BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Saturday, July 28,
2018—“Everywhere I drive people say to me, ‘This is my favorite horse.’ “
Such was Jordan Stratton’s post-race
assessment after slight choice Bit of Legend N ($7) went last-to-first Saturday
night (July 28th), winning Yonkers Raceway’s featured $44,00 Open
Handicap Pace.
Unsurprisingly away last from his
eight-hole confinement, Bit of a Legend N watched the sort of scrum he needed
develop.
Caviart Luca (George Brennan) made the
first lead, looping Americanprimetime (Greg Merton). The latter then made the
lead right at a :26.2 opening quarter-mile, then found a :55.1 intermission.
Doctor Butch (Jason Bartlett) was situated third, while Barimah A (Brent
Holland) moved first-up from fourth.
Givenupdreaming (Eric Goodell) chased from
second-over, with Robbie Burns N (Joe Bongiorno) behind that one and Bit of a
Legend N working from fourth-over. The octet tightened up in and out of a
1:23.3 three-quarters, with Robbie Burns N wide and Bit of a Legend N widest.
Americanprimetime owned a length lead into
the lane, but company was coming. Robbie Burns N disposed of Americanprimetime,
but Bit of a Legend N dispatched all of ‘em. He whipped ‘Robbie’ by a widening
length-and-a-quarter in 1:51.4. Americanprimetime held third, with a rallying
Capozzo (Mark MacDonald) and Caviart Luca settling for the minors.
For Bit of a
Legend N, a 9-year-old double-millionaire Down Under son of Bettor’s Delight
owned by Von Knoblauch Stable and trained by Peter Tritton, it was his fourth
win (45th career) in 13 seasonal starts. The exacta paid $53.50, the
triple returned $258.50 and the superfecta paid $2,254.
Sunday
afternoon’s (July 29th) first post is 12:30 PM, with four ‘French’
trots beginning the dozen-race card.
