TETRICK WINS SIX RACES--INCLUDING FIVE IN A ROW--THURSDAY NIGHT

BY FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway

YONKERS, NY, Thursday, December 15, 2011 -- Tim Tetrick made Yonkers Raceway his own personal playground Thursday night, winning six races, including five in a row at one juncture. He drove in each of the dozen races.

Tim Tetrick driving So Confusing to victory (Mike Lizzi Photo)

After finishing seventh in the opener and fourth-placed-third in the second race, Tetrick won the $9,000, third-race pace with odds-on So Confusing ($2.70). The 3-year-old lass paced her mile-and-one-sixteenth in 2:04.

Tetrick wound up sixth in the fourth race and third in the fifth, then dusted the competition in the next five races.

He won the $13,000, sixth-race pace with Bambina's Sorella ($2.80), getting the added distance in 2:02.2. Tetrick, along with Jam and Jelly ($4.90), won the $14,000, seventh-race trot (added-distance 2:04.3), then won the $14,000, eighth-race pace with short-priced Cam's Oracle ($2.90) in an extra-distance 2:01.3.

Next up was Carbon Footprint ($7.30) in the $16,000, ninth-race trot (added-distance 2:04) before Raining Again ($4.20) was up in the $16,000, 10th-race pace (added-distance 2:00.2).

The roll ended as Tetrick and his transportation wound up fifth in each of the evening's final two events.

Yonkers' regular five-night-per-week schedule (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday) remains in effect, with the 2011 racing season ending next Friday, Dec. 23. First post for all racing programs is 7:10 PM. Evening simulcasting accompanies all live programs, with afternoon simulcasting available around the NYRA schedule.