BY FRANK
DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Friday, November 28,
2014—Yonkers Raceway’s Friday night $21,000 featured fairer-sex pace was won by
a cone-skimming Palm Patrol (Mark MacDonald, $34).
Sitting third along the pylons from post
position No. 2, Palm Patrol saw Sir Jillian Z Tam (Pat Lachance) seemingly in
control through (:28, :58.1, 1:28.2). Getting no grief from a first-up Rock N
Load (Jordan Stratton), “Jillian” owned a length-and-and-half lead into the lane,
but was about to hit the wall.
Cooking the Books (Eric Carlson) edged
from the pocket, leaving the passing lane for Palm Patrol…and she did indeed
pass. The latter whipped the former by a head in 1:54.3, with a closing Our Els
Dream N (Jason Bartlett), Sir Jillian Z Tam and 3-2 favorite Road Bet (George
Brennan) settling for the small change.
For sixth choice Palm Patrol, a
5-year-old daughter of Mach Three owned by Robert Burgess and trained by Carmen
Auciello, it was her sixth win (third consecutive) in 35 seasonal starts. The
exacta paid $120, the triple returned $1,580 and the superfecta paid $10,524.
Friday’s Pick 5, which began with a
carryover of $3,699.73, saw a new $10,781.52 invested.
The winning combination of 4-4-7-5-2 returned $734.50 for every half-a-buck, not entirely bad for a sequence that included three winning favorites a one second choice.
The winning combination of 4-4-7-5-2 returned $734.50 for every half-a-buck, not entirely bad for a sequence that included three winning favorites a one second choice.
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 fourth of six Sunday matinees (replacing Tuesday evenings) this weekend at 11 AM. Evening simulcasting accompanies all night programs, with afternoon simulcasting available daily.
