BY FRANK
DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Friday, August 1,
2014—Yonkers Raceway’s Friday night $44,000 co-featured Open Handicaps—for
distaff pacers and everybody-into-the-pool trotters--were won by wagering
choices Camille (George Brennan, $2.90) and Theraputic (Brennan again, $4).
Camille, benefitting from a very
generous assignment, left into a brief four-hole from post position No. 5. She
then moved around Fashion Mystery (Eric Carlson) and Robin Cruiser (Jordan
Stratton) before a :27.1 opening quarter-mile. From there, it was nothing but
fractional formalities (:56.2, 1:24.3 and 1:51.4…one tick off the track record
for aged mare [Western Graduate-1:51.3 in 2010]).
The two lengths entering the lane was
the same final margin at the wire. Two-time defending champ Robin Cruiser was
second, with Fashion Mystery, Classy Lane Rose (Dan Dube) and JK Letitgo (Jason
Bartlett) settling for the lesser loot.
For Camille, 6-year-old millionaress
daughter of Camluck co-owned (as Burke Racing) by (trainer) Ron Burke, Weaver
Bruscemi, M1 Stable and Jack Piatt III, it was her fifth win in 16 seasonal starts.
The exacta paid 19.20, with the triple returning $49.20.
The week’s marquee trot saw the in-form
Theraputic—from post No. 4—have no issues whatsoever. Making the lead well
before a 28-second opening quarter-mile, he continued on his merry way (:58.1,
1:27.1, 1:55.1). He won by a couple of lengths over a first-up Bingo Queen
(Brent Holland), with 42-1 rank outsider Some Like it Hot (Eric Goodell) third.
Harbor Point (Bartlett) and For You Almostfree (Greg Merton) came away with the
remainder.
For Theraputic, a 4-year-old
statebred Crazed gelding co-owned (as Burke Racing) by (trainer) Burke and
Weaver Bruscemi, he’s now 9-for-17 this season (third win in last four tries).
The exacta paid $25.40, the triple returned $204.50 and the
superfecta paid $930.
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.
