Favourite Set Me Up (George Brennan, $5.10) delivered on her public pact Friday night, winning Yonkers Raceway’s featured $48,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace. The win was one of six on the 12-race program for Brennan.
With the assemblage pared down to six (two ladies came up ill), Set Me Up’s original seven-hole became a cozier five-hole. She then worked around Her Own Land (Eric Carlson), laying down early intervals of :27.1 and :56.4.
Jonsie Jones (Tyler Buter), the other beneficiary of those inside defections, left and was wrangled back fourth. She them moved to engage the leader toward the 1:24.4 three-quarters, but the soft (:57.3) middle half would give the leader too much of an advantage.
Set Me Up owned a length lead into the lane, then widened to two and a half lengths in 1:52.4. Jonsie Jones held second, while Her Own Land, Know It All (Eric Abbatiello) and Handsoffmycupcake (Jeff Gregory) came away with the remainder. Victoria May N (Steve Smith) was outrun.
For Set Me Up, a six-year-old daughter of Shark Gesture co-owned by trainer Ron Burke (as Burke Racing) and Weaver Bruscemi, the win was her sixth in 20 seasonal starts. The exacta (two wagering choices) paid $12, with the triple returning $62.
The Raceway’s live season continues Saturday night (first post 7:10 p.m.), with a pair of $20,000 eliminations for the $189,240 Hudson Filly Trot (three-year-olds).
(With files from Yonkers Raceway)