Prohibitive favourite Snobbytown (George Brennan, $3.20) held off Sandy Win (Austin Siegelman) through the lane Friday night (February 28), winning Yonkers Raceway’s $40,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.
Snobbytown, from post position No. 2, wasted no time making the lead. The people’s preference worked around polester Ba Ba Ba Banana (Matt Kakaley) before a :27.3 opening quarter-mile. It was after a :56.4 intermission when Sandy Win took out of fourth, with Kaitlyn N in tow.
Sandy Win went back inside as Ba Ba Ba Banana hit the skids, while Kaitlyn N (Jason Bartlett) — perched outside that one — inexplicably jumped it off. As that was transpiring in and out of a 1:25 three-quarters, Snobbytown owned a length-and-a-half lead into the lane.
She then held off a stubborn ‘Sandy’ by three-quarters of a length in 1:53.3. Itty Bitty (Dan Dube), Betterb Chevron N (Jordan Stratton) and ‘Banana’ settled for the small change, ahead of the imploding Kaitlyn N among the half-dozen.
For Snobbytown, a four-year-old daughter of Nob Hill High co-owned by trainer Ron Burke (as part of Burke Racing), Weaver Bruscemi, & Jason Melillo, the win was her third in six seasonal starts. The exacta paid $13, with the triple returning $65.50.
(With files from Yonkers Raceway)