BY FRANK
DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Wednesday, November 27, 2013–It was John Gallo taking home the big
prize in Tuesday night’s second round of the free, on-line handicapping
contest, sponsored by Yonkers Raceway and the Standardbred Owners Association
of New York.
Gallo earned $615 from his mythical $20 win bet on eight races. He defeated 905
other participants, including Philip Brunori ($600), James Dam ($568), Brenda
Hogan ($558) and Dan DeSilva ($529).
The
contest continues the next three Tuesdays (Dec. 3, 10
and 17). The final round is set for Sat., Dec. 21, Yonkers' final racing
program of the season. It is coordinated through Trackmaster (www.trackmaster.com/contest),
and shall be run through that site, including free past performances pages for
the designated contest dates.
For each of the prelim rounds, it's $500 for first place, $250 for
second place, $200 for third, $150 for fourth and $100 for fifth. The
first ten finishers in each round qualify for the final (a three-way deadlock
for 10th this week, so there were 12 qualifiers), but each
handicapper may only qualify once.
As for the final, $2,500 to the winner, $1,000 for the runner-up and $500 for
third place. The $10,000 total prize pool is a partnership between Yonkers
Raceway and the SOA of New York. More than 1,200 handicappers have signed up
thus far.
