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Sunday’s (Sept. 6) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from Harrah’s Philadelphia and Running Aces.

DW’s NY Yank wins Philadelphia feature

Chester, PA — With his first start in an overnight event in more than a month, Ron Burke trainee DW’s NY Yank (Yannick Gingras) proved to be tough as nails in the featured event at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon (Sept. 6). It was a trot for winners over $25,000 lifetime, with a purse of $24,000.

The 6-year-old gelded son of Dilbert Hanover was able to overcome an outside post, settling into the pocket position behind the speed of Lindy’s Tru Grit (Andy Miller).

After a quarter in :27.2 and a half of :56.2, a battle ensued for the front as Noel Daily trainee Outburst (Andrew McCarthy) moved first-over to challenge for the lead. After the three-quarters in 1:24.3, the leaders were vulnerable and proved to be no match for the fresh legs of DW’s NY Yank, who was able to streak up the passing lane to win by three lengths, stopping the clock in 1:53.4.

It was his 38th career win, pushing his lifetime earnings to more than $900,000. He paid $4.80.

— Mike Bozich

Running Aces
Al-Mar Skip Bo and Texakota scored upsets in their respective $8,000 divisions for Minnesota-sired sophomore trotters at Running Aces on Sunday night. Driver Rick Magee rushed Al-Mar Skip Bo directly to the lead in the colt split and never looked back, besting favored Go See Lo Go (Nick Roland) and Drakensberg (Luke Plano) in 2:01.4. The same bunch will be joined by a few others when they chase a $21,000 purse on Minnesota State Championships Night next Saturday (Sept. 12), which is closing night at the 2015 Running Aces summer meet. Magee also owns and trains the winning son of Abra who was notching his fourth career victory and pushed his lifetime earnings to just over $30,000. Texakota (Lemoyne Svendsen) notched her first-ever pari-mutuel win in 2:01.3 over a sloppy track in the filly division for owners Cynthia Ivey and Ryan Lems. The daughter of Abra collared Al-Mar Reba Babe (Gerry Longo) in the final stride with Marisa’s Lady (Tim Maier) third in the seven-horse field. Bob Lems trains Texakota, who has shown speed all season but had problems staying on stride until this final tune-up for Championship Night. Heavily favored Becky Badger Baby made an uncharacteristic break when driver Nick Roland’s sulky wheel tube popped and resulted in racing with a flat tire for more than the final half-mile. El Azteca (Gerry Longo) won the meet’s final $9,600 Open Trot by two lengths over Thekeptman (Luke Plano) and Jimmy Shin (Steve Wiseman). It was the 34th lifetime score in just 74 career starts for the 6-year-old stud owned by Marco Rios and trained in Minnesota by Bob Johnson. Both Rick Magee and Gerry Longo scored driving doubles on the ten-race program. Leading drivers Nick Roland and Steve Wiseman each had one win, giving them 71 and 69 tallies, respectively, with three nights remaining to determine the local dash title for this season.