BY FRANK DRUCKER,
Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Friday, July 10, 2015—Favored
Krispy Apple (Jason Bartlett, $5.30) left here a beast and returned just as
ornery Friday night, winning Yonkers Raceway’s featured $48,000 Filly and Mare
Open Handicap Pace.
The 8-5 choice, ordered outside of her seven rivals, tucked into fifth…a job
made much easier since the three horses directly inside of her were all off the
gate.
Set Me Up (George Brennan) laid down the
law early (:27.3, :56), not seeing any competition until Alhambra (Larry
Stalbaum) took out of third nearing the 1:24.1 three-quarters. That
allowed Krispy Apple to grab a tow.
Set Me Up owned a tenuous lead into the
lane, but the gate crashers were arriving. It was Krispy Apple—back in
Westchester for the first time since late May—going widest and fastest. She
whipped a pocket-sitting Road Bet (Dan Dube) by a length in a season’s-best
1:52.1. Third went to Caribbean Rose N (Brian Sears), with Alhambra and Set Me
Up also settling for the small change.
For Krispy Apple, a 7-year-old daughter of Western Ideal co-owned by Joe Davino
& Bamond Racing and trained by Jeff Bamond Jr., it was her fifth win
(fourth consecutive here) in a dozen seasonal starts. The exacta paid $28.20,
with the triple returning $130.50.
The Raceway’s live season continues
Saturday night (post time 7:10 PM), with a pair of $25,000 eliminations for the
Lawrence B. Sheppard Pace (2-year-old colts and geldings). After that, it’s
Monday (7:10 PM), Tuesday (1 PM), then Thursday through Saturday (all at
7:10 PM). Evening simulcasting accompanies all nighttime programs, with
afternoon simulcasting available daily.
