Monsoon Rain, a six-year-old bay son of Old Triese and Smokey Mirage (Holy Bull), completed a hattrick of wins yesterday when he won for the third time in three consecutive races within a month.
Monsoon Rain was originally owned by Darley and ran for Godolphin in the UK as a two-year-old. He ran respectably over turf there and bagged a win in his second race, which was over a mile. He must have gotten injured as he was had a lengthy spell on the sidelines. He did not race again until May 2006, when he had been moved to the USA and placed under the care of Eoin Harty for the Darley Stable. He ran third in a couple of races for them at Belmont and then disappeared again from the work tabs.
When he came back it was at Assiniboia Downs, a racetrack in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in September 2007. His owner is now listed to be Larry A Carter. After that start, in which he didn't impress much, he was off again, only to once again come back in June of this year. He is under the care of trainer Martin Drexler and has raced regularly since then. He started winning on 11 July, when he won a Allowance race at the track. 11 days later he won an allowance optional claiming and yesterday he conquered in the Wheat City S, a $30k race over a mile by 1 1/4 lengths over Voorhee's Ballad and Charley Tango.
It is nice to see him come right at last. He obviously has had a lot of problems, and I hope with all my heart he will stay sound!
Congrats to Monsoon Rain's connections!
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