Looking Hanover Is Lovely In Open Trot

Invading Looking Hanover (Yannick Gingras) bottomed out his Friday night rivals, winning Yonkers Raceway's $43,000 Open Handicap Trot in track-record time

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Leaving from assigned post position No. 3, Looking Hanover did not look back. He was on a lonely lead throughout (:28.2 :57.3, 1:25.1, 1:54.2) before getting leg-weary late. No matter, as he held sway in 2:02.1 for the mile-and-one-sixteenth distance.

Looking Hanover defeated Neighsay Hanover (Jeff Gregory)--that one zigzagging his way from an eight-hole--by a length-and-a-half. Shoeless White Sox (Jim Pantaleano), tepid 2-1 choice Stand Guard (Dan Dube) and Mystical Starlight (Eric Goodell) rounded out the payees.

For Looking Hanover, a six-year-old Muscles Yankee gelding co-owned by his driver and Dawn Gannon and trained by Edwin Gannon Jr., he returned $6.80 (second choice) for his first win in five seasonal starts. The exacta paid $29.20 the triple returned $190.50 and the superfecta paid $1,020.

Yonkers Raceway offers a million-dollar purse night Saturday, highlighted by the $495,000 final of the George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series (9th race) and $301,000 final of the Blue Chip Matchmaker (6th race). These are the two richest North American harness races of the season to date.

(Yonkers Raceway)

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