BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY,
Monday, March 11, 2019—He’s called a pair of historic thoroughbred champions
and countless Breeders’ Cups, but the career of Larry Collmus was officially
made Monday night (March 11th).
That’s because the
popular voice of the New York Racing Association and the Triple Crown stopped
by Yonkers Raceway to see how the other half lives.
Collmus, a friend
of Yonkers’ track announcer John Hernan, visited the booth and, by his own
admission, “called my first harness race in about five years.”
We can’t swear Miss You N’s handy,
third-race romp as an odds-on favorite is going to make anyone forget either
American Pharoah or Justify, but Collmus handled the pacers with expected
aplomb (see accompanying link here…https://youtu.be/k2otMtFmE2s).
“It was a lot of fun,” Collmus said after
he watched a subsequent race inside the starting car. “I’ve been a fan of
harness racing from my time in California and I really enjoy it.”
Monday night’s dozen-race handle was $1,016,636, Yonkers’ second consecutive
million-dollar Monday and third seven-figure session of the season.
