“He’s amazing. There’s no reason to think he can’t do at 11 what he did at eight or nine or 10. He’s in tough (Saturday), but they’re gonna know he’s there.”
Foiled Again is back, starting his season where he usually does – Westchester.
The 11-year-old wonder, harness racing’s richest-ever horse ($6.9 million), will begin his 2015 season this Saturday night, as he will lead 35 of the best Free-For-Allers into Yonkers Raceway for the opening round of the George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series.
Five, $50,000, seven-horse divisions have been carded as Races 4, 6, 7, 9 and 10, with Foiled Again – who won the series consecutively in 2009 and 2010 – drawing outside his six rivals in a power-packed third event.
The Dragon Again gelding, co-owned by trainer Ron Burke (as Burke Racing), Weaver Bruscemi and JJK Stables, will be making his 225th career purse start Saturday. He won six of 26 starts a season ago and more than $879,000.
This season’s debut comes after a pair of winning Meadowlands qualifiers, both with his regular driver, Yannick Gingras, doing the honours.
“I was very happy with both (qualifiers),” Gingras said. “He didn’t go that much (1:53) in the second one, but the track was dead and no one went very fast. He never changes. He knows when he can be lazy and he knows when it’s time to go to work out there.
“He’s amazing. There’s no reason to think he can’t do at 11 what he did at eight or nine or 10,” Gingras said. “He’s in tough (Saturday), but they’re gonna know he’s there.”
Those looking to stall Foiled Again’s 84th win photo includes last season’s Levy winner, P H Supercam (who is to be driven by Jason Bartlett from Post 1) and runner-up Apprentice Hanover (Jody Jamieson, PP2).
To view the fields for Friday's Levy and Matchmaker divisions, click the following link: Friday Entries - Yonkers Raceway.
(With files from Yonkers)