A racing oddity will occur on Friday night, July 25 at
Yonkers Raceway when three full brothers race there that evening.
In the first $6700 Excelsior Stakes, going as race number
one prior to the betting card getting underway, BJ Anthony will be making his
first start for a purse.
Then, in the $44,000 Open Trot, race eight on the
betting card, the $146,000 seasonal winner Tober will again take on the best
trotters on the grounds and will likely be the favorite off a 1:54.2 victory
against similar company last week.
In race nine, a $20,000 conditioned trot, Gaelic And Garlic,
a lifetime winner of almos$270,000 with a 1:55.2 victory this year, will start
from post one.
All three horses are by Credit Winner and out of La Tapitia
by Cumin. All were bred by Bernie White of Pine Bush, NY and raised on
his Tamarack Manor Farm in the hamlet. White, a longtime owner of Standardbreds
was also the president of the Board of Directors of Historic track for over 12
years.
“It’s not often that anyone sees two full brothers racing on
one program but three, that’s nearly unheard of,” White said.
White and Kristie Leigh Farm own BJ Anthony and Gaelic And
Garlic while Tober, a career winner thus far of $514,000, is owned by Kristie
Leigh Farm and Joe Betro.
All three horses are trained by Eddie Hart on Tony Statuto’s
Kristie Leigh Training Farm in Goshen NY and all will be driven by Jason
Bartlett.
