It was Lispatty finishing what she started Friday night, winning Yonkers Raceway’s $44,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.
Taking it the distance from post position No. 5 (:27.1, :57.1, 1:25.1, season’s-best 1:53.3), Lispatty opened to three lengths for driver Mark MacDonald off the final turn, then held off late arrivals Glenferrie Blade A (Jordan Stratton) and Magic Forces (George Brennan). The former did get second, beaten a half-length, while Rockstar Angel A (Jason Bartlett) and a pocket-tiring Lovineveryminute (Dan Dube) settled for the minors.
Made Of Jewels AS (Austin Siegelman) tried it first-up and tired to last among the half-dozen.
For the favoured Lispatty, a six-year-old daughter of Mcardle owned by Gilbert Garcia-Owen and trained by Gilberto Garcia-Herrera, it was her fifth win in 11 seasonal starts. She paid $4.70 to win.
(Yonkers)