BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY,
Tuesday, December 17, 2019—Yonkers Raceway concluded its 2019 calendar Tuesday
night (Dec. 17th) with a season-long dead-heat.
George Brennan won
four of the closing-night’s 11 races—all with wagering favorites—and in doing
so caught the idle Jason Bartlett with 427 local wins.
Historians were
trying to determine if there had been a leading-driver deadlock previously, but
couldn’t swear either way to that oddity.
As for Brennan, he
won Tuesday’s $17,000, second-race trot with DW’s NY Yank ($2.70) in 1:58.4,
Showmeyourguns ($2.90) in the $14,500, seventh-race trot (1:58.3), Jet Rock
($4.50) in the $12,500, ninth-race pace (1:55.1) and Westchester-debuting
Ginger Tree Marty ($3.70) in the $15.750, 10th-race pace (1:55.2).
Brennan’s chance
to have the big chair all to himself was thwarted when Lord of Misrule was a
never-threatening fourth in the $17,000 pacing finale.
Yonkers’ final
2019 leaderboard story shall be sent in the coming days.
The Raceway’s 2020 season is scheduled to begin
Monday night, Jan. 6th, pending approval of the New York State
Gaming Commission.
