The red-hot invader Print It has been installed as Saturday night's 8-5 early choice for Yonkers Raceway's $60,000 Dominic Frinzi Invitational Pace
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Post time for the 13-race card is 6:50 p.m., with the Frinzi Invitational going as the fifth race.
Print It, making his seasonal debut, drew post position No. 5 and was the triple-listed Jason Bartlett's choice.
The seven-year-old The Panderosa gelding ended '08 with four consecutive (Dover) wins and six victories in his last eight starts. For the season, he went 10-for-26 ($156,460) with a life-best 1:50 effort at Chester in early May.
They gave fans 20-1 on Print It that afternoon, a far cry from his parimutuel probabilities Saturday night. Josh Green trains for former Minnesota Twins' manager Jay (Tom) Kelly.
Johnny Walker (Greg Merton, post 3) has been a solid local Open Handicap performer, winning in 1:52.2 at Yonkers early last month. The seven-year-old Keystone Raider gelding, with eight wins and more than $103,000 a season ago, is trained by Matt Medeiros for co-owners Gary and Beverly Paganelli.
J P Jackpot (Stephane Bouchard, post 2) ended '08 having hit the board in eight of his last nine tries, while Nobles Grand Slam (Greg Grismore, post 6) concluded his 10-win season with a solid victory at Freehold in a Preferred Handicap event. Grismore won the 2007 Frinzi Invitational with Maltese Artist.
The field for Saturday night's Dominic Frinzi Invitational Pace, with drivers and morning-line odds is listed below.
1, Lis Deo (Brent Holland, 10-1)
2, J P Jackpot(Stephane Bouchard, 5-1)
3, Johnny Walker (Greg Merton, 4-1)
4, Rare Jewel (Ryan Anderson, 8-1)
5, Print It (Jason Bartlett, 8-5)
6, Nobles Grand Slam (Greg Grismore, 6-1)
7, Up Front Peyton (Jordan Stratton, 12-1)
8, Arts Ragin Jet (Jeff Gregory, 10-1)
Dominic H. Frinzi Jr, passed away last January at the age of 86 at his Milwaukee home after a lengthy illness. A member of the Harness Racing Hall of Fame as well as long-serving president of Harness Horsemen International, Mr. Frinzi was one of the sport's most vociferous advocates.
(Yonkers)