Yogi Sheridan swooped to the lead and rolled while Bob Krivelin annihilated his competition to win their respective $20,143 divisions of the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trot at Yonkers Raceway on Thursday, April 3.
Sheridan delivered 6-5 favourite Fanatic in the first division with a 1:59.2 win. While All Rise (driven by Tony Beltrami) recovered from a break at the start to battle Big Limo (Peter Kleinhans) for the lead, Sheridan sat fourth with Fanatic through a :28.2 first quarter and waited for the battle to cool. All Rise strode to a :58.2 half, at which point Sheridan sent his charge off the pegs and pushed forward to snag the lead moving for three-quarters in 1:29. Fanatic maintained his speed through the remainder and coasted over the line a 3-1/4-length winner with Lionhead (John Calabrese) tracking his cover to finish second. Swiss House Onfire (Robert Krivelin) rallied for third and Big Limo settled for fourth.
Megan Scran trains Fanatic, a nine-year-old gelding by Cantab Hall, for owner Greg Luther Racing LLC. He paid $4.40 to win.
Krivelin took the lead with Velociraptor in the second division and never looked back to post a 1:59.3 romp in the second NAADA division. Leaving from the pylon post, Krivelin fired forward to seat Peters Royalty (Peter Kleinhans) and kept plugging. Through a clip of :29.1, :59.3 and 1:29.1, Velociraptor opened his lead and stayed strong to the line, finishing 7-1/4 lengths better than Hobbs (Victoria Stratton) grabbing second from Peters Royalty. Zlatan (Joe Faraldo) finished fourth.
Cote Keim trains Velociraptor, a five-year-old gelding by Father Patrick, and co-owns with Hero Stables. He paid $3.30 to win.
NAADA action shifts to Monticello Raceway next Wednesday (April 9) for the fourth leg of the club’s Spring Fling Series. First-race post time at Monticello is 12:10 p.m. (EDT).
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