BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Sunday, December 16,
2018—Yonkers Raceway put 2018 to bed Sunday afternoon (Dec. 16th)
with DW’s NY Yank (George Brennan, $13.80) winning the featured—and
‘sloppy’—$44,000 Open Handicap Trot.
The week’s marquee was at the flat mile,
one race before the seven added-distance ‘French’ events.
From post position No. 4, the eventual
winner went down the road (:28.1, :58, 1:27, 1:56.3). Along the way, another
leaver, Mostinterestingman (Austin Siegelman) jumped it off, outside assigned
NF Happenstance (Jack Parker Jr.) was wide early and out the mile and 6-5
favorite Smalltownthrowdown (Dan Dube) left the cones and retreated soon
thereafter.
Down the backside, Weslynn Dancer (Matt
Kakaley) made a looming move, but couldn’t sustain it, She did, however, photo
a pocketed Andy Ray (Jason Bartlett) for second as DW’s NY Yank finished it off
by a length-and-a-half.
NF Happenstance and Royal Bachelor (Jim
Marohn Jr.) picked off the remainder.
For fourth
choice DW’s NY Yank, a 9-year-old Dilbert Hanover gelding co-owned (as Burke
Racing) by (trainer) Ron Burke and Weaver Bruscemi, it was his seventh win in
26 seasonal starts. The exacta paid $97.50, the triple returned $281 and the superfecta
paid $1,192
Sunday’s
final foray incarnation of the ‘New York, New York Double’ featured a winning
combination of 1-Hattie L (Aqueduct’s 1st race) and 3-Dynamic Edge
(Yonkers’ 4th race), returning $41.25 for every correct $1 ticket.
Total pool was $4,058.
The Raceway’s
2019 season is set to begin Monday night, Jan. 7th, pending approval
of the New York State Gaming Commission. There are no Sunday matinees
scheduled. During the hiatus, afternoon simulcasting is available more often
than not. Please visit www.empirecitycasino.com
for a current schedule.
