DRUCKER, Publicity
Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS,
NY, Saturday, May 28, 2016—In late February, Kryptos (Jordan Stratton, $4.90)
was in racing in ‘non-winners of twos’.
She
obviously grew up in a hurry, the latest example coming Saturday night in
winning Yonkers Raceway’s $100,000 Lismore Pace for 3-year-old fillies.
Sitting
chilly early from post position No. 2 over a “good” oval, Kryptos watched as
Soft Idea (Jason Bartlett) outleave her five inside foes, getting the lead before a :27.4 opening quarter-mile. Apple
Bottom Jeans (Montrell Teague), the scourge of Delaware, yielded for the
pocket, with Cut and Paste (Brian Sears) a pole-sitting third.
Soft Idea found a :56.3 half and 1:25, with
Kryptos out and moving from fourth, chased by slight 7-5 choice Dime a Dance
(George Brennan).
The leader was about to wear out his welcome in
and out of the final turn, with Kryptos going by early in the lane. That one
continued her move, getting the needed jump on a passing-lane-diving Apple
Bottom Jeans.
The former, as the second choice in the 12th
Lismore, whipped the hard-charging latter by a neck in 1:53.3, with Dime a
Dance third. Cut and Paste was fourth, with a tiring Soft Idea and an outrun
Rock Me Baby (John Campbell) completing the six-pack.
For
Kryptos, an unraced-at-2, $24,000 daughter of Somebeachsomewhere co-owned (as
Drennan Stable) by (trainer) Nik Drennan, it was her eighth win in nine
seasonal starts. The exacta paid $20.60, with the triple returning $44.20.
“It’s
the first time I’ve driven her, and Nik (Drennan) just said to give her a clean
trip,” Stratton said, ironically with his face covered in mud.
