by Frank Drucker, publicity director, Empire City at Yonkers Raceway

Yonkers, NY — If Brian Sears isn’t careful, he could make a living at this. Sears, fresh off a six-pick of Yonkers Raceway wins (including half a dead-heat) Saturday night, rolled a seven during Monday’s 12-race Presidents’ Night program.

Driving in each and every race, he picked up right where he left off, throwing down the gauntlet in four of the evening’s first five forays.

Mike Lizzi photo

Double It Up was one of seven winning drives on Monday for Brian Sears.

Going Native ($2.20) wired the $9,000 pacing opener (1:55.1) before Double It Up ($5.30) aired in the $11,000 third-race pace (1:53.4). It was Fast And Feisty ($6.30) sticking her nose out at just the right moment in the $12,000 fourth-race pace (1:56.2) and K Slater ($6.80) overcoming the eight hole (1:54.1) to win the $15,000 fifth-race pace.

Win No. 5 came behind odds-on Glass Pack ($3.80) in the $17,000 eighth-race pace (1:54) and No. 6 came with the freshly-claimed Go West Lucky Cam ($4.80) in the $19,000 10th-race pace (1:53.3) before Sears concluded his winner’s circle welcome wagon with prohibitive choice B J’s Guy ($3.40) in the $17,000 11th-race pace (1:54.1).

Sears began the night leading the local driver standings with 63 wins while getting his picture taken at a nearly 27 percent clip.

For the record, Sears’ remaining Monday drives resulted in a second-place finish, a breaker, a sixth, another sixth and getting photoed for the glory in the 12th-race finale.