BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Wednesday, January 27,
2016—Yonkers Raceway’s weekend offers up thrice the $32,000 Open Handicaps for
your dining and dancing pleasure.
Since we’re nothing if not chivalrous, the
ladies are the opening act, with Friday night’s (first post 7:10 PM) distaff
pacing derby going as the sixth race. Last week’s Preferred ‘Cap winner Regil
Elektra (Brian Sears, post 6) is already 2-for-3 this season, as are
Bazooka Terror (Eric Carlson, post 2) and The Empiressister N (Jason Bartlett,
post 3).
The unknown interloper is 4-year-old Tessa
Seelster (George Brennan, post 8) sent outside her elders for a just her third
career half-mile try (Flamboro, Grand River). She enters after pair of wins
across the river.
Saturday night (first post 7:10 PM) finds
the week’s marquee trot (sixth race) offers a rivalry between recent winners
Dot Dot Dot Cash (Matt Kakaley, post 6), Red Hot Herbie (Sears, post 7) and Not
Afraid (Dan Dube, post 8).
Some new blood arrives in the presence of
barn-changing Crazshana (Bartlett, post 1) and Meadows-invading Major Athens
(Brennan, post 5).
The weekly pacing feature (eighth race)
has Aslan (Sears, post 8) banished behind the eight-ball after winning this
race two weeks ago (last weekend’s rivalry meeting was snowed out). Down Under
flavor is in the form of Texas Terror N (Kakaley, post 2) and Hugh Hefner N
(Jordan Stratton, post 4).
The Raceway’s
season continues Thursday evening (first 7:10 PM), the final Thursday until
March.
