BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY,
Thursday, August 22, 2019—Yonkers Raceway Thursday evening (Aug. 22nd)
hosted the $154,600 New York Sire Stakes Pat Quaglietta Trot for 2-year-old
fillies.
A pair $77,300
beneath-the-raindrops races comprised the event, which resulted in a perfect
pair of winners
Love a Good Story
(Andy Miller, $2.40) went the distance (:29.2, :58.3, 1:28, 1:57.2) in a
gapped-out opening division, her sixth win in as many seasonal/sire stakes
starts and matching her previous local effort.
From post position
No. 3, the final margin was 3¼ lengths.
Without a Warning
(Jason Bartlett) was the bridesmaid at every section, with Miss Jubilation (Ake
Svanstedt), Flotus (John Stark Jr.) and C Me Hyde (Phil Fluet) completing the
order after a pair of defections.
Love a Good Story
is a daughter of Chapter Seven co-owned by Pinske Stables, Kentuckiana Racing
Stable & Daniel Plouffe and trained by Julie Miller. The exacta paid $7,
with neither triple nor superfecta wagering offered.
”It was just
business as usual,” driver Miller said.
There was a
lengthy weather (heavy rain/lightning) delay prior to the second group, which
only forestalled the obvious.
The precipitation
just about stopped as track record-holder Hypnotic AM (Brian Sears, $2.40)
started
Away third from
post No. 2, the lass took over from Really Blue Chip (George Brennan) right by
the :28.4 opening quarter-mile before taking off…period.
She widened by the
:58.2 intermission, then finished off the foray (1:27.4, 1:56.3) by 3½ lengths.
Seventimesalady
(Svanstedt) was second, with No Mas Drama (Joe Bongiorno) and I’lldoitmyself
(Bartlett) rounding out the gimmick finishers.
For Hypnotic AM, a homebred Chapter Seven ma’am trained by Marcus Melander for
owner Courant Inc., she’s now 5-for-5 (three NYSS, elim and final of Jim
Doherty Memorial) to begin her career, never once going off at odds higher than
1-2. The exacta (two wagering choices) paid $3.80, the triple returned $50 and
the superfecta paid $157.50.
“She feels as good
as she looks,” Sears said.
New York Sire Stakes
returns downstate Thursday night (Aug. 29th), with the Bruce
Hamilton Pace for 3-year-old colts/geldings (purse TBA).
Total purses for
the 2019 New York-bred program are estimated at $14 million. For more
information, please visit www.nysirestakes.com.
