BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Tuesday, August 20,
2019—Sometimes, we realize communication ain’t all it’s cracked up to be.
That’s our story and we’re sticking with
it.
When the list of Yonkers Trot entrants was
sent out Monday (Aug. 19th), it numbered seven.
Well, make it eight.
A bad game of telephone omitted one…a
Hambletonian-winning one.
Forbidden Trade was indeed put in the box
Monday for the 65th Trot, and for that omission in print, it’s a mea
culpa.
“It wasn’t in our original plan, but plans
change,” trainer Luc Blais said. “We let him tell us what to do and he’s been
training so well.”
Forbidden Trade, a son of Kadabra, was
among the list of Yonkers Trot eligibles, supplemented after his 2-year-old
season. He has won six of his nine starts at 3 ($671,484), the latest an
Ontario Sire Stakes Gold event at Mohawk. The colt, has who made two
half-mile-track OSS starts in his career, is owned by Serge Godin’s Determination
and driven by Bob McClure.
Even with the ‘addition’ of Forbidden
Trade, the limited number of entrants makes this season’s race a
one-dash-for-the-(half-million-dollar)-cash event, set for Saturday night, Aug.
31st.
The new-and-improved alphabetical list of
Yonkers Trot entrants, with declared drivers, are…
Forbidden Trade (Bob McClure)
Gimpanzee (Brian Sears)
HL Revadon (g) (Jim Marohn Jr.)
Livinonthedash (Marcus Miller)
No Drama Please (Tim Tetrick)
Osterc (Dexter Dunn)
Sheena’s Boy (g) (Dunn also listed)
Soul Strong (g) (Dunn also listed)
(g) – gelding
