BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY,
Tuesday, January 28, 2020—Birch Island Betty (Jim Marohn Jr., $136) and her
67-1 self charged from next-to-last Tuesday night (Jan. 28th),
winning Yonkers Raceway’s $18,000, 10th-race pace in rather
surprising fashion.
From post position
No. 7, ‘Betty’ closed widest and fastest, nipping 11-10 favorite Betcha Baby
(Brent Holland) by a neck in 1:55. Sezana N (Eric Goodell) was third, with Take
Abit of Life (Matt Kakaley) fourth.
For seventh choice Birch Island Betty, a 5-year-old daughter
of Big Jim co-owned (as Allard Racing) by (trainer) Rene Allard and Carmen
Carson, it was her first win a pair of seasonal starts. The exacta paid $471,
with the triple returning $2,135 and the superfecta paid $13,106 (base $2
payout). The $2 multi-race payouts ending with Birch Island Betty were $6,035
(Pick 3) and $10,200 (Pick 4), respectively.
Earlier in the
evening, the Pick 5 wager easily surpassed its $15,000 guaranteed pool when
$19,503 was added to a carryover in excess of $4,400.
The winning
combination of 4/1/6/2/3 returned $1,810 for each correct half-a-buck wager,
which concluded a race before ‘Betty’ threw down her gauntlet.
Total handle for the dozen-race card was a season-high
$918,830.
