BY FRANK DRUCKER,
Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS,
NY, Sunday, July 10, 2016—Yonkers Raceway’s upcoming week finds New York Sire
Stakes times two, then 2-year-olds.
Monday
night, the $166,374 Armand Palatucci Pace for 3-year-old colts and geldings. A
pair of consecutive divisions, worth $82,437 and $83,937, respectively,
comprise the event.
Missile
J (Tim Tetrick, post 4), already with the Art Rooney Pace here included in his
7-for-12 seasonal resume ($270,934), leads the second NYSS event.
When last seen locally for sire
late month, the American Ideal gelding found himself way too far back before
closing for a non-threatening third.
Linda
Toscano who trains Missile J for co-owning stables KJ and Purple Haze, also
sends out the uncoupled Carlos Danger (Pat Lachance, post 5). The son of
American Ideal and Anthony Weiner nom de plume broke his maiden in his 16th
career start, winning here (1:55) a week ago.
Monday
night’s first NYSS grouping includes Artmagic (George Brennam post 2) and Roll
Away Joe (Jim Morrill Jr., post 7), both of whom statebred winners the other
time road show stopped by.
Thursday night’s $163,374 Michael Sorentino Trot
finds two divisions of soph colts and geldings
Dayson (Yannick Gingras, post 1), despite jumping
it off in the half-million-dollar final of Pocono’s Beal, looms a very short
price in the $80,937 opening division. The Conway Hall gelding makes his first
purse try with straps looking for a 12th win in his 16th
career start.
Dante (Ake Svanstedt, post 1), fresh off a win in
the Vernon’s Empire Breeders Classic (though 25 days between that start and
this one), figures a puny parimutuel in the second ($82,437) sire stakes event.
The son of Credit Winner has won three of his five seasonal starts ($207,245).
Saturday
night, the Raceway’s marquee open event for frosh pacing colts and geldings in
the $100,000 Lawrence B. Sheppard. No elims were needed this past Saturday as
only eight entered. The Sheppard, honoring the man behind the tremendous
success of Hanover Shoe Farms, is to be drawn Tuesday morning.
