BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Sunday, November 15, 2015—A
repeating Red Hot Herbie (Dan Dube, $5.90) won both the draw and the dash
Sunday morning, annexing Yonkers Raceway’s $50,000 Open Trot.
Seating everyone early from the pole,.
“Herbie” led through a :28.3 opening quarter-mile. Zooming (Tyler Buter), as
the 7-5 choice, then moved from third, picking up the gauntlet toward and :58.1
next station. After a 1:27.3 three-quarters, Summer Indian (George Brennan)
offered a weak, first-up bid, with Sumatra (Jordan Stratton) was forced wide
around that one.
Zooming maintained his advantage in and
out of the 1:57.2 mile marker, taking a length-and-a-quarter lead into the
lane, However, the early hour apparently proved too much for him, as he caved
mid-stretch. Red Hot Herbie ducked inside and went by handily, getting the
mile-and-a-quarter in 2:26.3. The margin was a length-and-quarter.
Cray About Pat (Brian Sears), racing from
a three-hole, chased “Herbie” home to grab second, with Sumatra, Zooming and
Rock of Cashel (Jeff Gregory) settling for the minor awards.
For second
choice Red Hot Herbie, a 5-year-old Here Comes Herbie gelding co-owned (as
Allard Racing) by (trainer) Rene Allard, Albert P
Abdala III, Bruce A
Soulsby and Michael
Reppucci, it was his 10th
win in 26 seasonal starts (five wins in last seven tries). The exacta paid
$51.20, with the triple returning $324.
