary Danelson, nished the season with four wins, two seconds, and one third in eight starts, making $62,845.
division and third in both the Frank Arnason Sire Stakes and the Buffalo Stakes in only three starts is very deserving of top honours for 2-year-old llies.
Polynesian Kitty – Owner: Bradley Butcher, Trainer: Jamie Ness
A 9-year-old son of Maria’s Mon, sire of 2001 Kentucky Derby winner Monarchos, Car Keys worked his way up the ladder this year starting in optional allowance company to a win in the R. J. Speers Memorial Stakes. He then came second in the season’s grand nale $75,000 Gold Breeders’ Cup to Alberta invader Tejano Trouble.
Eight By Ten – Owner: Dr. Betty Hughes, Trainer: Lise Pruitt, Breeder: Frank Johnson
At only 2-years-old, Eight By Ten crowned himself Manitoba-bred Horse of the Year with convincing wins in both the CTHS Sales Stakes colt division and the Buffalo Stakes. A son of Tiger Trap – a stallion standing in Alberta – Eight by Ten is trained by Lise Pruitt for owner Dr. Betty Hughes. Eight By Ten was bred by Frank Johnson.
Mikayla’s Baby – Owner: Aaron Sayler, Trainer: Aaron Sayler
Command Thunder was the easy winner of this year’s J. W. Sifton Stakes and went four of six in the top two.
Here are the top winners for 2007:
CTHS awards are presented to the Breeder HBPA awards are presented to the Owner CTHS Manitoba-bred Two-Year-Old Filly &
Shooting Astra – Owner: Larry Carter, Trainer: Emile Corbel, Breeder: Stony eld Farm
CTHS Manitoba-bred Older Mare
HBPA Two-Year-Old Filly
A winner early in the year at the very competitive Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas for other owners, Shooting Astra was claimed by Larry Carter and brought back home. Shooting Astra won the R. C. Anderson Memorial Stakes and later nished third behind older horses in the Distaff Stakes.
Hurri Coin – Owner: Luxiana Farms, Trainer: Chad Torevell/Randy Gray, Breeder: Luxiana Farm
Bella Mariella – Owner: Larry Falloon & Garry Naherniak, Trainer: Martin Drexler, Breeder: Larry
Winner of CTHS Manitoba-bred 3-year-old lly last year, Hurri Coin hit the board in each of her sev- en starts this year including a second place nish in both the Manitoba Maturity and the Distaff Stakes.
CTHS Manitoba-bred Two-Year-Old Colt
Migrating North from Prairie Meadows in Iowa and Canterbury Park in Minnesota to Assiniboia Downs proved to be very bene cial for connections of Polynesian Kitty. She won three races includ- ing the Assiniboia Oaks and the crown jewel for the ladies, the $75,000 Matron Breeders’ Cup, against older horses.
The winner of almost $50,000 in his four starts, Eight By Ten never missed the board including a fourth placed nish to HBPA Two-Year-Colt Mikay- la’s Baby in his rst start.
CTHS Manitoba-bred Three-Year-Old Colt
HBPA Two-Year-Old Colt
Command Thunder – Owner: K5 Stable, Trainer: Aaron Sayler, Breeder: K5 Stable
Undefeated in four starts, Mikayla’s Baby domi- nated this category. Improving as the distance got longer, Mikayla’s Baby enters the 2008 season
the next local favourite for the Manitoba Lotteries Derby.
HBPA Three-Year-Old Colt
CTHS Manitoba-bred Three-Year-Old Filly
The wire to wire winner of the Manitoba Lot- teries Derby, Weather Warning surprised everyone and gave trainer Martin Drexler and owner Shyman Farms their rst ever Derby victory.
Weather Warning – Owner: Shyman Farm, Trainer: Martin Drexler
HBPA Older Mare
2008
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Culpeper Moon - Owner: Shyman Farm, Trainer: Martin Drexler
The winner of this year’s Winnipeg Sun Stakes, Culpeper Moon went on to represent Manitoba in the City of Edmonton Distaff where she nished second to Monashee, a winner of 11 straight stakes races in Alberta and British Columbia and a nalist in the Sovereign Award for Older Mare nationally.
CTHS Manitoba-bred Older Horse
Brinello – Owner: Dr. Ross McKague, Trainer: Carl Anderson, Breeder: Dr. Ross McKague
Brinello was the easy winner of the Agassiz Stakes and almost wired the eld in the Gold Breeders’ Cup before nishing third behind Car Keys and Alberta invader Tejano Trouble.
HBPA Older Horse
Car Keys – Owner: Gary Danelson, Trainer: Gary Danelson
Car Keys was the winner of four this year in- cluding the R. J. Speers Memorial before nishing second in the $75,000 Gold Breeders’ Cup.
CTHS Sports Horse of the Year
Sam Scratch – Breeder: Doug Mustard
Awarded to former racehorses bred in Manitoba, the CTHS Sports Horse of the Year awards the accomplishments in a horse’s second career. Sam Scratch, going by the name Slingshot, is the two- time champion of the Open Indoor Eventing class
at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. In 2007, and now 14-years-old, Slingshot beat out Canadian Pan American Games team member Phillip Dutton and his horse Risk Taker. Indoor Eventing is a two day competition that features multiple runs over a 15 obstacle course with traditional show jumping fences interspersed with cross country obstacles.
This year there was a tie between Phil Kives’s K5 Stable and Dr. Betty Hughes
Breeder of the Year
Stallion of the Year – Circulating, owner: Cam Ziprick
Broodmare of the Year – Miss Tenacious, owner: Dr. Ross McKague
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