Yonkers, NY – Funny thing about Six Pack (Ake Svanstedt, $2.70).

Whenever he’s invaded Yonkers Raceway, the end result is not a fair fight. Such was the case again Saturday night (Aug. 10), when Six Pack drilled seven outclassed foes in the co-featured $46,000 Open Handicap Trot.

With hopes for an invitation to the International Trot, Six Pack easily won the $46,000 Open Handicap Trot at Yonkers Saturday. Katy Gazzini Photo.

Making short work of an assigned eight-hole, Six Pack left around Eye ofa Tiger AS (Jason Bartlett), then made even shorter work of the teletimer. Never threatened at any point, he widened at every point. (:28,  :57.2, 1:25, 1:53.1).

The result was…

a – a 6-1/4 length win over Lord Cromwell (Austin Siegelman), and
b – a fifth consecutive win here, and
c – the fastest local trot mile of the season, and
d – a new track record for his weight class.

For the record, New Heaven (Jim Marohn Jr.) was third, with Eye ofa Tiger AS and Such an Angel (Eric Goodell) settling for the small change.

For Six Pack, a 4-year-old $1.5 million statebred son of Muscle Mass co-owned by his driver/trainer, Little E-Knutssontrotting, Stall Kalmer and Lars Berg, it was his second win in seven seasonal starts (career 17-for-30). The exacta paid $28.80, the triple returned $173 and the superfecta paid $1,122.

Not lost on Svanstedt was throwing down a gauntlet in the hopes of getting an invitation to October’s million-dollar International Trot.

“We wanted to see him back on a short track and he handled it well,” Svanstedt said. “He’s not been lucky in a many of his races this season. That’s the biggest difference in him as a 4-year-old.

“The owners wanted to enter him (tonight). We’re hoping he’s asked to race in the International.”

Scott Rocks was the winner of the co-featured $46,000 Open Handicap Pace Saturday night at Yonkers. Katy Gazzini Photo.

The weekly $46,000 adult-table pace was won by a down-the-road Scott Rocks (Goodell, $4.80) in 1:51.3. The 9-year-old Rocknroll Hanover gelding went up and over $995,000 in career earnings after a 57th lifetime win.

For his part, Goodell won four of the night’s last seven races.