YONKERS, NY, Friday, March 7, 2014--Yonkers Raceway's pair of Friday night
$33,000 Open Handicaps--a Pace for the ladies and a Trot for all who knew the
secret password--were won by a formful Yagonnakissmeornot (Dan Dube, $4.90) and
an equally-so DW’s NY Yank (George Brennan, $4.30).
Leaving—as the second choice--from post position No. 5, Yagonnakissmeornot
worked around Summer Snow (Larry Stalbaum), making the lead before a :27.3
opening quarter-mile.
From there, she gave no one else a shot, including 6-5
favorite Economy Terror (Ron Pierce). That one moved from fifth before a
:57.1 intermission.
A :27.3 third quarter (1:24.4) widened the leader’s advantage, as she opened a
length-and-three-quarters into the lane. Yagonnakissmeornot then drew out,
winning by 3¼ lengths in a season’s-best 1:52.4.
Royal Cee Cee N (Brian Sears)
rallied into second, with last week’s winner, Cocoa Beach (Matt Kakaley),
Summer Snow and Economy Terror rounded out the payees.
For Yagonnakissmeornot, a 5-year-old
daughter of The Panderosa co-owned (as Allard Racing) by (trainer) Rene Allard,
Yves Sarazin and Kapildeo Singh, it was her third win in six seasonal starts.
The exacta paid $32.20, with the triple returning $128.50.
The week’s marquee trot saw 11-10 choice DW’s NY Yank—assigned outside his
seven rivals—in play early. He made the lead from Zooming (Tyler Buter) just
after a :27.2 opening interval. From there, a cheap :58.2 intermission before
Super Manning (Kakaley) engaged from sixth.
…and engage he did, hooking the leader in and out of the 1:27 three-quarters.
Those two took their beef all the way to the line, with the margin—DW’s NY Yank
up a nose into the lane—was the same at the 1:55.4 wire. Backstreet Hanover
(Eric Carlson) belated split those two to finish third, beaten a head, while
Zooming and Fortunista (Jason Bartlett) settled for the remainder.
For “DW,” a 5-year-old Dilbert Hanover gelding co-owned (as Burke Racing) by
(trainer) Ron Burke, Weaver Bruscemi and Howard Taylor, it was his fifth win in
as seven '14 tries (4-for-4 here). The exacta (two wagering choices) paid
$12.60, the triple returned $63.50 and the superfecta paid $158.
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.
