BY FRANK
DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Sunday, March 8, 2015—The
clocks were moved up an hour Sunday morning, but that minor inconvenience
didn’t throw off Tyler Buter’s timing.
Buter won four races during Yonkers
Raceway’s French-centric Sunday matinee (insert whatever version of “Buter-ful”
you wish).
Buter handily swept both halves of the
$10 early daily double, with Art of Illusion ($3.40) in the $19,000 pacing
opener (1:54) and the mare Backstreet Hanover ($7.40) in the $33,000 Preferred
Trot. The lass won by eight lengths, while negotiating the mile-and-one-quarter
in 2:27.1.
His third victory of the day was with
Tweet Me ($8.80) in the $22,000, fourth-race trot (added-distance 2:28.1)
before One More Kid ($18.80) was a pocket winner in the $18,000,
sixth-race trot (added-distance 2:28.1). The quartet gave Buter 35 local wins
this season, good for sixth in the Westchester standings.
Sunday’s seven France-hubbed exported
races attracted just one million Euros in wagering (just under 1.1 million US
dollars).
The Raceway’s live season continues Monday (7:10 PM) and a “French” Tuesday (1
PM), then Thursday through Saturday (all at 7:10 PM). A friendly reminder
there’s also live racing next Sunday, March 15 (post time 1:10 PM). Evening
simulcasting accompanies all night programs, with afternoon simulcasting
available daily (all provided Mother Nature cooperates).
