Yonkers Raceway’s Thursday night program was sponsored by the letter ‘S’.
‘S,’ as in Stratton, as in driver Jordan Stratton.
‘S,’ as in Siegelman, as in trainer Robbie Siegelman.
‘S’ as in Southern Pursuit N who was a 62-1 ($126.50) upsetter in a break-filled $15,000 conditioned event for pacers. He was driven to victory by Stratton and trained by Siegelman. The pacer scored in a career-best clocking of 1:55.1
‘S’ also, as in Sears, as in season-debuting Brian Sears. The Hall of Famer-in-waiting made his first appearance since late last season after laser eye surgery. Sears went 1-for-8 Thursday night, lasting on the lead with odds-on One Through Ten ($3.60) in the $25,000, 10th-race pace (1:53.2).
Sears has seven drives Friday (Apr. 14th) and six Saturday (Apr. 15th).
The Friday/Saturday cards feature the fifth and final preliminary rounds of both the Blue Chip Matchmaker (two $40,000 divisions) and George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series (three $50,000 divisions).
(With files from Yonkers)