BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY,
Monday, May 13, 2019—Twelve 3-year-old olds—10 colts and two geldings—were
entered for Yonkers Raceway’s Art Rooney Pace.
The 29th
Rooney begins with a pair of $40,000 eliminations this Saturday night (May 18th),
with the first four finishers in each getting a seat at the table for the
$300,000 final Saturday night, May 25th.
The elimination go
as Saturday night’s sixth and ninth race, having drawn of such…
First elim---1-
Goldberg (Montrell Teague), 2-Air Force Hanover (Dave Miller), 3- Captain
Malicious (Mark MacDonald), 4-Buddy Hill (Brian Sears), 5-Price Hanover (Dan
Dube), 6- Melanie’s Tedy (Jordan Stratton).
Second elim—1-Just
Plain Loco,g (Miller), 2-Rollwithpapajoe,g (Joe Bongiorno), 3-Bettor’s Wish
(Dexter Dunn), 4-Lyons Johnny Jnr (Tim Tetrick), 5-Blood Money (Scot Zeron),
6-Branquinho (Tyler Buter).
The companion
event, the 15th Lismore for sophomore pacing fillies, saw 10 ladies
make their intentions known.
Two $20,000 elims
(races 3 and 5) go this Saturday, with the first quartet in each returning for
the $109,000 (est.) final May 25th.
First
elim—1-Brooklyn Lilacs (Bongiorno) 2- Privacy Hanover (Jason Bartlett),
3- Mi Nina Bonita (Brent Holland), 4-As Time Goes By (Stratton), 5-Annie Hill
(Sears).
Second
elim—1-Bestseller Hanover (Bartlett), 2- Queen of the Pride (Stratton), 3-Rock
N McRoll (Dube), 4-Blue Ivy (Sears) Rockn’ Philly (Tetrick).
Post time for the
dozen-race card is the usual 6:50 PM.
