BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY,
Friday, March 8, 2019—Write Me a Song (Jordan Stratton, $43.20) was both widest
and fastest Friday night (March 8th), winning Yonkers Raceway’s
$44,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.
It was the final
tune-up for many of these misses before the Blue Chip Matchmakers gets underway
next Friday (March 15th).
From post position
No. 3, the lass with a north-of-the-border resume was away sixth. She saw
Angel’s Pride (Brent Holland) get stung by first-‘19-try Twinkle (Dan Dube)
through a :27.3 opening quarter-mile.
It was a :57.2
intermission before 8-5 favorite Delightfulmemphisn (Jason Bartlett), having
already made one move, took out of fourth. She engaged Angel’s Pride in and out
of a 1:25.3 three-quarters, while the eventual heroine had slipped out to work
from second-over.
The diminishing
lead for Angel’s Pride was a length-and-a-quarter off the final turn, with
‘Memphis’ moving in. That lass would win the battle, but lose the war as Write
Me a Song surged past by a proboscis in 1:54.1. Delightfulmemphisn, a dead-heat
(for third) duo of Twinkle/Angel’s Pride and Lakeisha Hall (George Brennan)
rounded out the payees. Those five were separated by just a
length-and-a-half at the wire.
For
sixth choice Write Me a Song, a season-debuting 4-year-old daughter of
Sportswriter owned by William Hartt and trained by Lance Hudson, it was her 11th
win in 20 career starts. The exacta paid $213, the triples returned $506
(Twinkle third) and $634 (Angel’s Pride third) and the superfectas paid $1,299
(Twinkle/Angel’s Pride third and fourth) and $2,243.(Angel’s Pride/Twinkle
third and fourth).
