FRANK
DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Friday, February 23,
2018—Eight-hole remanded Sell a Bit N (Jordan Stratton, $24) justified her
impost Friday night (Feb. 23rd), winning Yonkers Raceway’s moist
$40,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.
Four-wide early, Sell a Bit N was denied a
seat by 13-10 favorite Safe from Terror (Eric Goodell). Undaunted, she drove
on, making the lead around Carobbean Pacetry (Jason Bartlett) after a 27-second
opening quarter-mile.
It was a 56-second intermission as Safe
from Terror made her second move, first-up from third. Season-debuting Lispatty
(George Brennan) worked behind that one going toward a 1:24.3 three-quarters.
Sell a Bit N opened a length-and-a-half
off the final turn, needing only to hold off Carobbean Pacetry. She did so by a
wet nose in a season’s-best 1:54.1. All About Madi (Dan Dube) cone-skimmed for
third for the second consecutive week, with Lispatty and Gina Grace N (Larry
Stalbaum) settling for the remainder.
For sixth
choice Sell a Bit N, an 8-year-old Down Under daughter of Julius Caesar owned
by Von Knoblauch Stable and trained by Peter Tritton, it was her third win in a
half-dozen seasonal starts. The exacta paid $164.50, with triple returning
$904.
