YONKERS,
NY, Saturday, October 6, 2012--Code Word (Jason Bartlett) was left to his own
devices and made 'em pay Saturday night, easily winning Yonkers Raceway's $44,000
Open Handicap Pace.
Leaving all by his lonesome from post position No. 4, Code Word had no issues
getting around inside assignee McDynamite (Brent Holland) and making the lead.
A pair of tepid :28.1 quarters (:56.2 half) gave Code Word the upper hoof
before River Shark (Pat Lachance) tried it first-up, while even-money favorite
Blatantly Good (George Brennan) was behind that one.
However, Code Word threw in a :27.1 third interval (1:23.2 three-quarters),
losing both the pocket-sitter and the uncovered foe at the same time. Now up 4½
lengths turning for home, Code Word widened to six lengths at the wire, which
he found in 1:51.3. P H Jackpot (Jim Pantaleano) won the scrum for
second, with Blatantly Good, McDynamite and Aussie Reactor A (Jordan Stratton)
grabbing the leftovers.
For Code Word, a 5-year-old son of Western Terror co-owned (as Burke Racing) by
trainer Ron Burke, Frank Baldachino, Weaver Bruscemi and Lawrence Karr, he
returned $10.20 (third choice) for his eighth win in 24 seasonal starts. The
exacta paid $122, with the triple returning $528.
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.
