BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY,
Friday, April 27, 2018—Mach it a Par (Jason Bartlett, $7.60), after paying her
way through the just-concluded Blue Chip Matchmaker, rallied from off the pace
Friday night (Apr. 27th). winning Yonkers Raceway’s $30,000 Filly
and Mare Preferred Handicap Pace.
At the outset, it
was Caviart Cherie easily clearing her seven inside rivals. Last week’s winner
then gave it up to Ellie’sjet N (Jordan Stratton) before a ‘good’ :26.4 opening
quarter-mile.
Mach it a Par,
meanwhile, left for a seat from post position No. 7. She found one fifth,
winding up second-over behind tepid 5-2 choice Lovineveryminute (Brian Sears).
Both were out moving prior to a :55.3 intermission, though the first-up number
wasn’t making many inroads. That forced Mach it a Par wide right at the 1:23.4
three-quarters.
Ellie’sjetN owned
a length-and-a-half lead in and out of the final turn, but her pursuer was
about to pay her a visit. Mach it a Par wore down the leader, edging past by
three-quarters of length in a season’s-best 1:52.4.
Gina Grace N
(Larry Stalbaum), Lovineveryminute and Caviart Cherie settled for the minors.
For second choice
Mach it a Par, an 8-year-old daughter of Mach Three co-owned by D’Elegance
Stable IX, Carmen Iannacone, T L P & Gandolfo Stables Joe P Racing and
trained by Richard Banca, it was her third win in a dozen seasonal starts. The
exacta paid $27.60, with the triple returning $108.50.
The winner is now
over $800,000 in career earnings after her 40th victory
Earlier in the
evening, there was a ‘Cherie’ union meeting in the paddock, where Caviart
Cherie was introduced to Cherie Czerniowski, Empire
City’s Assistant Director of VGM Operations. The two ladies seemed to get
along, with photographic evidence to prove it,
