BY FRANK
DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Saturday, February 22, 2014—It was “new barn, old result” for
Domethatagain (Ron Pierce) Saturday night, winning Yonkers Raceway's $33,000
Open Pace.
Unhurried from post position No. 4,
the 13-10 choice watched as invading Texican N (Matt Kakaley) made the lead
around pole-sitting, defending champ Pan from Nantucket (Eric Goodell).
Texican N made the lead before a
28-second opening quarter-mile and seemed comfy going toward the half.
Domethatagain was out and moving when Texican N apparently jumped a shadow on
the track.
Regardless, he bolted inside the
cones as Domethatagain found the front just after a :57.2 intermission. That
left "Nantucket" pocketed and Money Twitch A (Jordan Stratton)
first-up.
Domethatagain maintained his
advantage in and out of a 1:25.2 three-quarters, taking a length-and-a-half
lead into the lane. The people's preference widened to a couple of lengths at
the wire, which he found in 1:52.4...matching a season's-best.
The feature win was one of five for Pierce on the 12-race card.
Pan from Nantucket was a
loose-pocket second, with American Rage (Brian Sears), P H Supercam (Jason
Bartlett) and Sapphire City (Eric Carlson) rounding out the payees.
For Domethatagain, a 5-year-old
statebred son of Bettor's Delight now co-owned (as Allard Racing) by (trainer)
Rene Allard, Bob Hamather and Bruce Soulsby, he returned $4.70 for his third
(consecutive) win in four seasonal starts. The exacta (two wagering favorites)
paid $12.80, with the triple returning $63.
The handle of $1,026,419 was the fifth-highest total of the season.
The
Raceway's five-night-per-week live schedule continues (weather permitting),
with first post every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:10 PM.
Evening simulcasting accompanies all live programs, with afternoon simulcasting
available daily.
