By Joe Clancy/Steeplechase Times
On a day filled with rain, wind, flying clouds, tornado warnings and a few hardy souls, veteran timber horse Bon Caddo won the $35,000 My Lady's Manor timber stakes at Monkton, Md. Saturday.
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| Bon Caddo leading the field. (Douglas Lees) |
Allowed to set a slow pace under Blair Waterman, the 10-year-old winner gave up the lead briefly to Prospectors Strike on the final turn, turned aside a stout challenge from More Fascination in the stretch to win the 3-mile stakes for trainer Dawn Williams. More Fascination (Jeff Murphy) stayed for second with 2010 Manor winner South Monarch (Jody Petty) third.
Bon Caddo turned in a strong 2010 season – without winning a race. He was third in the Grand National, second in the Virginia Gold Cup, International Gold Cup and Pennsylvania Hunt Cup. Saturday's win will have his connections pondering future starts – in the Grand National next week, the Maryland Hunt Cup April 29 and/or the Virginia Gold Cup May 7.
In other action at the Manor, NoGo Stable's Yin Yang (Eric Gaertner) prevailed with a frantic stretch run to catch He's Got Mojo in the final yards in the $10,000 maiden timber. He's Got Mojo (Mark Beecher) led over the last, but couldn't hold off the winner. Irish-bred You And I finished third. Billy Meister trained the winner, who was making his first NSA start since 2009.
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| (Douglas Lees) |
Lucy Stable's Irish import Justpourit (George Hundt Jr.) won his third consecutive race, thriving over the soft going to win the $5,000 amateur highweight timber. Richard Valentine trained the winner, who defeated Voler Bar Nuit and Thermostat.
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