Harness racing can some times throw every thing life has to offer at you, it, at times can rip your heart out from your chest and other times you can feel like the king of the race track.
Friday night at Alexandra Park in New Zealand, Brent Mangos had a tear in his eye as he returned to the winners enclosure with his 4yo mare Better Cover Lover.
Last April after winning the Victorian Oaks in fantastic fashion, the then 3yo filly was injured when being loaded onto the plane for the flight back home, the cut she sustained to her back leg had cut right down to the coffin bone, and she was fighting for her life, not just her race track career. Fast forward to Friday night and this mighty mare produced an amazing come back run to win the Group one Queen of Hearts, a $100k race. Not only that she won the race she also beat the great mare Carabella, who Ricky May says is one of the best horses he has driven.
This is a truly an amazing effort by all connected to the mare, she promised the world at 3 and then looked like losing her life, so you can fully understand why Brent Mangos was glassy eyed last night.
For more details on this an amazing effort click on the link.
http://www.harnesslink.com/www/Article.cgi?ID=94583
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