Somewhere In L A wins Yonkers feature, one of six wins for Bartlett
August 18, 2018,by Frank Drucker, Publicity Director, Empire City at Yonkers Raceway
Yonkers, NY — Tepid choice Somewhere In L A (Jason Bartlett, $6.10) finished what he started Saturday night (Aug. 19), winning Yonkers Raceway’s $44,000 Open Handicap Pace.
Katy Gazzini photo
Somewhere In L A captures the featured event at Yonkers Raceway on Saturday evening.
Somewhere In L A—from post position No. 5—threw down intervals of :26.2; 55.4; 1:23 and 1:51.4. He whipped a pocketed McErlean (Brent Holland) by a length, with Theartofconfusion A (Mark MacDonald), Techtor Hanover (Dan Dube) and Always at My Place (George Brennan) rounding out the payees.
For Somewhere In L A, a 7-year-old Somebeachsomewhere gelding co-owned by D’Elegance Stable IX, Carmen Iannacone, T L P & Gandolfo Stables and trained by Richard Banca, it was his eighth win in 20 seasonal starts. The exacta paid $32.20, the triple returned $102 and the superfecta paid $397.
It was one of Bartlett’s six wins during the dozen-race card.
Sears won thrice, while New Zealand driving champion Dexter Dunn began his stateside odyssey with a pair of drives. Dunn finished third as an odds-on favorite and seventh with an outsider.
Sunday’s (Aug. 19) matinee has a first post of 12:35 p.m., with races one through four of ‘French’ theme, two at the 1-1/4 miles distance and two at the 1-1/2 mile distance. The ‘New York, New York Double’ is comprised of Saratoga’s first race and Yonkers’ third. Post times are 1 p.m. and 1:35 p.m., respectively.
- World champ Dexter Dunn invading Yonkers Saturday night (Friday, August 17, 2018)
When driver changes were finalized for Yonkers Raceway’s Saturday night (Aug. 18) program, one name stood out amongst the rank and file. Dexter Dunn. The 10-time New Zealand premiership driving champion finds himself with a pair of escorts, Pointomygranson (post position three) for trainer Chris Ryder in the $23,000 third race pace and Quick Asa Trick N (post seven), trained by Darran Cassar, in the $23,000 ninth race pace.