BY FRANK
DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Monday, March 31, 2014—Macharoundtheclock (Scott Zeron) pounced
from the pocket Monday night, winning Yonkers Raceway’s $63,000 final of the
Petticoat Pacing Series.
The series, for 3- and 4-year-old
fillies and mares, culminated with a 1-9 parimutuel entry in the form of Doo
Wee Rusty (George Brennan, post 1) and Hobe Sound (Brian Sears, post 2).
It was “Rusty” outsprinting everyone
before a :27.4 opening quarter-mile. Macharoundtheclock, leaving from post
position No. 4, found himself sequestered in the pocket, while A Sham of Amber
(Jason Bartlett) was adroitly away in third.
A soft, :31.1 second quarter (:59 half)
figured to serve the leader well as his partner, Hobe Sound, moved from fourth.
That one actually poked a head in front at the 1:28.1 three-quarters, with
Mattie Terror Girl (Andy Miller) second-over.
Doo Wee Rusty battled back to put her
nose first turning for home, but no matter…both halves of the entry were toast.
Macharoundtheclock, carried the lane, zipped inside and drew off. The final
margin was a length-and-a-half in 1:57.
Mattie Terror Girl raced very credibly
from the eight-hole to grab second, with Road Bet (Dan Dube), So Long My Love
(Jordan Stratton) and Cloris Hanover (Tyler Buter) grabbing the final pay
envelopes. Hobe Sound, a Sham of Amber and Doo Wee Rusty rounded out the order.
“The fractions played to the leader, but
at the same time, kept a lot of us in striking distance,” Zeron said. “Once she
saw the passing lane, she just took off.”
For Macharoundtheclock, a 4-year-old
homebred daughter of Mach Three owned by Birnam Wood Farms and trained by Larry
Remmen, she returned $22.40 (second choice) for her fourth win in six seasonal
starts. The exacta paid $130, with the triple returning $500.
A pair of series consolations, worth $25,000 and $12,500, respectively, were
won by It’s a Miracle (Brennan, $5.60) in a life-best 1:54.3 and Wednesday’s
Whim (Brennan again, $10) in 1:55.3
The $67,400 final of the Sagamore Hill Pacing Series, for 3- and 4-year-olds of
the male persuasion, goes Tuesday night. Note that since no one took down
Monday night’s Pick-5, Tuesday’s wager—which usually has a $10,000 guaranteed
pool----shall now offers a $25,000 guaranteed pool…complete with a $7,907.68 carryover.
The Pick-5 is a 50-cent base wager on races 5 through 9 nightly. Program pages
for Tuesday’s quintet are available at www.yonkersraceway.com.
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 daily.
