YONKERS,
NY, Saturday, July 20, 2013--Forty Five Red (Dan Dube) took it of the house
Saturday night. winning Yonkers Raceway's $111,250 final of Yonkers Raceway's
Lawrence B. Sheppard Pace for 2-year-old colts and geldings.
With nose on gate from post position
No. 2, Forty Five Red left around Thereisapaceforus (Larry Stalbaum). The
former--whose task was simplified when 4-5 favorite Western Conquest (Brent
Holland) and Gotta Laugh Again (Ray Schnittker) both broke leaving--had the
lead just after a :28.4 opening quarter-mile.
A soft, 30.1 next quarter (59-second half) made everyone else's job that much
more difficult.
Stevensville (Jordan Stratton),
partnered with Gotta Laugh Again, tried it first-up...from sixth...going toward
the 1:27.3 three-quarters, but could never get close. Meanwhile, Forty Five Red
widened to 2½ lengths turning for home, then whipped Thereisapaceforus by a
couple of lengths in a life-best (three starts) 1:55.4.
Disarrei (Pat Lachance) sat a
three-hole and wound up third, with Goldin Parachute (Eric Goodell) and Great
American (Mark MacDonald) completing the cashers. Stevensville, Gotta Laugh
Again and a distanced Western Conquest rounded out the order.
"He's just a good
horse," Dube said. "I was happy with his race (second) last week
(eliminations), and I would have been happy sitting second and taking my
chances, but I saw (Western Conquest) get rough and it made it easier."
For $105,000 Lexington yearling
Forty Five Red, a son of If I Can Dream co-owned (as Burke Racing) by (trainer)
Ron Burke and Our Horse Cents Stable, he returned $7.60 (second choice) for a second win in those three tries. The exacta
paid $50.50, with triple returning $679.
The race, honoring the founder of
Hanover Shoe Farms, returned in 2012 after a nine-season hiatus. Larry DeVan,
grandson of Mr. Sheppard and himself a prominent horse owner, was on hand to
make the presentation
