by Frank Drucker, Publicity Director, Empire City at Yonkers Raceway

Yonkers, NY — Slight favorite Sell A Bit N (Jordan Stratton, $6.30) continued her distaff derby dominance Friday night (Nov. 27) winning Yonkers Raceway’s $40,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace for a fourth consecutive victory.

Sean Hamrock photo

Sell A Bit N was a 1:53.2 winner for driver Jordan Stratton.

Ordered outside her seven rivals, Sell A Bit N paid a :27.4 opening-quarter price to get around Skippin’ By (Brian Sears). That one wanted no part of an early seat behind Stormunn (Brent Holland).

From there, no issues for the people’s preference, as she completed her rounds (:57.1, 1:25.2, 1:53.2) for a comfy win. After a mild, first-up bid from Carolsideal (Dan Dube), Sell A Bit N easily closed the sale. The final margin was 1-1/4 lengths over Request For Parole (George Brennan), with Skippin’ By, Al Raza N (Eric Carlson) and Jonsie Jones (Tyler Buter) completing the cashers.

For Sell A Bit N, a 5-year-old Down Under daughter of Julius Caesar owned by Harry von Knoblauch and trained by Peter Tritton, it was her ninth win in 20 seasonal starts. The exacta paid $26.80, with the triple returning $82.