BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Sunday, November 22, 2015—Lone
lass Dot Dot Dot Dash (Matt Kakaley, $24.20) engineered the upset Sunday
afternoon, winning Yonkers Raceway’s $50,000 Open Handicap Trot.
Assigned post position No,. 6 in the
mile-and-a-quarter medley, Dot Dot Dot Dash lagged last in the early going as
lone 3-year-old French Laundry (Dan Dube) two-moved to the lead (:29.2, :59.2). Red Hot Herbie (Brian Sears) was patrolling the
pocket when 3-2 choice Luminosity (George Brennan) moved…in a hurry.
Luminosity
engaged French Laundry in and out of both a 1:29.2 three-quarters and 1:57.1
mile post (:27.4 fourth quarter) Meanwhile, Dot Dot Dot Dash had loosely
tracked move of the favorite before ducking in a three-hole for a breather.
It was
Luminosity owning a short lead in and out of the final turn, but
pre-Thanksgiving company was coming. A refreshed Dot Dot Dot Dash left the
cones, angled widest and went by. He defeated a ground-saving Sumatra (Jordan
Stratton) by a length-and-a-half in 2:27.1.
Red Hot
Herbie, Luminosity and There’sademoninme (Andy Miller) completed the cashers.
For fifth
choice Dot Dot Dot Dash, a 5-year-old daughter of Classic Photo owned by
William Vandervort Jr. and trained by Shae Vandervort, it was her seventh win
in 23 seasonal tries. The exacta paid $142, with the triple returning $1,673.
Note that
since no one took down the Sunday Pick 5, Monday’s gimmick, which already has a
$10,000 guaranteed pool, begins with a carryover of $2,649.08 (50-cent base
wager, races 7 through 11, program pages at www.yonkersraceway.com).
Also, Sunday
props to driver Mark MacDonald, who won four races during the dozen-race card.
