BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY,
Friday, July 20, 2018—Pocket-sitting fave Lispatty (Joe Bongiorno, $5.50)
picked off pace-setting Caviart Cherie (Jason Bartlett) Friday night (July 20th),
winning Yonkers Raceway’s $44,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.
Alertly away from
post position No. 2, Lispatty took that early seat behind her rival as that one
threw down early intervals of :27.3 and a flat 56 seconds. Down the backside
the second time, Medusa (Dan Dube) moved first-up from fourth, offering just
token annoyance in and out of 1:23.4 three-quarters (:27.4 third quarter).
Caviart Cherie
owned a length-and-a-half lead entering the lane when Lispatty took a peek from
the pocket. She then ducked back in waiting to Medusa to back away, then edged
out and by. Lispatty whipped ‘Cherie’ by a widening
length-and-a-quarter in 1:52.
Bronze Over N
(Brent Holland), Medusa and Newborn Sassy (Jordan Stratton) came away with the
minors.
For Lipatty, a
5-year-old daughter of McArdle owned by Gilbert Garcia-Owen and trained by
Gilberto Garcia-Herrera, it was her sixth win in in 21 seasonal starts. The
exacta paid $23.60, the triple returned $120 and the superfecta paid $544.
Special Friday
props to Safe from Terror, whose second-place finish in the $29,000, 12th-race
pacing finale made her the sport’s newest milliionairess. The 6-year-old
daughter of Western Terror has earned $1,006,077 with a resume of 128 starts,
53 wins, 18 seconds and 15 third-place finishes. The mare, driven by Holland,
is owned by Big Bad DT Racing Stable and trained by Virgil Morgan Jr.
