BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Friday, September 22,
2017—All About Madi (Brian Sears, $11) made the lead and that was that Friday
night (Sept. 22nd), winning Yonkers Raceway’s $50,000 Filly and Mare
Open Handicap Pace.
In a race with not much speed, it was a
two-speed number. ‘Madi,’ from post position No. 5, worked around pole-sitting
Jag Out (George Brennan), grabbing the baton before a :27.3 opening
quarter-mile. She then rated a :30.1 next substation (:57.4 half).
Call Me Queen Be (Jim Marohn Jr.) was away
third at the 11-10 choice, but didn’t get off the cones as Sell a Bit N (Jordan
Stratton) made her second move. That one towed HP Sissy (Dan Dube) into it
going toward the 1:25.2 three-quarters.
Off those intervals, All About Madi should
have had something in reserve, and she did. Taking a length-and-a-quarter lead
into the lane, ‘Madi’ held off Jag Out by a three-quarters of a length in
1:53.3. ‘Sissy’ was third, with a from-last 47-1 outsider Newborn Sassy (Tyler
Buter) and ‘Queen Be’ settling for the remainder.
For third
choice All About Madi, a 4-year-old daughter of Brandon’s Cowboy owned and
trained by Brittany Robertson, it was her eighth win (third consecutive) in 25
seasonal starts. The exacta paid $44.80, with the triple returning $230.50.
