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Friday’s (Feb. 10) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from Yonkers Raceway and Cal-Expo.

Fox Valley Sage, Son Of Nordic win co-features at Yonkers

Yonkers, NY — Fox Valley Sage (Cat Manzi) proved best Friday night, winning Yonkers Raceway’s co-featured $33,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.

Tom Berg photo

Fox Valley Sage won for the second time in four seasonal starts in Friday’s co-feature at Yonkers Raceway.

Fox Valley Sage won by a length-and-a-quarter in 1:54.1. Keystone Katherine (Eric Goodell) closed outside for second, with Shaky Hanover (George Brennan), Ideal Newton and Kayla’s Dream (Jeff Gregory) grabbing the minor awards.

For Fox Valley Sage, an 8-year-old daughter of Richess Hanover owned by Stephen Farrell Jr. and trained by Ralph Andersen, she returned $4.50 for her second win in four seasonal starts. The exacta paid $40.80, with the triple returning $160.

Friday night’s co-featured $33,000 Open Handicap Trot saw 9-10 choice Son of Nordic (Goodell) go all the way.

Son of Nordic held off H And M’s Hit by a diminishing nose in 1:56.1. A closing Equity (Jason Bartlett) managed to get into third, with Fool’s Revenue (Brennan) and Schalom G (Manzi) coming away with the remainder.

For Son of Nordic, a 7-year-old Keystone Nordic gelding trained by Doug Noland for Lrl Racing, he returned $3.80 for his second (consecutive) win in three ’12 tries. The exacta paid $32, the triple returned $108 and the superfecta paid $611.

— Frank Drucker

Cal-Expo
Winners-Over trotters, racing for a $4,500 purse, were featured at Cal Expo on Friday night (February 10), on which Shelby County successfully changed tactics. Bred & owned by Ben Kenney, Shelby County won ($11.40) by a neck, in 1:57.1, equaling a lifetime best. Franks Best had to settle for second, and Putoneonnetformom had his three race win streak end, finished 1-1/2 lengths farther back, in third.