Yonkers, NY — Feelin Red Hot (George Brennan, $5.80) successfully authored another installment of ‘Catch Me If You Can’ Friday night (Aug. 23), winning Yonkers Raceway’s $46,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.

Feelin Red Hot was a 1:51.4 winner. Rosie Siri photo.

Wasting no time from post position No. 5, Feelin Red Hot worked around Wisdom Tree (Dexter Dunn) before a :27.3 opening quarter-mile. Out in :57.2 and home in :54.2 (1:24.4, 1:51.4) figured to make it difficult for the pursuers, and it did.

Wisdom Tree and Alexa’s Power (Jim Marohn Jr.) wound up inseparable for second, behind three-quarters of a length. A belated 6-5 favorite Betterb Chevron N (Jordan Stratton) and Miss You N (Brent Holland) rounded out the payees, while Mach It A Par (Eric Goodell) received lovely parting gifts.

For second choice Feelin Red Hot, a 6-year-old daughter of Feelin Friskie co-owned (as Burke Racing) by trainer Ron Burke and Weaver Bruscemi, it was her 11th win in 26 seasonal starts (career 30-for-101, now up over a half-million dollars).

The exactas paid $8.30 and $9.50, the triples returned $31.60 and $33.60 and the superfectas paid $72.50 and $68.50 (payoffs listed with Wisdom Tree second, then with Alexa’s Power second).

For his part, Brennan won half of the evening’s dozen races.

Friday night’s Pick-5, which began with an $8,800-plus carryover and $20,000 guaranteed pool, attracted $33,582 of new coin into the gimmick. It was a 3/6/5/4/4 winning combination returning $206.50 for each correct half-a-buck wager.

The Raceway opens for simulcasting Saturday (Aug. 24) at 11 a.m. in advance of Saratoga Race Course’s first post of 11:35 a.m. Post time for the $1.25 million Travers Stakes (11th race) is listed at 5:44 p.m.