BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Saturday, October 31, 2015—A
week ago, we wrote…George Brennan won half of Yonkers Raceway’s program
Saturday night, his happy half-dozen including the tandem of $40,000 Open
Handicaps.
Now, we write…Jason Bartlett won half of
Yonkers Raceway’s program Saturday night, his happy half-dozen including the
tandem of $40,000 Open Handicaps.
Bartlett and Ideal Cowboy ($36.20) upset
in the week’s featured pace (1:50.4), while Bartlett and 6-5 favorite Melady’s
Monet ($4.40) won the week’s marquee trot (1:55.1) from an impossible locale.
Ideal Cowboy, leaving from a seat from
post position No. 7, went up and over Lucan Hanover (Brian Sears) after that
one’s two-move, early intervals of :27.1
and :55.4. Ideal Cowboy moved from third, grabbing the lead at a 1:23
three-quarters.
Meanwhile,
Take it Back Terry (George Brennan), at just over even-money, was right behind,
but couldn’t match strides with the “Cowboy” as that one opened 3¼ lengths into
the lane. “Terry” closed the final margin late, but missed by a half-length.
Lucan
Hanover, Soho Jackman A (Tyler Buter) and Big N Bad (Eric Carlson) came away
with the remainder.
For sixth
choice Ideal Cowboy, a 4-year-old American Ideal gelding co-owned by Bamond
Racing and J&T Silva Stables, it was his seventh win in 21 seasonal tries.
The exacta paid $66, with the triple returning $601.
Now, to
Melady’s Monet, remanded to an eight-hole despite three weeks off. He tried to
leave, but several others inside of him were reading from the same script.
He was forced
to go to the back of the bus as DW’s NY Yank (Brennan) gave his backers some
brief hope (:27.3; :56.2, 1:25.4). Crazy About Pat (Buter), sitting an antsy
pocket, pulled early, with Fort Valley AS (Carlson) slipping out behind that
one.
As for
“Melady,” he was last along the cones, then slipped out to race third-over,
with nothing moving forward in front of him.
Last, 6¾
lengths away turning for home, he had no right winning this race…except he
didn’t get the memo. Melady’s Monet powered by on the far outside, whipping
“Fort Valley” by a neck with an individual :27.4 final quarter. Third went to
“DW,” with “Pat” and Can Do (Jordan Stratton) settling for the small change.
For Melady’s
Monet, a 6-year-old Revenue S gelding trained by Kevin McDermott for owner
Melady Enterprises, it was his 12th win in 25 ’15 tries. The exacta
paid $21.20, with the triple returning $94.
