BY FRANK
DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Friday, May 16, 2014—Brian
Sears used different tactics to produce the same result (ironically with the
same payoff) Friday night, winning both of Yonkers Raceway $38,000 co-featured
Open Handicaps.
Sears went down the soggy road with Fast
and Feisty in the distaff derby. From post position No. 6, she splashed her way
through intervals of :29.1, :58.2,
1:27.4 and 1:55.4.
The final
margin was three-quarters of a lengths over a stubborn, first-up Hula’s Z
Tam (Pat Lachance), with tepid 5-2 choice Fashion Mystery (Eric Carlson),
Keystone Wanda (Brent Holland) and Virgin Mary (Matt Kakaley) rounding out the
payees.
For Fast
sand Feisty, a 5-year-old daughter of Allamerican Native owned by Vincent
Apolinario and trained Anthony Skultety Jr., she returned $10,20 (second
choice) for her sixth win in 13 seasonal starts. The exacta paid $83,
with the triple returning $366.
The week’s marquee trot saw Lorenzo
Dream—from post No. 7--launch a big move in and out of the final turn. He
continued it through the lane, picking off the leading (:28.1, :57.1, 1:26.4) Itzaziam (Pat
Berry) by a length-and-a-three-quarters in 1:57.
First leader Tall Cotton (George
Brennan), Fort Valley As (Dan Dube) and Blacktuxwhitesocks (Jordan Stratton)
settled for the small change. Southwind Warsaw (Jason Bartlett) jumped it off
as the 8-5 favorite, as did eight-hole assignee Super Manning (Kakaley).
Sears ended with four winners on the
12-race card.
For Lorenzo Dream, a 7-year-old
Taurus Dream gelding owned by Vincent Laurenzo and trained by Julie Miller, he
returned $10.20 (second choice) for his fourth win in 14 ’14 tries. The
exacta paid $61.50, the triple returned $448.50 and the superfecta paid $1,698.
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. Note that mutuel windows open Saturday at 10 AM, in advance of
Pimlico’s Preakness Day first post at 10:45 AM.
