BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY,
Sunday, November 19, 2017—Odds-on Charmed Life (Yannick Gingras, $3.50) slapped
the boys silly again Sunday afternoon (Nov. 19th), winning Yonkers
Raceway’s windy $40,000 Open Trot.
With ‘only’ a
seven-horse field, the weekly trotting feature went at the flat mile, the
late-morning opener
First-up a week
ago, Charmed Life was in play early here. From post position No. 5, she found
front well before a :27.2 opening quarter-mile. Lookslikeachpndale (Dan Dube),
who left directly outside of the lass, was hard-used just to cram into the
pocket.
Once Charmed Life
made the lead, there wasn’t a whole lot of suspense. She finished off her
pre-noon rounds (:58.2, 1:27.3, 1:56.3), with only minimal outside grief from
Home’n Dry (Jason Bartlett). That one moved from fifth and challenged to
the final turn before backing away.
The margin was a
couple of lengths in and out of the final turn and three-quarters of a length
at the wire.
‘Chpndale’ easily
saved second, while DW’s NY Yank (George Brennan) Buen Camino (Brian Sears) and
Tight Lines (Jeff Gregory) were relegated to the minors.
For Charmed
Life, a 7-year-old millionairess daughter of Majestic Son co-owned (as Allard
Racing) by (trainer) Rene Allard, Yves Sarazin and VIP Internet Stable, it was
her eighth win in 23 seasonal starts. The exacta paid $17, with the triple
returning $81.50.
The scheduled
‘New York, New York Double’ was cancelled after Aqueduct scrapped its card.
Sunday
matinees, along with the weather-permitting ‘New York, New York Double,’ return
Nov. 26th (post time TBA).
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