YONKERS,
NY, Thursday, August 2, 2012--Yonkers Raceway continued its statebred baby
shower with Thursday night's $285,840 New York Mike Cohen Trot for 2-year-old
fillies.
Five divisions went at it, with a resurgent Crazy Grigio (Stephane Bouchard,
$9.70) leading the parade by winning the opening ($56,968) division in a
life-best 2:01. Leaving outside her six rivals, she was a two-move,
three-quarters of a length swifter than 3-2 fave Fifty Shades (Eric Goodell),
with pace-setting Amor Deo (Trond Smedshammer) third.
Crazy Grigio, a daughter of Crazed co-owned by Albert, James IV and Michelle
Crawford & James Kennedy Jr. and trained by Dave Jannone, is now
2-for-4 this season. The exacta paid $23.60, with the triple returning $120.50.
The second ($56,968) division saw odds-on Isabella Gal (Jim Morrill Jr.,
$3.50) hold 45-1 shot Bouncing Bax (Jim Raymer) at bay. Leaving from post No.
6, Isabella Gal went the distance, winning by a half-length in 2:00.3. Single
Sock (Dan Daley) was a pocket third, with There Goes My Baby (Jason Bartlett)
fourth.
"Isabella," a daughter of RC Royalty co-owned by (trainer) Jeff Long,
(breeder) Bob Brooks, Lynn Brooks and John Buettner, has won three (consecutive)
of her five first-season starts. The exacta paid $61.50, the triple returned
$96 and the superfecta paid $265.50.
Thursday night's third ($56,968) event saw Order By Credit (Jimmy Takter,
$10.60) break her maiden. Pocketed from post No. 6, she waited for room, then
edged out and edged home in 2:03. Vixen (Bouchard) closed inside but missed a
neck, with 9-10 choice Barn Babe (John Cummings Jr.). tiring to third.
Order By Credit, a Credit Winner miss trained by Takter for Order By Credit
Stable, won in her second career start. The exacta paid $34.40, with the triple
returning $90.
The evening's fourth ($57,968) sire stakes event was a minuet for the
misbehavers. Several lasses--including 3-10 choice Palm Beach Chic (Jeff
Gregory)--jumped it off. That left Pretty Crazy (Morrill Jr., $11.40) to her
own devices, and she finished what she started in 2:03.
Stepping up after three consecutive Excelsior Series wins, Pretty
Crazy--leaving from post No. 5--defeated Classic Paola (Bouchard) by a length.
Con Air Crown (Brian Connor) was third at 118-1, with South Jersey Diva (Steve
Reisenweaver) fourth.
Pretty Crazy, a daughter of Crazed co-owned by (trainer) Brandon Simpson, Dirk
Simpson, Peggy Hood and Mystical Marker Farms, she's now 4-for-5 to begin her
career. The exacta paid $71.50, the triple returned $2,304 and the superfecta
paid $24,226 (base $2 wager, 10-cent ticket worth $1,211.30).
The final ($56,968) statebred event was won by a down-the-road, even-money
choice Proclaiming April (Smedshammer, $4) in a life-best 2:00.1. Leaving from
post No. 3, she whipped Pegasus Sis (Bouchard) by a length-and-a-half, with You
Want Me (Cat Manzi) third.
Proclaiming April, a Conway Hall ma'am trained by Smedshammer for (breeder)
White Birch Farm, has won twice in three '12 tries. The exacta paid $29.40,
with the triple returning $191.50.
Thursday’s sire stakes event honored the memory of the former PR director at
both Yonkers Raceway and NBC Sports. Cohen’s son, Ross, was on hand to make
winner’s circle presentations.
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.
