Statebred Soph Fillies in 282G NYSS Three-Year-Old Pace at Yonkers Raceway
Wednesday, 23 June 2010 06:53
YONKERS, NY, Tuesday, June 22, 2010 -- New York Sire Stakes action continued downstate Tuesday night, with Yonkers Raceway hosting the $282,812 Art Watson Pace for 3-year-old fillies.
Four divisions--at $70,703 a pop--went postward through the sporadic spritzing.Defending NYSS champ Hula's Z Tam (Pat Lachance) elected to sit pocketed to Crown Lady (George Brennan) in the third event...and that nearly cost her.
Crown Lady came under assault from a first-up Delightful Syd (Dave Miller), barely carrying the "Hula" where she needed to go.
Hula's Z Tam, outmuscled 91-1 shot Lindy's Bandit (Stephane Boichard) by a length-and-a-quarter in 1:55.3 and is now 8-for-11 lifetime. Delightful Syd held third.
For "Hula," a Bettor's Delight lass trained by Lachance for himself, Margaret Dey and Z Tam Racing, she returned $3.20 for her second win in four seasonal starts. The exacta paid $168.50, the triple returned $596 and the superfecta (Barks Like a Dog [Ray Schnittker] was fourth) paid $2,976.
The second grouping took an unexpected twist when 1-2 favorite Shaky Hanover (Jason Bartlett) broke leaving. That left Rough Sketch (Cat Manzi) in control for the duration. She defeated Chatty Kathy (Corey Braden) by a length-and-a-quarter in 1:56.3, with Freedom Crossing (Chris Long) third.
For Rough Sketch, a daughter of Art Major trained by Eddie Lohmeyer for co-owners Bob and Lauren Tucker, she returned $8.40 (second choice) for her first win in four seasonal starts. The exacta paid $43.20, with the triple returning $103.50.
Tuesday night's other NYSS winners were...
--Anndrovette (by Riverboat King); co-owner (trainer) Taylor Gower & John DiSomma/driver Pat Berry; (life-best) 1:55.1/$18.40;
--Galimony (by Artiscape); owner Stake Your Claim Stable/trainer Linda Toscao/driver Miller; 1:54.3/$4.40.
Yonkers' current live schedule (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday) remains in effect--at leasr for this week--with first post at 7:10 PM. Please note that beginning next week, Thursday becomes the new Wednesday as for as live racing is concerned, meaning June 23 is the final live Wednesday and July 1 is the return of Thursday night racing (and evening simulcasting).
Evening simulcasting accompanies all live programs, with afternoon simulcasting available around the NYRA schedule. Thursday afternoon simulcasting ends at approximately 5:30 PM.
By Frank Drucker, Publicity Director, Yonkers Raceway
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