BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Saturday, August 3, 2019—A
two-move There’sademoninme (Eric Goodell, $22.80) and a cone-skimming Control
Tower (Joe Bongiorno, $60.50) muddled the mutuels Saturday night (Aug. 3rd),
winning Yonkers Raceway’s co-featured $46,000 Open Handicaps.
From post position No. 4 in the week’s
marquee trot, There’sademoninme left, then found himself in a three-hole behind
Lord Cromwell (Jason Bartlett) and Mostinterestingman (Austin Siegelman).
The former led through intervals of :27.4 and :57.2. There’sademoninme was out
and moving, engaging the leader by the 1:26.1 three-quarters. He hooked Lord
Cromwell in and out of the final turn, then ground that rival into submission.
There’sademoninme
then widened, winning by a length-and-a-quarter in 1:55.1. I’m the Muscle (Dan
Dube) arrived late, snapping Lord Cromwell for second, with 2-5 choice Will
Take Charge (Jordan Stratton) and Money Maven (Brent Holland) grabbing the
remainder.
Note that
eight-holer Will Take Charge threw in steps right before the start, making his
job that much more difficult.
For fifth choice
There’sdemoninme, an 8-year-old Kadabra gelding co-owned by Thomas Lazzaro,
Michael Casalino Jr. & Howard Taylor and trained by Dylan Davis, it was his
eighth win in 19 seasonal starts (and 40th career victory). The
exacta paid $147, the triple returned $765 and the superfecta paid $2,468.
The weekly
adult-table pace saw Dr. J Hanover (Holland) roll through subsections of :27.3, :56.2 and 1:23.3. Owning a
length-and-a-half lead entering the lane, he just failed to close the
sale.
In a race where
the first four finishers were separated by a neck, it was loosely-pocket,
polester Control Tower finding room closest to the pylons. He picked off the
Good Doctor by a nostril in 1:52. Our Max Phactor N (Bartlett) and 1-2 fave I’m
Some Graduate (Brennan) completed the close quartet, with The Real One (Pat
Lachance)—beaten only a half-length—settling for the smallest pay envelope
For seventh choice
Control Tower, an 8-year-old Panspacificflight gelding owned by Dynasty Racing
and trained by Nick Surick, it was his fifth win in 24 ’19 tries. The exacta
paid $155, the triple returned $518 and the superfecta (the good ol’ 1-2-3-4)
paid $1,159.
