BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Monday, May 16, 2016—The
Empire’s annual caravan made its seasonal downstate debut Monday night,
with Yonkers Raceway hosting the $164,672 New York Sire Stakes Joe Goldstein
Trot for 3-year-old fillies.
Not there’s every a bad time to break a
maiden, but going for $40,768 qualifies as a good time to do so.
Pylon-diving (from post position No. 2),
rank outsider Young Bridge (Scott Young, $60.50) saved every inch of ground in
the second statebred event, getting to the line a nose before Straight A
Student (Mark MacDonald) in 1:58.3. Goosebump Hanover (Jim Morrill Jr.) was a
pocketed third as the 11-10 favorite.
“I thought we had it won, but the stretch
is long as I saw Mark (MacDonald, Straight A Student) coming on the far
outside,” Young said after his first local drive.
“We always though this filly had some
talent, but she was very hot as a 2-year-old. We’ve taken our time with her,
and it seems to have paid off.”
Young Bride, a daughter of Lucky Chucky
co-owned by Robert Young, Scott & Linda Worton and Premier & Associates
Farm, she’s now 1-for-4 this season and 1-for-8 in her brief career. The exacta
paid $306.50, with the triple returning $915.
George
Brennan doubled his sire stakes fun, ‘getting the bob’ in the $40.768 opening
event with pole-sitter Lindylicious ($10.80) in a life-best 1:58.4. Dizzy Broad
(Morrill) was second as the 9-5 favorite, with Dazzling Dollars (Trond
Smedshammer) third.
For fourth choice Lindylicious, a Credit Winner miss co-owned by (trainer)
Gilberto Garcia-Herrera and Donald & Barbara Arnstine, it was her second
win in nine seasonal starts. The exacta paid $36.40, with the triple returning
$118.50.
Brennan was a
pocketed winner in the $41,568 third NYSS grouping with Credit to Thelimit
($7.20), who picked off Canstopwontstop (Sears) by a length in 1:59.1. Zette
Starlet (Smith) was a rallying third at 94-1, while 1-2 favorite Winning
Princess (Morrill Jr.) jumped it off early.
For second
choice Credit to Thelimit, a daughter of Credit Winner trained by Sam Schillaci
for co-owners Peter Barbato, Matthew Bencic, Peter Bova and Jodi Schillaci, it
was her first win in four ’16 tries, The exacta paid $28, with the triple
returning $531.
The evening’s
fastest was saved for the lastest, as last season’s frosh divisional champ, Non
Stick (Dan Dube, $2.70) handily won her soph debut. From post No. 5 in the
$41,568 final NYSS event, the odds-on miss sailed through intervals of :29,
:58.3; 1:27.3 and a life-best-matching 1:56.3.
She defeated
Swinging Royalty (Chris Lems) by a length-and-a-half, with Fad Finance
(Smedshammer) third.
For Non
Stick, a Lucky Chucky lass co-owned by (trainer) Ake Svanstedt and Little E
LLC, she ran her perfect resume to 7-for-7. The exacta paid $10.80, with the
triple returning $34.20.
