BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY, Saturday, September 28,
2019—American History (Joe Bongiorno, $2.30) matched Yonkers Raceway’s all-age
track record Saturday night (Sept. 28th), dusting an age-restricted
handicap field in 1:49.3.
Assigned outside his five rivals in the
$35,000, fifth-race pace, American History floated into a four-hole as Turbo
Hill (Eric Goodell) laid down a flat 27-second opening quarter mile and :55.1
intermission.
American History then went after the
leader, the tandem throwing it down in a :26.4 third quarter (1:22). He then
put away Turbo Hill shortly thereafter, taking a length lead into the lane.
After some driver encouragement, American History widened, whipping 36-1
outsider Ideal Flip (Brent Holland) by three lengths.
Turbo Hill and Tiger Baron (George
Brennan) rounded out the gimmick finishers.
Fresh off his win in Harrington’s Quillen
Memorial—in an identical 1:49.3—American History won his fourth race in 15
seasonal starts. The 4-year-old son of American Ideal is co-owned by (breeder)
Brittany Farms, Marvin Katz & American History Racing and trained by Tony
Alagna.
“He’s scary fast,” Bongiorno said. “He
probably went a :26.1 third quarter and I never had to pull the plugs. There’s
no telling just how much he can go in his next start at Lexington.”
The exacta paid $41, the triple returned
$249 and the superfecta paid $523.
Saturday’s effort equaled
Theartofconfusion A’s (Austin Siegelman) track record from four weeks ago. It
also set a new record for American History’s weight class, displacing himself
(1:50) from five weeks ago.
Saturday night’s pair of $42,000 Open
Handicaps were won by…
--Pace, None Bettor A (Jason Bartlett, $3)
in 1:50.4,
--Trot, Rich and Miserable (Tyler Buter,
$7.30) in 1:53.4.
Rich and Miserable set a track record for
4-year-old geldings, eclipsing Lord Cromwell (1:54.1), taken last October.
