Yonkers Raceway Friday night hosted a quartet of $30,000 finals for New York-Bred Late Closers. The freshmen were on display in both sexes and gaits
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Dan Daley trained two of the winners, doing the honours himself with the former.
Daley and Miss Conway teamed to win the Speedy Crown Trot for fillies, sitting a loose pocket trip before prevailing in 2:03.3.
Thergosmyvacation (Joe Moeykens) closed to grab second, beaten three-quarters-of-a-length, with pace-setting Dream State (Jason Bartlett) holding the bottom of the ticket.
For Miss Conway, a daughter of Conway Hall now three-for-10 this season, she was a popular ($3.40) victress for co-owners bob Brooks, Ann-Mari Daley and Richard Lombardo. The exacta paid $12.40, with the triple returning $80.
The 'Daley' Double saw Stephane Bouchard and Aruba Vacation easily win the Conway Hall Trot for colts and geldings. The Dream Vacation gelding--with three wins in 11 seasonal starts--defeated Hes So Savvy (Jeff Gregory) by a measured length-and-a-quarter in a life-best 2:02.2. Blueridge Bob Cat (Jordan Stratton) was third.
For Aruba Vacation, co-owned by Ann-Mari Daley, Richard Lombardo and Howard Stables, he returned $2.60 as part of the odds-on entry. The exacta paid $7.80, with the triple returning $24.60.
Friday night's other Late Closer events were named after and won by:
Friday night's pair of $40,000 Open Handicaps, for trotters and distaff pacers, were won by Napoleon (Bartlett, $9.50) in 1:57.2 and Sentbytheangels (Ryan Anderson, $5.50) in 1:54.3.
(Yonkers Raceway)