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Saturday’s (Jan. 17) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from Yonkers Raceway and Buffalo Raceway.

Warrawee Needy, Flem N Em N score impressive wins at Yonkers

Yonkers, NY — Rank outsider Flem N Em N (Jason Bartlett, $71.50) stunned ’em from first-up Saturday night, easily winning Yonkers Raceway’s $35,000 Open Pace.

Sitting early from post position four, Flem N Em N saw Cam B Zipper (Brian Sears) break leaving. Sapphire City, also leaving, worked around pole-sitting BJ’s Guy (Matt Kakaley) before a :27.2 opening quarter-mile. After a seemingly-soft 57.1 intermission, Flem N Em N moved briskly from fourth.

The same horse who tired noticeably in the pocket the previous week blew on by here, disposing of Sapphire City nearing the 1:25.2 three-quarters. The tiring leader trapped both BJ’s Guy and last week’s winner, Take it Back Terry (George Brennan), in behind.

Flem N Em N opened four lengths into the lane before winning by 3-1/4 lengths in 1:52.4. “Terry” shifted out and closed for second, with McErlean (Eric Goodell), BJ’s Guy and Sapphire City settling for the remainder.

For Flem N Em N, a 10-year-old Down Under Courage Under Fire gelding owned by Bamond Racing and trained by Jeffrey Bamond Jr., it was his first win in two seasonal starts. The exacta paid $285.50, with the triple returning $1,504.

Special Saturday props to Warrawee Needy (MacDonald, $5.90), whose zipped through his $21,000, 12th-race rivals in 1:51.4, fastest local mile of the season.

Note that since no one took down Saturday’s Pick-5, Monday’s gimmick begins with a carryover of $2,665.18 (50-cent base wager, races 5 through 9).

— Frank Drucker

Buffalo Raceway
Youwillwishyouhad loves racing on the front-end. Drawing the rail in the $10,500 Open Pace at Buffalo Raceway would seem like a recipe for success. It was. After playing given-and-go with Bakken (Ray Fisher Jr.) to the opening quarter pole, driver John Cummings Jr. put Youwillwishyouhad back on the lead and never looked back in posting a convincing 1-1/4 length win over No Real Surprise (Frank Milby) in a sizzling 1:55.4 over the fast track Saturday night (January 17). Youwillwishyouhad (Artiscape-Dawn’s Ideal) has been on an incredible stretch dating back to last year. The 4-year-old gelding has six wins and two places in his last eight starts. Also, since the start of 2014, he’s been in the money 25-of-29 times including 12 wins. After posting fractions of 29.3, 59.3 and 1:28, Youwillwishyouhad ($6.60) enjoyed a two-length edge at the top of the stretch and used a 27.4 final panel to keep No Real Surprise and third place finisher Cheyenne Cam (Billy Dobson) at a safe distance. Youwillwishyouhad increased his lifetime bankroll to $71,417 with the victory. He is owned by Leonard Segall and is trained by James Clouser Jr. Racing will resume on Wednesday night at 5 p.m. with a 12-race card. The co-features will be the $10,500 Fillies and Mares Open Pace and the $10,500 Open Trot. They will go off as the first and third races respectively. For more information on including race replays, upcoming promotions, schedule and the latest news, go to www.buffaloraceway.com.