BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Sunday, December 13,
2015—Tweet Me (Pat Lachance, $26) was the last leader in a contested early fray
Sunday morning, then widened in winning Yonkers Raceway’s closing-day $36,800
Preferred Handicap Trot
In play from post position No. 2 among the
ten going the mile-and-a-quarter, Tweet Me had much to watch at the outset.
Summer Indian (George Brennan) left around her, making the lead before
second-tier sidekicks Not Afraid (Dan Dube)—the 3-5 choice—and Sumatra (Jordan
Stratton) each had their turn in the big chair.
All that happened
through intervals of :28.1 and :57.2. After Sumatra briefly had the field at
his disposal, Tweet Me took out of fourth. Clementine Dream (Jason Bartlett)
tried to chase the lass, but gapped her.
Meanwhile, Tweet Me had all but disposed
of Sumatra at the 1:27.1 three quarters, after which she opened some daylight.
With a 1:55.4 milepost, she had four lengths turning for home before winning by
a couple in an added-distance 2:25.3.
Zooming (Tyler Buter) was able to get into
second, with Clementine Dream, There’sademoninme (Eric Carlson) and Not Afraid
rounding out the payees.
For fifth
choice Tweet Me, a 4-year-old Andover Hall miss owned by Bridget McNeese and
trained by Nicholas Devita, it was her seventh win in 26 seasonal starts. The
exacta paid $117.50, with the triple returning $1,171.
Sunday’s “had
to pay Pick 5” proved quite popular, with $28,102 of fresh money chasing a
double carryover of $12,601.37. So, after takeout, $33,677 and some,
change was divvied, with winning combination (10/1/3/2/5) worth $209.25 for
every correct half-a-buck wager.
The Raceway’s
2016 racing is scheduled to begin Thursday, Jan. 7, pending approval of the New
York State Gaming Commission.
