BY FRANK
DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Saturday, May 31, 2014—If
Tim Tetrick doesn’t own the Lismore, he’s working on a lease-to-buy
arrangement.
Tetrick won one Yonkers Raceway’s
premier events for 3-year-old pacing fillies a fourth time, this latest a
Saturday night stakes record behind odds-on choice Tyra ($3.50).
Away alertly from post position No. 4,
Tyra was relegated to a four-hole seat as Southwind Silence (George Brennan)—an
elim winner a week ago, as was Tyra—drove on. Southwind Silence worked around
pole-sitting Also Encouraging (Matt Kakaley) before a :27.1 opening
quarter-mile.
A soft :28.4 next station (:56 half)
figured to play into the hands of the leader, but Tyra obviously didn’t get the
memo. She rolled up and over Southwind Silence right after a 1:24.3
three-quarters, taking a 2½-length lead into lane.
From there, she ran up the score,
widening to seven length at the wire in 1:52.1. Southwind Silence a safe
second, with Also Encouraging third, Palm Beach (Eric Carlson)
fifth-placed-fourth and Gentlemen’s Delight (Marcus Johansson)
fourth-place-fifth (Euro-rail violation).
It Was Fascination (Brent Holland),
Rusty’s Bliss (Jason Bartlett) and Bettor Business (Dan Dube) rounded out the
order.
For Tyra, a daughter of McArdle owned by
CC Racing and trained by Joann Looney-King, it was her second win in four’14
tries. The exacta paid $6.30, with the triple (three wagering choices in order)
returning $15.40.
“This filly is special to me because my
older brother, Tom, broke her,” Tetrick said. “Ideally, I wanted get away
second, but that didn’t work out, but she was comfortable where she was.
“She gave me a big turn of foot when I asked her and paced a real good back
half.”
The Tetrick-driven Southwind Tempo (2007) had the old stakes record (1:52.4).
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