BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY,
Sunday, August 27, 2017—A three-peating In Secret (George Brennan, $4.10) gave
nothing else a chance Sunday afternoon (Aug. 27th), winning Yonkers
Raceway’s $50,000 Open Handicap Trot.
With a seven-horse
field (after a defection), the weekly trotting feature went at the flat mile.
The scratch moved
the eight-hole assigned In Secret in one notch, and he was long gone (:27.4,
:56.4, 1:24.4, 1:54.1). The life-best effort was also the fastest local tot
mile of the season.
Taco Tuesday
(Jordan Stratton) tried to stay within sniffing distance from a loose pocket,
but tired. In Secret, dismissed at 12-1 in winning a week ago, fooled very few
here. He opened a trio of lengths in and out the final turn, winning by 3¼
lengths.
Georgie’s Pockets
(Jim Marohn Jr.) extricated himself from third to chase home the runaway, with
Dewycolorintheline (Jeff Gregory), Taco Tuesday and Sumatra (Eric Goodell)
rounding out the payees.
For 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 seventh win in 18 seasonal starts. The exacta paid $30.40, with the
triple returning $122.
Sunday’s
installment of the ‘New York, New York Double’ offered a winning combination of
5-Portfolio Manager (Saratoga’s 3rd race) and 2-Madman Hall
(Yonkers’ 5th race) returning $8 for every correct $1 wager. Total
pool was $5,688.
Note the
Raceway’s post time next Sunday (Sept. 3rd) is 12:30 PM.
