BY FRANK
DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Tuesday, March 10,
2015—Yonkers Raceway’s 2015 stakes season continued Tuesday afternoon, with the
opening round of the annual tribute to Teddy Roosevelt, aka the Sagamore Hill
Pacing Series.
The series, for 3- and 4-year-old
males who are/were non-winners of four races and/or $40,000 through last Dec.
1, offered five, $12,500 events, with odds-on form holding in every race.
The well-bet winners were…
--Fort Knox,4 (by American Ideal); owner
Little Bapa LLC/trainer Jennifer Sabot/driver George Brennan; 1:52.3/$3.70;
--Roger Mach ‘Em,g,4 (by American
Ideal); owner Little Bapa LLC/trainer Sabot/driver Brian Sears; 1:54.4/$3.20;
--JK Patriot,g,4 (by Bettor’s Delight);
co-owners Matthew Bencic,Sam Schillaci/trainer Linda Toscano/driver Tim
Tetrick; 1:55.2/$2.60;
--Major Uptrend,g,4 (by
Somebeachsomewhere); owner Howard Taylor/trainer Ron Burke/driver Brennan;
1:53/$2.90;
--Vance Bayama,4 (by Four Starzzz
Shark); co-owners Michel Allard,Gerrie Tucker,Majs NY Inc,Kapildeo
Singh/trainer Rene Allard/driver Dan Dube; 1:54.3/$3.30.
After the Sagamore Hill events, the
baton was passed to the “French” trots, with five oversized, added-distance
races completing the card. Brennan swept the final two of those races,
completing a four-win afternoon.
Total
handle for the dozen-race card was a season-high $1,014,980 (North American
number only, overseas export figures not included).
Note that since no one took down
Tuesday’s Pick 5, Thursday’s gimmick offers a carryover of $3,178.11 (50-cent
base wager, races 7 through 11).
The Raceway’s live season continues
Thursday through Saturday (first post 7:10 PM), then an Ides of March “French”
Sunday matinee (first post 1:10 PM). It’s the final Sunday live program until
early November.
