by Frank Drucker, Publicity Director, Empire City at Yonkers Raceway

Yonkers, NY — It’s a Homicidal Hat Trick.

Chris Brokate photo

Homicide Hunter collects his sixth win of the season at Yonkers on Sunday.

Homicide Hunter was then out and moving, setting his sights upon the leader. He dove into a rest stop past the 1:55.1 milepost when Smalltownthrowdown backed away. Homicide Hunter then became the hunted in the final turn, finding himself with a three-length lead after Hemi Seelster made a wild break and a hard right turn, back down into the paddock before completing his appointed rounds.

Homicide Hunter won it easily, defeating Dewycolorintheline (Dan Dube) by 4-1/4 lengths in 2:26 for the 1-1/4 mile distance. Last week’s upsetter, Taco Tuesday (Steve Smith), was third, with Sumatra (Eric Goodell) and Theraputic (George Brennan) picking up the remainder..

For Homicide Hunter, a 5-year-old Mr. Cantab gelding owned by Crawford Farms Racing and trained by Chris Oakes, it was his sixth win in nine seasonal starts. The exacta paid $51, the triple returned $389.50 and the superfecta paid $2,118.

Sunday’s installment of the ‘New York, New York Double’ offered a winning combination of 2-Kelsocait (Saratoga’s third race) and 11-Awsome Valley (Yonkers’ fifth race) paid $44 for every correct $1 wager. Total pool was $5,623.

Note the Raceway’s post time next Sunday (Aug. 20) is 12:30 p.m.