BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Friday, February 12,
2016—Yonkers Raceway has cancelled its live program for Saturday night (Feb.
13), due to the predicted record cold temperatures in the greater New York area.
Evening simulcasting has also been scrapped
Live racing and evening simulcasting are
scheduled to resume Monday evening (Feb. 15), with a $10,000 guaranteed Pick 5
pool and a first post at 7:10 PM.
Note that afternoon simulcasting is
scheduled to be available Saturday, regardless of whether Aqueduct races or
not. As of this writing, at least the third and fourth floor are to be open for
simulcasting, which goes until approximately 6 PM.
Friday night’s $16,000 distaff pacing
feature was won by pole-sitting Alhambra (George Brennan, $14.20), who slipped
off the cones to pick off 13-10 fave Delightful Dragon (Brent Holland) late in
1:55.2. The margin was a length, with Icommandmyspirit (Eric Abbatiello),
Stormunn (Jordan Stratton) and Jonsie Jones (Tyler Buter) rounding out the
payees.
For fourth choice Alhambra, a 6-year-old
daughter of Art Major co-owned by Joshua Schwartz and Raymond Hoegen Jr. and
trained by William Adamczyk, it was her first win in a couple of seasonal
starts. She led a $65.50 exacta, $266 triple and $2,090 superfecta.
