BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY,
Monday, October 22, 2018—Turns out Brian Sears’ 30-1 upset with Cruzado Dela
Noche in the million-dollar Yonkers International Trot was puny parimutuel
potatoes.
Monday night (Oct.
22nd), Sears and---we kid you not—82-1 A Oliveinmymartini became
Yonkers Raceway’s largest win mutuel of the season, to the tune of $167.50 for
ever correct couple of bucks.
This was far for a
‘shortest distance between two points’ number. From post position No. 8 in the
$16,000, third-race pace, the lass missed the memo, spotting her rivals about a
half-dozen lengths at the start.
A Oliveinmymartini
did catch the field, racing fourth along the pylons before slipping out and
widest in the final turn. She defeated 11-1 Successful Outlook (Jordan
Stratton) by a half-length, with 17-1 Bullvillekarla (Dan Dube) third and 6-1
Fine Art (Brent Holland) fourth.
Making her first
start for owner Samuel Abdoo and trainer Amber Buter, the 3-year-old daughter
of Three Olives was patrolling the Ohio fair circuit before winning at Dayton
18 nights ago. The 1:55.2 in her local debut was a life-best performance and
led a $1,433 exacta, $10,899 triple (base $2 payout, $1 ticket worth $5,449.50)
and $129,551 (base $2 payout, 10-cent ticket worth $6,477.55).
A Oliveinmymartini
won for the third time in 10 seasonal starts.
Now, about that
incorrect indefinite article in her name…
