BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Sunday, August 6, 2017—Taco
Tuesday (Jordan Stratton, $23.40) did his damage from second-over Sunday
afternoon (Aug. 6th), winning Yonkers Raceway’s $68,000 Open
Handicap Trot.
Floating out of the gate from post
position No. 6, Taco Tuesday found a home fifth while 19-10 choice Hemi
Seelster (Jason Bartlett) walked to the lead. Overcoming his assigned
eight-hole, ‘Hemi’ was issue-free through pokey early fractions of :29.1 and
:59 and 1:28.4.
Down the backside the final time, Buen
Camino (Scott Zeron) took out of fourth, confronting Hemi Seelster as the pace
of this trot picked up. After a 1:57.1 milepost, Hemi Seelster owned a
shortening lead into the lane As Buen Camino was about to win the battle…but
lose the war.
Taco Tuesday, towed into it by Buen
Camino, appreciated the gesture so much, he rolled right over him. Taco Tuesday
won by a length, the mile-and-a-quarter going in 2:26.3. Hemi Seelster faded to
third, with Sumatra (Eric Goodell) sand Georgie’s Pockets (Joe Bongiorno)
settling for the minors.
For eighth
choice (in the field of nine) Taco Tuesday, a 4-year-old Cantab Hall gelding
owned by Vincent Laurenzo and trained by Rob Harmon, it was his sixth win in 14
seasonal starts. The exacta paid $107, the triple returned $489.50 and the
superfecta paid $8,476.
Sunday’s
installment of the ‘New York, New York Double’ offered a winning combination of
6-Rally Cry (Saratoga’s 3rd race) and 4-Tarot (Yonkers’ 10th
race) paid $11.80 for every correct $1 wager. Total pool was $7,977.
Note the
Raceway’s post time next Sunday (Aug. 13th) is 12:30 PM.
