BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY,
Sunday, August 20, 2017—In Secret (George Brennan, $27) earned it Sunday
afternoon (Aug. 20th), winning Yonkers Raceway’s $50,000 Open
Handicap Trot.
With ‘only’ a
seven-horse field (after a scratch), the weekly trotting feature went at the
flat mile.
From post position No. 6 (in one notch
with said defection), In Secret---and half the field—was pointed forward. In
Secret’s job was made that much more difficult when Rubber Duck (Joe Bongiorno)
broke directly inside of him.
That forced In Secret very wide,
eventually taking over from Buen Camino (Jordan Stratton) after a :28.1 opening
quarter-mile. Once In Secret made the lead, he rebuffed even-money choice
Homicide Hunter (Brent Holland).
Even though they weren’t going much in the
middle half (:57.1, 1:25.4), Homicide Hunter was in trouble.
In Secret opened a couple of lengths in
and out of the final turn and Buen Camino couldn’t do anything with him. The
former whipped the latter by a length in 1:55. Homicide Hunter was an
out-the-mile third—ending his marque trot ‘run’ at three—with
Dewycolorintheline (Jeff Gregory) and Taco Tuesday (Jim Marohn Jr.) settling
for the remainder.
For fifth choice
In Secret, a 5-year-old Dewycheatumnhowe gelding co-owned (as Burke Racing) by
(trainer) Ron Burke, J&T Silva Stables, Larry Karr and Weaver Bruscemi, it
was his sixth win in 17 seasonal starts. The exacta paid $108, with the triple
returning $273.
Sunday’s
installment of the ‘New York, New York Double’ offered a ‘double nickel’
winning combination of 5-Empressof the Nile (Saratoga’s 3rd race)
and 5-Auspicious Hanover (Yonkers’ 5th race) returning $29.25 for
every correct $1 wager. Total pool was $5,807.
Note the
Raceway’s post time next Sunday (Aug. 27th) is 12:30 PM.
