BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Sunday, March 18, 2018—Lass
NF Happenstance (Jack Parker Jr., $5.70) finished what she started Sunday
morning, winning Yonkers Raceway’s $40,000 Open Handicap Trot
The field of a half-dozen went as the
late-AM, flat-mile opener in advance of seven ‘French’ trots.
As is her custom, NF Happenstance left the
gate. Tepidly favored from assigned post position No. 4, she paid a :27.2 price
for the lead, working around Mostinterestingman (Jason Bartlett). A rated :30.3
next interval (58-second intermission) worked for her when Sir John F (Anthony
Napolitano) moved from third.
NF Happenstance maintained her lead in and
out of a 1:26.2 three-quarters, taking a length-and-three-quarter lead off the
final turn. She then held off an inside-diving Mostinterestingman, whipping
that rival by a neck in 1:55.3.
In Secret (George Brennan) sat the pylons
and showed up late for third, with Always a Good Time (Dan Dube) and Sir John F
rounding out the payees. The latter locked wheels in the lane with Money Maven
(Jordan Stratton), who finished last.
For NF Happenstance, an 8-year-old daughter of SJ’s Caviar
owned by James Moore III and trained by Carol Jamieson-Parker, it was her sixth
win in nine seasonal starts. The exacta paid $33.20, with triple returning
$108.
Sunday’s
return of the ‘New York, New York Double’ offered a winning combination of
1-Total Control (Aqueduct’s 3rd race) and 2-High Glider (Yonkers’ 7th
race) paid $11.70 for every correct $1 wager. Total pool was $6,358.
The next
Sunday matinee is May 20th (post time TBA).
