BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Friday, May 27, 2016—Favored
Mach it a Par (Brian Sears, $4.40) saved her best for last Friday night,
winning Yonkers Raceway’s $45,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.
Unhurried from post position No.3, Mach it
a Par watched as outside numbers Anndrovette (Jason Bartlett) and Tessa
Seelster (George Brennan) lined ‘em up early.
The former led through early substations
of :27.4 and :56.2. It was Know it All (Eric Abbatiello) moving from fourth,
with the people’s choice behind the one.
Anndrovette continued to lead in and out
of a 1:24 three-quarters, with a length-and-a-half margin entering the lane.
However, she was done soon after, with Mach it a Par—fifth turning for
home—going fastest when it counted. She rolled home by a length-and-a-quarter
in a season’s-best 1:52.
Second went to Tessa Seelster, who offered
good pace at both ends, with a belated Al Raza N (Jordan Stratton), Lookout
Stokk Zone (Tyler Buter) and Anndrovette settling for the remainder.
For Mach it a
Par, a 6-year-old daughter of Mach Three co-owned by D’Elegance Stable IX,
Carmen Iannacone, T L P and the Gandolfo Stables and trained by Richard Banca,
it was her third win in 15 seasonal starts. The exacta paid $16.80, with the
triple returning $65.
Saturday
night’s card finds the Raceway hosting a pair of premier stakes events for
3-year-olds in the $300,000 Art Rooney Pace (sixth race) and its companion
event for the lasses, the $100,000 Lismore (fourth race).
The 12-race
program begins at the usual 7:10 PM .
