BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Friday, April 7, 2017—Yonkers
Raceway’s Blue Chip Matchmaker offered up Round 4 Friday night (April 7h),
with a pair of $40,000 divisions.
This
penultimate prelim event offered a different look, notably one less grouping as
some of the marquee ma’ams (co-leader Bedroomconfessions and third-place lass
Regil Elektra) taking the week off.
The opening
event saw the millionairess formerly known as Krispy Apple (Brett Miller) cave
off some very tepid fractions (:27.1, :57.1, 1:25.2)..
It was only
she and Wrangler Magic (Dan Dube) leaving from their respective outer venues,
but neither was involved in the outcome.
Lispatty
(Jason Bartlett, $13.80) earned the decision over a squeezing-through, 36-1
Diva’s Image (Joe Bongiorno) in 1:55.
The winner,
from post position No. 3, improved inside down the backside as 17-10 fave
Betabcool N (Mark MacDonald) and second choice Tessa Seelster (George Brennan)
both left the cones and were essentially devoid of pace.
It was Krispy
Apple owning a length-and-three-quarter lead the lane, but she was done.
Lispatty angled out, then prevailed by three-quarters of a length.
Wrangler Magic lasted for third, Hidden Land (Tim Tetrick) and Betabcool
N (Mark MacDonald) settling for the remainder while Krispy Apple retreated to
seventh
For fourth
choice Lispatty, a 4-year-old daughter of McArdle trainer by Gilberto
Garcia-Herrera for owner Gilbert Garcia-Owen, it was her first win in seven
seasonal starts. The exacta paid $182.50, with the triple returning $1,594.
Friday’s
second Matchmaker soiree had Medusa (Matt Kakaley, $11.20) do what Krispy Apple
could not…finish what she started (:28.1, :57.3, 1:25.1, 1:53.3).
From post No.
4, Medusa seated longshot Empress Deo, then never had an anxious moment. The
pocket-sitter gave way by the three-quarters, with Mackenzie A (Jordan
Stratton) taking up the chase. That chase left her a length-a-quarter in arrears
at the wire, the same distance in front of a non-threatening 3-4 choice Mach it
a Par (Bartlett)
Empress Deo
and Shesjustadelight N (Ron Cushing) settled for the minors.
For third
choice Medusa, a 6-year-old daughter of Bettor’s Delight co-owned by Randy
Bendis and Tom Pollack and trained by Andy Federico Jr., it was her fifth
win in 13 seasonal starts. The exacta paid $29.40, the triple returned $60 and
the superfecta paid $390.
Round 4 of
the George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series goes Saturday night (Apr. 8),
with three, $50,000 divisions.
