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Saturday, July 11, 2015

FAVORED KRISPY APPLE WINS FRIDAY NIGHT 48G DISTAFF FEATURE

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.