Tough sprinter Broken cracked a half-million dollar mare in earnings on Saturday when storming to victory in the LR Carlyon Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley.

Broken (7g Halo Homewrecker – Induct by Spartacus) was given a great ride by jockey Nick Hall and the in-form sprinter finished too strongly for the opposition.  “He’s in a great spot,” trainer Darren Weir said.  “He’s been bouncing out of his skin so we knew he would run well.”

A last-start winner of the G3 Aurie’s Star Hcp (1200m) at Flemington, Broken was knocked down to Weir for just $18,000 at the 2007 Inglis Great Southern Foal Sale from the draft of breeders Lindsay Park Stud.  The Carlyon victory took his earnings past $500,0000.

“He’s been a great little horse,” Weir added.  “Merrick Staunton picked him out as a weanling and it’s been a great story.”

Broken’s sire Halo Homewrecker (USA) retired to Collingrove Stud in 2005 after a career headed by a G3 victory in the Bay Shore Stakes at Aqueduct.  He was targeted after the initial success of More Than Ready who is bred on the same Southern Halo – Mr Prospector cross.

Halo Homewrecker died after one season at stud in Victoria and there have been 18 winners from that sole crop at a 75% strike-rate.  Two of them have graduated to black-type – the other being Group winning Hong Kong sprinter Entrapment.