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Saturday, December 5, 2015

SELL A BIT N WINS FRIDAY NIGHT 32G DISTAFF FEATURE

BY FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway

YONKERS, NY, Friday, December 4, 2015—They can’t stop Sell a Bit N (Jordan Stratton, $11.80). They can’t even hope to contain her. The leading lady continued her distaff derby dominance Friday night, winning Yonkers Raceway’s $32,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace for a fifth consecutive victory.

Ordered outside her seven rivals, Sell a Bit N paid a :27.4, opening-quarter price to get the lead, looping Gallie Bythe Beach (Matt Kakaley). After a soft :57.1 intermission, “Gallie” moved from third, with Al Raza N (Eric Carlson) slightly gapping that one.

Sell a Bit N maintained her advantage in and out of a 1:2.52 three-quarters, taking a length lead into the lane before winning by a length-and-a-half in 1:53.1. Jonsie Jones (Tyler Buter) chased the winner home from a loose picket, with Gallie Bythe Beach, Request for Parole (George Brennan) and Al Raza N rounding out the payees.

Secret’s Out N (Brian Sears) was a non-factor sixth as the slight 2-1 favorite.

For fourth choice Sell a Bit N, a 5-year-old Down Under daughter of Julius Caesar owned by Harry von Knoblauch and trained by Peter Tritton, it was her 10th win in 21 seasonal starts. The exacta paid $158, with the triple returning $903.