Sears collects 10,000th win at Yonkers
August 26, 2018,by Frank Drucker, Publicity Director, Empire City at Yonkers Raceway
Yonkers, NY — Brian Sears won the 10,000th race of his more-than-distinguished career Sunday afternoon (Aug. 26), reaching the milestone at his second home, Yonkers Raceway.
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Brian Sears collected his 10,000th career driving victory on Sunday afternoon at Yonkers Raceway.
Sears, as good a big-money driver as the sport has ever seen, found the plateau with death-and-taxes Chasin’ Dreams ($2.30) in the $16,000, ninth race trot. The 3-year-old Credit Winner gelding quarter-moved to the lead, then defeated Striking Encore (Jason Bartlett) by a pair of lengths in 1:57.1.
After the achievement, as required by state and federal law, Sears was presented with the obligatory congratulatory sign.
He began the afternoon getting win 9,999 with favored Top Flight Angel ($5.40)—the 2017 Yonkers Trot winner—in the $44,000 Open Handicap Trot (1:54.3).
The 50-year-old Sears, a native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. has career purse earnings in excess of $186 million.
- Top Flight Angel gives Sears win 9,999 at Yonkers (Sunday, August 26, 2018)
A from last favored Top Flight Angel (Brian Sears, $5.40) did it with gusto Sunday afternoon (Aug. 26), winning Yonkers Raceway’s featured $44,000 Open Handicap Trot. The weekly trotting feature went as the flat-mile opener, right before the four added-distance ‘French’ races.
- After 10,000 career wins, Sears reflects (Wednesday, August 29, 2018)
It began innocently enough, back in 1984, with Alicia Blue Chip at Vernon Downs. The lass, same as the driver, won just that lone race that season, but while Alicia Blue Chip would go on to win just 22 more races during her career, her driver would notch another 10,000 — and counting — during his.