By Michael Howard (HRV)<\/p>\n
While many of his rivals miss-stepped and galloped out of contention, Kyvalley Maven didn\u2019t put a foot wrong in winning comfortably at Tabcorp Park Melton last Saturday, paying a handsome $14 to the trainer-driver\u2019s surprise.<\/p>\n
In the Vicbred Platinum Home Grown Classic for two-year-old trotting boys, Chris Svanosio said he really thought he was on the best horse in the race.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s still got a fair bit to learn, but I was rapt with his (previous) run, running third at his first start in the heat during the week. We thought he could improve a fair bit.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously with a two-year-old trotter, he\u2019s definitely got a bit to learn, so wanted to do everything right. They were doing things wrong all around him but he held it together terrific.\u201d<\/p>\n
The race required a restart after a number of initial gallopers, and soundness was again a problem when they finally got underway, with the winner the only entrant not to have a stewards\u2019 black mark again his name.<\/p>\n
Svanosio dropped from gate three to the back of leader Courages Law, who pulled in the run, with Kyvalley Maven pouncing off the final turn to win by four metres, with third placed Henrys Horse a further 20 metres in arears.<\/p>\n
Svanosio said it was particularly pleasing to win for owner-breeder Jim Connelly, who paired stallion Tactical Landing with mare Kyvalley Paris to produce the little half-brother of Kyvalley Finn ($245,456).<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s terrific to win for Jim,\u201d Svanosio said. \u201cHe\u2019s one of the first to give me a horse when I went out on my own a few years back and he\u2019s supported me each year with a well-bred trotter or two, so it\u2019s terrific to get a result for him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere haven\u2019t been many out of the mare and obviously (Kyvalley Finn) was just a great little horse for our stable, such a consistent, honest horse, this bloke\u2019s got a really big future ahead of him we think.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Michael Howard (HRV) While many of his rivals miss-stepped and galloped out of contention, Kyvalley Maven didn\u2019t put a foot wrong in winning comfortably at Tabcorp Park Melton last Saturday, paying a handsome $14 to the trainer-driver\u2019s surprise. In the Vicbred Platinum Home Grown Classic for two-year-old trotting boys, Chris Svanosio said he really […]<\/p>\n