BY FRANK
DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY,
Monday, July 14, 2014—Driver Jim Morrill Jr., Scotchgarded colors and all, won
both halves of Yonkers Raceway’s $225,000 New York Sire Stakes Mike Cipriani
Trot Monday night.
Morrill won the
first ($111,500) very wet event for 3-year-old fillies with defending statebred
champ Market Rally ($2.20). The odds-on favorite had to work first-up to
dispose of pace-setting Lady with Credit (Trond Smedshammer) before opening up
down the backside.
Market Rally
opened five lengths into the lane before whipping Glowngold (Brian Sears) by 2½
lengths in 1:59.4. Third went to 59-1 outsider Cutup Hanover (Jeff Gregory).
Market
Rally, a daughter of Cash Hall, is 3-for-5 this season (3-for-3 since adding
Lasix) for co-owners (trainer) Ron Burke, Weaver Bruscemi and Panhellenic
Stable. The exacta (two wagering favorites) paid $6, with the triple returning
$84.
Morrill and 17-1
L Dee’s Scripture ($37.20) avoided all the happenstance in the equally-moist
second ($113,500) event. The pair sat pocketed to Driving Miss Crazy (Gates
Brunet) in what turned out to be a two-speed, outside-post number.
L Dee’s
Scripture eased past “Miss Crazy,” winning by three-quarters of a length in
1:59.1. Maud Blue Chip (Sears) was third, back another two lengths. Four of the
five remaining lasses—including 9-10 fave Avalicious (Yannick Gingras)—either
broke or caused a rival to do the same.
Fifth choice L
Dee’s Scripture, a Credit Winner lass co-owned by Lawrence Dumain & Carlo
Lattinelli and trained by Julie Miller, is off the ’14 schneid (1-for-5). The
exacta paid $845, with the triple returning $3,885.
New York Sire
Stakes continue Thursday night, with the $221,000 NYSS Armand Palatucci Pace
for 3-year-old colts and geldings. A trio of groupings—purses of $72,800,
$74,100 and $74,100—go as races 1,4 and 9.
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.
