BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Friday, January 22,
2016—Regil Elektra (Jason Bartlett, $5.90) was encouraged early and in hand
late Friday night, winning Yonkers Raceway’s $24,000 Filly and Mare Preferred
Handicap Pace.
Getting some gate reminders from post
position No. 4, Regil Elektra made the lead before a :28.1 quarter-mile. From
there, no sweat (:57.3, 1:26, 1:53.4), with that :27.4 kicker denying anyone
else a shot.
Pole-assigned Jungle Genie N (Matt
Kakaley) chased from the pocket while beaten a length-and-three-quarters, with
Massive Attack N (George Brennan), tepid 9-5 choice Rockn’ Ruby N (Dan Dube) a
trailing-throughout Jonsie Jones (Tyler Buter) completing the payees/finishers.
For second
choice Regil Elektra, a 6-year-old daughter of Mach Three owned by Fred
Monteleone and trained by Keith Armer, it was her second win in three seasonal
starts. The exacta paid $20.60, with triple wagering cancelled due to limited
entrants.
A reminder that in advance of the
northeast’s snowstorm, live racing (and all simulcasting) has been scrapped for
Saturday (Jan. 23). Live racing is scheduled to resume Monday, Jan., 25,
with a first post of 7:10 PM. As of this writing, with NYRA not having made a
decision regarding Aqueduct’s Sunday (Jan. 24) program, Yonkers’ status for
Sunday simulcasting is TBA.
