BY FRANK
DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY,
Saturday, November 22, 2014—Mach's Beach Boy (Pat
Lachance, $5.30) held off a two-pronged challenge Saturday night, winning
Yonkers Raceway's featured $26,000 winners-over pace.
Inheriting the pole after an inside scratch, Mach's Beach Boy saw Orillia Joe
(Jordan Stratton) make the first lead. Mach's Beach Boy then
moved--apparently, just in time--in front of Rockstar Temper (Dan Dube). It was
Mach's Beach Boy putting up intervals of :27.4 and 57-seconds flat as BJ's Guy
(Brent Holland) took out of fifth.
Mach's Beach Boy maintained the advantage in and out of the 1:25.2
three-quarters, taking a length lead into the lane. He then kept both
Orillia Joe and BJ's Guy a bay, whipping the former by a neck in
1:53. Rockstar Temper and Stolen Car (Eric Carlson) rounded out the
payees. Ronny Bugatti (Mark MacDonald, three wins for second consecutive night)
was a jammed-in sixth as the 6-5 favorite.
For second choice Mach's Beach Boy, a 5-year-old Mach Three gelding
trained by his driver for Ontario co-owners Dan Mogridge and Jeff Oborne, it
was his ninth win in 31 seasonal starts. The exacta paid $68.50, with the
triple returning $297.50.
With
seven double-figure win payoffs included in the 12-race card, the Pick 5
was—shockingly—not hit. Thus, the Sunday matinee gimmick begins with a double
carryover of $7,091.34 (50-cent base wager on
races 5 through 9).
The Raceway's five-program-per-week live schedule changes, with first post
every Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:10 PM, and the third of six
Sunday matinees (replacing Tuesday evenings) this weekend at 11 AM. Evening
simulcasting accompanies all night programs, with afternoon simulcasting
available daily.
