FRANK
DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Saturday, November 18,
2017—Odds-on Bit of a Legend N (Jordan Stratton, $3.60) won the scrum for the
lead and eventually the ‘moist’ race Saturday night (Nov. 18th),
annexing Yonkers Raceway’s $40,000 Open Pace.
With half the field leaving the gate, it
was Bit of a Legend N—from post position No. 4--making the lead around Orillia
Joe (Brent Holland) before a :27.3 opening quarter-mile.
Scott Rocks (Eric Goodell) left outside
Bit of a Legend N and settled for a three-hole, while Dr. J Hanover (Dan Dube)
left outside of everyone and broke.
Bit of a Legend N found a :57.2
intermission, then threw down a :27.2 third quarter (1:24.4) to fend off the
second move of Scott Rocks. The people’s preference had a couple of lengths
into the lane, then disposed of ‘Joe’ by three-quarters of a length in 1:53.1.
Blood Brother (Jason Bartlett), Scott
Rocks and a flat-from-second-over The Real One (Pat Lachance) rounded out the
payees.
For Bit of
Legend N, an 8-year-old Down Under son of Bettor’s Delight owned by Harry von
Knoblauch Stable and trained by Peter Tritton, it was his eighth win in 27
seasonal starts. The exacta paid $32.60, with the triple returning $263.50.
Reminder that
first post for Sunday’s (Nov. 19th) matinee goes at 11:45 AM.
