Racing Roundup: Hawaiianphotograph repeats in Meadows Preferred Trot
November 6, 2009,from Harness Publicists across North America
Friday’s (November 6) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from The Meadows, Pocono Downs, Vernon Downs, Yonkers Raceway and Saratoga Gaming and Raceway.
Washington, PA — In a carbon copy of her victory last week. Hawaiianphotograph secured an easy lead, backed down the second quarter and waltzed home to capture her second straight $27,500 Filly & Mare Preferred trot Friday at The Meadows.
The daughter of SJ’s Photo-Hawaiian Rose drew off to down the pocket-sitting Diana Hall by 2-1/2 lengths in 1:56.1. Charged Freight rallied for show.
Bill Zendt trains Hawaiianphotograph, who won for the 16th time in 49 lifetime starts and pushed her career bankroll to $327,484, for Shanamphilaniklou.
— Evan Pattak
Ron Burke collects three training wins at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs
Wilkes Barre, PA — North America’s leading trainer Ron Burke collected three training wins through the first 10 races Friday (Nov. 6) night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.
In the $25,000 claiming pace feature it was Derek Bromac N winning in 1:52.4.
Andrew McCarthy was in the sulky with Derek Bromac, a 9-year-old gelding that was winning for the ninth time in 37 starts in 2009.
Lindy’s Bandit, a 5-year-old Bettor’s Delight gelding with Anthony Napolitano in the sulky, was another Burke winner. Lindy’s Bandit stopped the timer in 1:51.4 and won for the fourth time in 14 outings this season.
Burke’s third victory came in the 10th race with No Nonsense Yankee, a 6-year-old pacing gelding. This was the second win in seven starts for No Nonsense Yankee, who stopped the timer in 1:54.2.
— John Zimich
Unshakeable scores solid win at Vernon
Vernon, NY — Unshakeable looked like a whirlwind during the final three furlongs as she breezed to a 1:56 victory in Friday night’s (Nov. 6) $10,000 Open handicap trot at Vernon Downs.
The energetic showing resulted in the fifth Vernon victory, sixth this season and 11th lifetime for the career winner of $88,529, who is shared in ownership by Howard Okusko, Jr., Conrad Zurich and Wanda Polisseni’s Purple Haze Stables.
Unshakeable’s win was the 71st at the meet for trainer Jessica Okusko, who held a four win advantage over defending conditioning champ Tracy Brainard with one program remaining in the track’s 56th season.
— Jim Moran
Shutter Boy, Monochromatic win Friday features at Yonkers
Yonkers, NY— Shutter Boy (Yanniick Gingras) and Monochromatic (Jim Pantaleano) garnered the glory Friday night, winning Yonkers Raceway’s pair of $40,000 Open Handicaps.
The 3-4 favorite took over in early stretch, then widened to three lengths at the wire in 1:56.4…not quite the 1:54.3 effort of a week a ago, but more than good enough here.
Bet to Win (Dan Dube) was the best of the rest, with Victor’s Vicky (Jordan Stratton), Napoleon (Jason Bartlett) and Woody Woodrow (Pantaleano)
completing the cashers.
For Shutter Boy, a 4-year-old Yankee Glide gelding trained by John McDermott for owner Scott Brannon, he paid $3.50 for his ninth win in 31 ’09 tries.
Monochromatic, at 32-1 from post position No. 2, was parked two turns and on one line early. However, after grabbing the lead from odds-on Cruzin Foralivin N (Gingras), the outsider rolled on.
Monochromatic defeated “Hannah” by a length-and-a-three-quarters in 1:54.2, with Sentbytheangels (Ryan Anderson), Chris Cross (Cat Manzi) and Lightning Treasure (Stephane Bouchard) grabbing the small change.
For Monochromatic, a 4-year-old daughter of Dream Away owned by Harness the Power and trained by Kevin Lare, she returned $67 (seventh choice) for her third win 18 seasonal starts.
— Frank Drucker
Prime Interest wins again at Saratoga
Saratoga, NY — Another Friday night, another open trot win for Prime Interest at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway.
The Colin Johnson trainee had a daunting task ahead of him as the two favorites, Grain Of Truth (Ray Schnittker) and Pablo Angus (Dan Cappello Jr), drew inside of him and lined up in front of him on the chilly fall night in Saratoga.
Prime Interest followed the move of Pablo Angus at three-quarters and surged by his rivals in the stretch to secure his tenth open trot win of the season. Frank Coppola Jr was again in the sulky for owner Vince Laurenzo of Clifton Park, NY.
While Pablo Angus has had another terrific year at the Spa, Prime Interest is putting in a real challenge to that one for the track’s top honors which will be handed out in December, at the conclusion of the tracks’ 69th racing season.
— Mike Sardella