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.
