Odds-on Bit Of A Legend N won the scrum for the lead and eventually the ‘moist’ race Saturday night, annexing Yonkers Raceway’s $40,000 Open Pace.
With half the field leaving the gate, it was Bit Of A Legend N—from post position No. 4--making the lead for driver Jordan Stratton around Orillia Joe (Brent Holland) before a :27.3 opening quarter-mile.
Scott Rocks (Eric Goodell) left outside Bit Of A Legend N and settled for a three-hole, while Dr J Hanover (Dan Dube) left outside of everyone and broke.
Bit Of A Legend N found a :57.2 intermission, then threw down a :27.2 third quarter (1:24.4) to fend off the second move of Scott Rocks. The people’s preference had a couple of lengths into the lane, then disposed of ‘Joe’ by three-quarters of a length in 1:53.1.
Blood Brother (Jason Bartlett), Scott Rocks and a flat-from-second-over The Real One (Pat Lachance) rounded out the payees.
For Bit Of A Legend N, an eight-year-old Down Under son of Bettors Delight owned by Harry von Knoblauch Stable and trained by Peter Tritton, it was his eighth win in 27 seasonal starts. He paid $3.60 to win.
Reminder that first post for Sunday’s matinee goes at 11:45 a.m.
(Yonkers)