YONKERS, NY, Friday, July 20, 2012--Yonkers Raceway hosted its first seasonal
get-together for the state's rookie colts and geldings with Friday night's
$288,096 New York Sire Stakes Milt Taylor Trot.
Six, $48,016 divisions went at it, with Royalty for Life (Jason Bartlett,
$5.10) making a mockery of the final division. The son of RC Royalty two-moved
to the lead, then threw down fractions of :29.2, :59.2, 1:29.2 and 2:00.1. The
second choice defeated a recovering-from-a-miscue, 9-10 favorite Dexter Lake
Club (Jim Morrill Jr.) by 12¾ lengths, with Insider Access (Jeff Gregory)
third.
It was the third win in four frosh tries for Royalty for Life, co-owned by
(breeder) Alfred Ross, Paul Fontaine and Raymond Campbell Jr. and trained by
George Ducharme. The exacta paid $13.60, with the triple returning
$55.50.
The other NYSS events were won by...
--Explosive Action (by Conway Hall); owner-trainer John Grasso/driver Bartlett;
(placed first, first life-win) 1:59.3/$12.40;
--Lindy's Creditline (by Credit Winner); co-owners (trainer) Rob Harmon/Comfortably
Numb Stb,Adam Friedland,Arthur
Farkas/driver Gregory; (first life win) 2:03.4/$24.60;
--Columbia Lion (by Malabar Man); owner Alan Kirschenbaum/trainer Rick
Plano/driver George Brennan; 2:01.2/$2.70;
--Fashion Blizzard (by Credit Winner); owner Fashion Farms/trainer Jim
Campbell/driver Morrill Jr.; (first life win) 1:59.4/$2.80;
--Creditora,g (by Credit Winner); owner Purple Haze Stables/trainer-driver
Trond Smedshammer; 2:01.2/$3.
Friday's pair of $44,000 Open Handicaps, for trotters and distaff pacers, were
won by favored Pembroke Heat Wave (Bartlett, $5.50) in 1:56 and
second-longest-shot-on-the-board Shaky Hanover (Jordan Stratton, $47.40) in
1:54, respectively.
Stakes action continues Saturday night, with the $119,000 final of the Lawrence
B. Sheppard Pace for 2-year-old colts and geldings.
The
Raceway continues its normal five-night-per-week live schedule, with first post
every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:10 PM. Evening
simulcasting accompanies all live programs, with afternoon simulcasting
available around the NYRA schedule.
