BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Saturday, September 16,
2017—The Real One (Pat Lachance, $7.30) and In Secret (George Brennan, $4) were
the names above the marquee Saturday night (Sept. 16th), winning
Yonkers Raceway’s $50,000 co-featured Open Handicaps.
All-age track record-holder The Real One
prevailed from the second-over in the weekly pacing feature. From post position
No. 5 (in one notch after a scratch), The Real One saw Orillia Joe (Brent
Holland) lead through
intervals
of :27.4, :56.2 and 1:23.4.
Slight 2-1 choice Theartofconfusion A provided enough of a tow to get The Real
One in range. Orillia Joe did have a length-and-a-half lead into the lane, but
The Real One went right on by. He prevailed by a half-length in 1:51.4, a tick
off his season’s best.
Mister Daytona A (Jordan Stratton) snatched second from the pocket, with
Orillia Joe, Theartofconfusion A and Gratian Hanover (Joe Bongiorno) rounded
out the payees.
For second choice The Real One, a
7-year-old Mach Three gelding trained by his driver for owner Helene Filion, it
was his fourth win in 17 seasonal starts. The exacta paid $30.20, with the
triple returning $138.
The week’s marquee trot saw even-money
favorite In Secret—despite 20 days out—match his own fastest local mile
(1:54.1) of the season.
Away fourth from outside post No. 7 (he,
too, in one notch after a scratch), In Secret engaged Buen Camino (Jason
Bartlett) after that one put down subsections of :27, :57.1 and 1:25.
Buen Camino owned a length-and-a-quarter
lead in and out the final turn, but was unable to stall the people’s
preference. In Secret won by three-quarters of a length, with a second-up Cash
Me Out (Eric Goodell) second. Buen Camino, Money Maven (Brian Sears) and
Kathanka (Holland) settled for the remainder.
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 eighth win (fourth consecutive) in 19 ’17 tries. The exacta paid $21,
the triple returned $72.50 and the superfecta paid $170.50.
