BY FRANK
DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY,
Monday, March 4, 2019—Four weeks to the night of Yonkers Raceway’s first
million-dollar night of 2019, the Raceway sashayed over seven figures once
again. Monday night’s (March 4th) dozen-race card saw total wagering of $1,001,439.
Catch an Ace
(Jason Bartlett, $2.90) tagged Pelican Blue Chip (Dan Dube) in 1:55.2, the
fastest of four, $20,000 divisions in the opening round of the Petticoat Pacing
Series for 3- and 4-year-old young ladies. The winner, a 4-year-old daughter of
Bettor’s Delight, is now 4-for-6 this season and 13-for-23 in her career.
The boys take
their turn Tuesday night (March 5th), with four, $20,000 events of
their own in the beginning of the Sagamore Hill Pacing Series.
A season-debuting
Queenace Blue Chip (Mark MacDonald) closed from seventh off the final turn,
winning the $13,000, fifth-race pace (1:57.3) at a tidy 60-1. The $123.50
mutuel led exotics of $639 (exacta), $3,549 (triple) and $5,562 (superfecta).
