BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY,
Friday, January 25, 2019—Odds-on fave Aldine Hanover (Jason Bartlett, $3.40)
finished what she started Friday night (Jan. 25th), winning Yonkers
Raceway’s $44,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.
Returning from
Dover and winning the 3-thru-6 draw, Aldine Hanover stepped about polester Shez
Sugarsweet A (Ron Cushing), making the lead just before a :27.1 opening
quarter-mile. After a 57-second intermission, the other formful Delaware
interloper, Delishka N (Brent Holland), was at it again, moving from an
early-acquired four-hole.
Aldine Hanover
needed a :27.3 third quarter (1:24.3) to keep that foe at hoof’s distance,
taking a length-and-a-quarter lead into the lane. The gang closed ranks behind
her, but Aldine Hanover held sway, winning by three-quarters of a length in
1:53.4.
Shez Sugarsweet A
grabbed second, with Clear Idea (Matt Kakaley), Delishka N and Culinary Delight
N (Larry Stalbaum) rounding out the payees.
For
Aldine Hanover, a 4-year-old daughter of A Rocknroll Dance owned by Claim to
Fame LLC and trained by Michael Hall, it was her second win in four seasonal
starts (board-certified in 13 of last 14 tries). The exacta paid $23.20, the
triple returned $68.50 and the superfecta paid $275.
