YONKERS, NY, Saturday, February 18, 2012 -- Invading Summer Camp (Jason
Bartlett) went the distance Saturday night, winning Yonkers Raceway's $33,000
Open Handicap Pace.
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| Summer Camp (Jason Bartlett) wins the Saturday night Open Handicap (Mike Lizzi Photo) |
Leaving from post position No. 4 as the 7-5 choice, Summer Camp worked around P
H Jackpot (Cat Manzi), making the lead just after a :27.4 opening quarter-mile.
He then rated a 29-second next station (:56.4) half before Sea Venture (George
Brennan) tried his luck moving from fourth. Summer Camp held that one at nose’s
length in and out of a 1:24.3 three-quarters before taking a length-and-a-half
lead into the lane.
The fave then finished it off, defeating a second-up Rock to Glory (Eric Goodell)
by a half-length in 1:53.4. Here We Go Again (Jordan Stratton). P H Jackpot and
Sea Venture completed the cashers, while two-time defending champ Tobago Cays
(Jim Pantaleano) was an eight-hole non-factor here.
For Summer Camp, a 5-year-old Rocknroll Hanover gelding trained by Josh Green
for co-owners Baron Racing and VIP Internet Stable, he returned $4.80 for his
third win in five seasonal starts. The exacta paid $18.20, with the triple
returning $137.
"(Trainer) Josh (Green) said this horse was talented, but only wanted to
go as much as he had to," Bartlett said. "They wanted to try him here
before the (George Morton) Levy Series, and he was good tonight. I had to keep
after him a bit, but he did the job."
