BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY,
Saturday, October 27, 2018—It was an old-fashioned heater Saturday night (Oct.
27th), with Great Vintage (Mark MacDonald, $5.60) and I’m Some
Graduate (Pat Berry, $12.20) dividing Yonkers Raceway’s co-featured $44,000
Open Handicap Pace.
The tandem
swallowed up Mach it So (Joe Bongiorno) late in the lane, Great Vintage easing
out from the pocket and I’m Some Graduate altering course and closing inside to
match strides at the line in a ‘sloppy’ 1:52.3.
Mach it So was
third, beaten a head, with Bit of a Legend N (Jordan Stratton) a two-move
fourth and tepid 5-2 favorite Military Master A (Jason Bartlett) fifth. It was
just a length-and-a-half between the five payees.
Saturday night’s
co-featured Open Handicap Trot was won by DW’s NY Yank (Bongiorno, $9), who
pocketed past 7-10 choice Gruden (Bongiorno) by a neck in 1:57. The Last
Chapter (MacDonald) was third, with Kinetic King (Jim Marohn Jr.) and Boffin
(Stratton) settling for the minors.
A reminder that
the Raceway offers six programs next week, going Monday, Tuesday, Thursday (final
one of season), Friday and Saturday evenings (first post 6:50 PM) as well as
Sunday, Nov. 4th (post time TBA)
