BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY,
Monday, April 23, 2018—After three preliminary rounds and sufficient whittling,
the field is set for Tuesday night’s (Apr. 24th) $85,000 final of
the Bonus Trotting Series.
The event,
co-sponsored by Yonkers Raceway and the Standardbred Owners Association of the
New York, goes as the ninth of 11 races. Post time is the usual 6:50 PM.
Seasoned Saint
(Jim Marohn Jr., post 2) was the only perfect participant, winning all three of
his series starts.
The 5-year-old
Dewycheatumnhowe gelding, co-owned by (trainer) Rene Allard, Bruce Soulsby and
Alan Weisenberg, has won six of his 10 seasonal starts and half of his 32
career efforts.
Allard also
co-owns (with Blue Chip Bloodstock and John Lengacher) and trains the lone
lass, Romancing Rachel (Mark MacDonald, post 3).
The 4-year-old
daughter of Muscle Hill won her first two starts before a tiring pocket third
in the final leg. ‘Rachel’ has hit the board in nine of her 11 ’18
tries.
Due to overlapping
ownership, Optimist Blue Chip (Andy Miller, post 4) completes this
three-pronged posse. The 4-year-old Dewycheatumnhowe gelding, owned by Blue Chip
Bloodstock and trained by Julie Miller, has gone 1-2-3 in his series starts.
Bluebird Jesse
(George Brennan, post 1) was another prelim ‘two-timer,’ the wins sandwiching a
race mired by incessant road trouble.
The 4-year-old
Jailhouse Jesse gelding is trained by Scott DiDomenico co for-owners Brian
Carsey, John McGill and Adam Friedland.
Ei Ei O (Scott
Zeron, post 8) also won twice before being victimized by an interference break
a week ago. The 4-year-old son of pacing stallion Cam’s Rocket is owned and
trained by Arlene Cameron.
Aces and Eights
(Ray Schnittker, post 5), Icanflylikeanangel (Jeff Gregory, post 6) and Tyson
(Yannick Gingras, post 7) each had a win in the series, the first two of this
set at 14-1 odds.
The ‘bonus’
portion of the series title is an additional $10,000 SOA payday to the winner,
provided the owner(s), trainer and driver(s) of the horse throughout the series
were association members before the first draw of the series.
A $35,000 series
consolation goes as the fourth race.
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