BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY,
Friday, October 26, 2018—Favored Rockstar Angel A (Eric Goodell, $5.90) went
from first-up to first home Friday night (Oct. 26th), handily
winning Yonkers Raceway’s $44,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.
Unhurried from
post position No. 5, the lass watched Sell a Bit N (Jordan Stratton) make the
first lead, doing so before a :27.1 opening quarter-mile. Artrageous (Mark
MacDonald) was not happy with that arrangement, having to work as she moved
from the pocket before a quick :55.4 intermission.
Meanwhile,
Rockstar Angel A began her assault, and she did it with purpose. Moving from
fifth, Rockstar Angel A blew by, grabbing the gauntlet well before a 1:24.1
three-quarters. She opened to 3½ lengths in and out of the final turn, widening
to four lengths at the (1:53) wire.
Second went to
Keystone Wanda (Brent Holland), with Vorst (George Brennan), Artrageous and
Medusa (Brian Sears) rounding out the payees.
For Rockstar Angel
A, a 6-year-old Down Under daughter of Rocknroll Hanover owned by Northfork
Racing Stable and trained by Chris Oakes, it was her ninth win (second
consecutive) in 25 seasonal starts The exacta paid $59.50, the triple
returned $490 and the superfecta paid $2,663.
