BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Monday, October 16, 2017—Yonkers
Raceway’s Monday night (Oct. 16th) program saw any number of usual
Saturday races ‘carried over’ in deference to the $3.3 million all-stakes card
of this past weekend.
Odds-on Always at My place (George
Brennan, $3.60) barely lasted, winning the $50,000 Open Handicap Pace. From
post position No. 6, he held sway (:27.1,
56.2, 1:23.3, 1:52.2), a desperate nose in front of pocketed Thisjetsabookin’
(Jason Bartlett), with Techtor Hanover (Scott Zeron) arriving late in that
photo.
Theartofconfusion
A (Eric Goodell) and Gratian Hanover (Joe Bongiorno) settled for the
remainder.
For repeating ‘Always,’ a 6-year-old
Always a Virgin gelding co-owned (as Burke Racing) by (trainer) Ron Burke,
Weaver Bruscemi, Larry Karr and Phil Collura, it was his ninth win in 23
seasonal starts (career 36-for-100). The exacta paid $23, with the triple
returning $138.50.
