Favourite Feelin Red Hot (George Brennan, $4.10) gave nothing else a shot—again—Friday night (July 26), easily winning Yonkers Raceway’s $46,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.
It was not much more than a summer rerun, with Feelin Red Hot hurdling over her half-dozen inside foes to make the lead in the first turn. From there, it was stealing money (:27.2, :55.4, 1:23, 1:51.2, a tick better than what was last week’s season-best effort).
Eclipse Me N (Dan Dube) offered a weak, first-up bid from fourth. Feelin Red Hot opened 3-1/2 lengths off the final turn, belying the final margin of a couple of lengths.
Annabeth (Austin Siegelman) saved second as the 43-1 polester, with Twinkle (Brent Holland), a drifting Mach It A Par (Jason Bartlett) and Eclipse Me N rounding out the payees.
For Feelin Red Hot, a six-year-old daughter of Feelin Friskie co-owned (as Burke Racing) by trainer Ron Burke and Weaver Bruscemi, the win was her ninth in 23 seasonal starts. The exacta paid $73, the triple returned $327 and the superfecta paid $1,198.
(Yonkers Raceway)