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

Yonkers, NY — Favorites Bit Of A Legend N (Jordan Stratton, $4) and Luminosity (George Brennan, $4.20) were the names above the moist Saturday night (Oct. 8) marquee, winning Yonkers Raceway’s $45,000 co-featured Open Handicaps.

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Bit Of A Legend N collected his 11th win of the year in the featured pacing contest at Yonkers Raceway on Saturday.

Both did so in down-the-road fashion. Bit Of A Legend N, from post position six in the weekly pacing feature, held off Mach it So (Jason Bartlett) in a two-speed number (:27.2, :56.3, 1:25, 1:52.2). The margin was a neck, with Feel the Need A (Eric Goodell) was a best-of-the-rest third. Melmerby Beach (Dan Dube) and a North American-debuting Ricimer A (Steve Smith) rounded out the payees.

For Bit Of A Legend N, a 7-year-old Down Under son of Bettor’s Delight owned by Harry von Knoblauch and trained by Peter Tritton, it was his 11th win in 23 seasonal starts. The exacta (two wagering choices) paid $11, with the triple returning $32.60.

The adult-table trot saw pole-sitting Luminosity go the distance (:27.4, :56.4, 1:25.4, 1:55.1), defeating a pocketed Cash Me Out (Tyler Buter) by a head. Crazy About Pat (Stratton) was a rallying third, with Dragin’ The Wagon (Eric Abbatiello) and eight-ball-assigned Allerage Star (Dube) settling for the minors.

For Luminosity, a 6-year-old Cash Hall gelding co-owned as Burke Racing by trainer Ron Burke and Weaver Bruscemi, he’s now six-for-25 this season. The exacta paid $7.30, with the triple returning $51.