BY
FRANK DRUCKER, Publicity Director, Empire City @ Yonkers Raceway
YONKERS, NY,
Friday, February 28, 2020—Prohibitive favorite Snobbytown (George Brennan,
$3.20) held off Sandy Win (Austin Siegelman) through the lane Friday night
(Feb. 28th), winning Yonkers Raceway’s $40,000 Filly and Mare Open
Handicap Pace.
Snobbytown, from
post position No. 2, wasted no time making the lead. The people’s preference
worked around polester Ba Ba Ba Banana (Matt Kakaley) before a :27.3 opening
quarter-mile. It was after a :56.4 intermission when Sandy Win took out of
fourth, with Kaitlyn N in tow.
Sandy Win went
back inside as Ba Ba Ba Banana hit the skids, while Kaitlyn N (Jason
Bartlett)—perched outside that one—inexplicably jumped it off. As that was
transpiring in and out of a 1:25 three-quarters, Snobbytown owned a
length-and-a-half lead into the lane.
She then held off
a stubborn ‘Sandy’ by three-quarters of a length in 1:53.3. Itty Bitty (Dan
Dube), Betterb Chevron N (Jordan Stratton) and ‘Banana’ settled for the small
change, ahead of the imploding Kaitlyn N among the half-dozen.
For Snobbytown, a
4-year-old daughter of Non Hill High co-owned (as Burke Racing) by (trainer)
Ron Burke, Weaver Bruscemi, & Jason Melillo, it was her third win in six
seasonal starts. The exacta paid $13, with the triple returning $65.50.
