BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Thursday, September 28,
2017—Turns out the reports of Hugh Hefner’s death were greatly exaggerated.
Hugh Hefner N obviously didn’t read the
obituaries How else could we possibly explain a Yonkers Raceway’s
appearance in Thursday night’s (Sept. 28th) seventh race?
Granted, it was a sort of ghoulish hunch
play, but Hugh Hefner N did deliver in the $15,000 event for 20-grand claimers.
Opening as an odds-on favorite, he continued as the people’s preference, though
drifting to 13-10.
Away third from post position No. 3, the
Playboy Pacer engaged the leader in the final turn, taking over before holding
a closer at bay by a neck in 1:55. A night after his namesake’s passing, ‘Hef’
returned $4.60 for his third win in 20 seasonal starts.
The 9-year-old Down Under Falcon Seelster
gelding (somehow, that doesn’t seem right) was driven by Jason Bartlett and
trained by Doug Dilloian Jr. for owner Keith Motusesky.
