YONKERS, NY, Monday, July 30, 2012--Yonkers Raceway offers its own version of freshman orientation this week, as New York Sire Stakes 2-year-old young ladies make a pair of appearances.
Tuesday night, it's the $288,360 Clyde Hirt Pace for first-season fillies,
divided five ways (races 1,3,4,5 and 6).
The opening ($56,792) division finds Summertime Lea (Jim Morrill Jr., post 6)
going after a fourth win in a as many tries, The daughter of Lislea owns sire
stakes wins at Saratoga, Tioga and Monticello, with the second of those
in a life-best 1:55.1. Ron Burke trains and co-owns (as Burke Racing) with
Frank Baldachino and Earl Smith.
Burke also has the early choice with Silk Pajamas (Jason Bartlett, post 7) in
the fourth ($57,892) event. The Bettor's Delight miss, co-owned by Conrad
Zurich, Edwin Gold and Purple Haze Stables, owns a statebred win at Tioga
(1:54.4) for her lone win in three efforts.
Early favoritism in the other three events belong to Give Me an Amen (Tim
Tetrick, post 7) in the second ($57,892) division, Hit the Curb (Morrill Jr.,
post 2) in the third ($56,792) grouping and See Major (Stephane Bouchard, post
2) in the final ($57,892) get-together.
Thursday night's $285,840 Mike Cohen Trot is also for frosh fillies and also in
five divisions (races 2 through 6).
The morning accolades have gone to, in chronological order..
--Lola De Vie (Jeff Gregory, post 3), a daughter of Credit Winner who was a
wire-to-wire NYSS winner at Monticello two starts ago;
--Isabella Gal (Morrill Jr., post 6), an RC Royalty lass who drew off in a
Vernon NYSS event in a snappy 1:56.2;--Barn Babe (John Cummings Jr., post 2), a daughter of Cash Hall who has won her last couple of statebred starts;
--Palm Beach Chic (Gregory, post 4) a Conway Hall ma'am who cruised to a maiden-breaking NYSS win at Vernon in her latest try;
--Royal Malinda (Dan Daley, post 2), a daughter of RC Royalty who was a sire stakes winner at Buffalo to begin her career.
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.
