BY FRANK
DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Friday, January 31, 2014--Yonkers Raceway's pair of Friday night
$33,000 Open Handicaps--a Pace for the ladies and a Trot for all qualified
participants--were won by Economy Terror (Ron Pierce,
$15.20)
and DW's NY Yank (George Brennan, $5.50).
Ordered behind the eight-ball, Economy Terror--a winner in her last effort two
weeks ago--saw a whole lot
of
action take place in front of her.
A wide-early Lorrie Please (Eric Carlson) made the first lead, going past
Rockaround Sue (Jason Bartlett)
after
a :26.3 opening quarter-mile.
"Sue" was hard to handle in the two-hole, so she played leapfrog on
the lead. No sooner did that happen
than
last week's winner, Carol's Desire (Dan Dube), took her turn on the lead.
"Carol" found a :56.1 intermission, leaving tepid 5-2 favorite Magic
Starlight (Brennan) first-up and Economy Terror right on her back,.
The battle was in full swing in and out of the 1:24.4 three-quarters, with
Carol's Desire owning a scant lead.
However,
Economy Terror rolled wide and by, whipping a from-last Ramalama (Matt Kakaley)
by a length-and-three-quarters in 1:53.3.
Rockaround Sue, Little Santamonica (Jordan Stratton) and Lorrie Please came
away with the minor spoils.
For
fourth choice Economy Terror, a millionairess (and then some) 5-year-old
daughter of Western Terror trained by Chris Oakes for co-owners Chuck Pompey,
Howard Taylor and Edwin Gold, it was her second win in three seasonal
starts. The exacta paid $39.40, with the triple returning $290.50
The week's marquee trot was a two-speed number. It was 8-5 choice D W's NY
Yank--assigned outside his seven rivals--in play early. He worked around
Calchip's Brute (Pierce), setting soft earl intervals of :28.1 and :58.3.
War Cry Hall (Bartlett) tried it first-up from a long way back, offering
minimal objections at the 1:28 three-quarters.
The leader remained so, taking a length-and-a-quarter advantage into the lane.
He won by that margin in 1:56.4. It was Calchip's Brute holding off Zooming
(Tyler Buter) for second, with Facing Justice (Dube) and
Lorenzo
Dream (Eric Goodell) settling for the remainder.
For
"D W", a 5-year-old Dilbert Hanover gelding co-owned (as Burke Racing
by (trainer) Ron Burke, Weaver Bruscemi and Howard Taylor, it was his second
win in as many '14 tries The exacta paid $28.80, the triple returned $85
and the superfecta paid $591.
The
Raceway's five-night-per-week live schedule continues, 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.
