BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Monday, March 28,
2016—Odds-on favorite Capela (Scott Zeron, $3.10) maintained her form spree
Monday night, winning Yonkers Raceway’s $60,200 final of the Petticoat Pacing
Series.
The series was open to 3- and 4-year-olds
who were non-winners of four races and/or $40,000 through last Dec. 1.
Capela, the lone lass to sweep her three
series preliminary rounds, made short work of post position No.7 here. She
worked around the miss directly inside of here, Bin N Heaven (George Brennan), securing the lead before a :27.3 opening
quarter-mile.
From there, a
57-second intermission as I’m in Luv (Matt Kakaley) moved from fourth. It was
Little Miss Sporty (Brian Sears) gapping from second-over and pole-sitting
Brown Brinny (Jason Bartlett) sitting a three-hole in and out of a 1:25.3
three-quarters.
Capela
widened to couple of lengths entering the lane, then won by that exact same
margin in 1:54.4. Bin N Heaven saved second, with 63-1 shot Heavenly Hill
(Jordan Stratton) closing from last to third.
Brown Brinny
and I’m in Luv grabbed the last couple of pay envelopes, while Little Miss
Sporty, Special Package (Dan Dube) and Rolling Going Gone (Brent Holland)
completed the order.
For Capela, a 4-year-old daughter of
Sportsmaster trained by Reginald Hazzard for co-owners Reginald Hazzard II and
Legacy Racing of Delaware, it was her sixth consecutive win (6-for-9 this
season). The exacta paid $25.80, with the triple returning $459.50.
“She’s just been getting better each start
in this series,” Zeron said. “When it started, she wasn’t taking the turns very
well, but that wasn’t a problem in her last couple of races.
“Tonight, with the wind, that was a very
good mile.”
A $25,000 series consolation was won by
favored Kryptos ($4.30)—now 5-for-5 in her season/career—in 1:55.4.
Tuesday afternoon, it’s the $63.000 finale
of the Sagamore Hill Pacing Series for the 3- and 4-year-olds of the male
persuasion. It’s the Raceway’s richest race of the season to date.
