BY FRANK
DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS,
NY, Friday, September 13, 2013--Yonkers Raceway's Friday night $37,000
co-featured Open Handicaps--Pace
for the lasses and a non-discriminatory Trot for either/or--were won by Blue
Chip Matchmaker victress Feeling You (Tyler Buter, $8.60) and an in-form Can I
Say (Buter again, $18.20).
Locally-debuting Fashion Mystery (Brent Holland) seat everyone early from the
pole, finding a :27.1 opening quarter-mile. She was not in a giving mood when
Sir Jillian's Z Tam (Pat Lachance) moved from fourth. Those two prompters put
up a :54.4 intermission, salivating the mouths of the closers.
It was a second-up, 9-5 favorite Ramalama (George Brennan) who took her shot at
the lead toward the 1:23.1 three-quarters. However, she couldn't go by as
Fashion Mystery held a stubborn--but short--lead into the lane. The fresh
threat was a third-over Feeling You. Starting from post position No. 6, she
launched her wide bid through the lane, powering past from fifth.
Feeling You widened to win by 3½ lengths in 1:52.2. Second went to 49-1 rank
outsider Rock N Load(Jason
Bartlett), with a from-last Royal Cee Cee N (Brian Sears), Ramalama and Fashion
Mystery coming away with the remainder.
For
second choice Feeling You, a 6-year-old daughter of Cambest co-owned by her
driver, Stephen Oldford and Oldford Farms and trained by Amber Buter, it was
her ninth win in 20 seasonal starts. The exacta paid $201, with the triple
returning $520.
The featured trot saw Prayer Session (Bartlett) take his shot from the pole,
leading a quartet of early leavers through early intervals of :26.4 and :56.3.
He'sgotlegs (Mark MacDonald) was pocketed and, after a break by Somebody AS
(Dan Dube), Brando's Muscle Man (Brennan) settled third.
Lone lady Can I Say—from post No. 4--then moved out of fourth, gaining on the
leader in and out of a 1:25.1 three-quarters. Meanwhile, this particular Prayer
Session was about done turning for home, as Can I Say sustained her bid. She
whipped a passing-lane He'sgotlegs by a neck in 1:55.4. Super Manning
(Sears), trailing from his ordered eight-hole, closed for third as the slight
2-1 choice, with Lorenzo Dream (Eric Goodell) and "Brando" rounding
out the payees.
For
sixth choice Can I Say, a 4-year-old daughter of Fourth and One co-owned by
Terry & Clarence Devos and James Whelan and trained by Scott Osterhout
(turned 29 Friday), she's now 5-for-17 this season. Can I Say is 4-for-4 since
arriving from Mohawk, moving up the class ladder each time. The exacta paid
$89.50, the triple returned $1,176 and the superfecta paid $4,202.
The Raceway's five-night-per-week live schedule continues, 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.
