BY FRANK
DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Saturday, November 2, 2013--Charisma Hanover (Yannick Gingras)
romped to a stakes
record
Saturday night, winning Yonkers Raceway's $178,684 final of the Lady Maud pace
for 3-year-old fillies with the greatest of ease.
A week removed from her 1:51.4 divisional track record in an elimination romp,
"Charisma" was sent postward with the hopes and dreams of those who
took 45-cents-on-the-dollar.
Even though her escort said "she's not at her best on the front,"
Gingras took matters into his own hands early. As the only leaver--from post
position No. 4--Charisma Hanover worked around 58-1 pole-sitter Certified Ideal
(Jim Pantaleano) well before a :27.3 opening quarter-mile.
After a :56.2 intermission, Scandalous Hanover (Dave Miller)--last week's other
elim winner and the lone $15,000 supplemental entrant--tried it first-up from
fifth. That one couldn't get close to "Charisma," who found a 1:24
three-quarters. The people's preference owned a length-and-three-quarter lead
into the lane, then widened.
The final margin was 3½ lengths in 1:52...a tick slower than her effort of a
week ago, but a tick faster than Bettor B Lucky's Maud win from a season ago.
Certified Ideal managed to hold second from a very loose pocket, with
Scandalous Hanover, Handsoffmycupcake (Dan Dube) and Antigua Hanover (Jason
Bartlett) rounding out the payees.
Live Entertainment (Brian Sears), Jerseylicious (Corey Callahan) and Parleee
Beach (Tim Tetrick), entrymate
of
Scandalous Hanover, completed the order.
For "Charisma," a daughter of Dragon Again co-owned (as Burke Racing)
by trainer Ron Burke and Weaver
Bruscemi,
she returned $2.90 for her 11th win in 17 '13 tries. The exacta paid $51.50,
with the triple returning $96.50.
Gingras won this race for a second time, seven seasons after the
double-millionairess Darlin's Delight.
“When I saw the half in ‘56 and 2’, I felt pretty good from there,” Gingras
said. “I thought it was her race to lose and drove her that way. Even though
she went so fast last week, I never had to pull the plugs and I knew I'd have a
lot for the final."
