BY FRANK DRUCKER,
Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS,
NY, Saturday, October 8, 2016—Favorites Bit of a Legend N (Jordan Stratton, $4)
and Luminosity (George Brennan, $4.20) were the names above the moist Saturday
night marquee, winning Yonkers Raceway’s $45,000 co-featured Open Handicaps.
Both
did so in down-the-road fashion. Bit of a Legend N, from post position No. 6 in
the weekly pacing feature, held off Mach it So (Jason Bartlett) in a two-speed
number (:27.2, :56.3, 1:25, 1:52.2).
The margin was a neck, with Feel the Need A (Eric
Goodell) was a best-of-the-rest third. Melmerby Beach (Dan Dube) and a North
American-debuting Ricimer A (Steve Smith) rounded out the payees.
For Bit of a Legend N, a 7-year-old Down Under
son of Bettor’s Delight owned by Harry von Knoblauch and trained by Peter
Tritton, it was his 11th win in 23 seasonal starts. The exacta (two
wagering choices) paid $11, with the triple returning $32.60.
The adult-table trot saw pole-sitting Luminosity
go the distance (:27.4, :56.4, 1:25.4, 1:55.1), defeating a pocketed Cash Me
Out (Tyler Buter) by a head. Crazy About Pat (Stratton) was a rallying third,
with Dragin’ The Wagon (Eric Abbatiello) and eight-ball-assigned Allerage Star
(Dube) settling for the minors.
For Luminosity, a 6-year-old Cash Hall gelding
co-owned (as Burke Racing) by (trainer) Ron Burke and Weaver Bruscemi, he’s now
6-for-25 this season. The exacta (two wagering choices) paid $7.30, with the
triple returning $51.
