Yonkers Raceway Race 3

Race 3

Prize Money: $25,994

VICTORY JOE (4) is in good form with top-five finishes at his last five starts, most recently recording a second over 1609m at Meadowlands. Meeting a deeper field this time but he good enough to play a major role. FURNEAUX (1) drew a wide gate last start and was easily accounted for, beaten 40 metres into seventh at Meadowlands over 1609m. Sure to enjoy an economical run from this better draw. This doesn't look as hard so he is sure to prove tough to beat. DANCININTHEFIRE (3) must be considered after he finished third over 1609m at Pocono Downs two-and-a-half weeks ago. ALABAMA LUCKY (2) is worth some thought after his last-start fourth over 1609m at this track on September 9.

Distance: 1609m
Track: Fast
Weather: Overcast
Surface: All Weather
Class: CHGNW2PM

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Furneaux (Fr1) 5451453577
Trainer: Chris Ryder ()
Driver: Daniel Dube
Prize Money: $56,087
Win / Place: 3.45% / 24%

3 yo Bay Colt

Sire: BETTOR'S WISH (USA)

Dam: MAJOR FROST

Rating

Stats

Career

29: 1-2-4

Distance

29: 1-2-4

Season

18: 1-1-4

1st Up

2: 0-0-0

2nd Up

2: 0-1-1

3rd Up

2: 0-0-1

Metro

12: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

17: 1-2-4

All-Weather

29: 1-2-4

Best Mile

1:52.40

Comments

Capable of better than we have seen lately. Last start 7th (Fr7) over 1609m at Meadowlands beaten 40 m by Papis Pistol (1:47.40) in NJCLASSICF on September 5 at $138.30. The run previous 7th (Fr5) over 1609m at Meadowlands beaten 35 m by Manolete (1:50.30) in NJCS PREP on August 29 at $173.70.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
7th of 8	5/9/25	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Patrick Ryder	1:47.40	1:47.40	37.5m	$138	7	NJCLASSICF	$229,358	-	1. Papis Pistol 2. Captain Optimistic 3. Manolete
7th of 8	29/8/25	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Patrick Ryder	1:50.30	1:50.30	35.3m	$174	5	NJCS PREP	$42,636	-	1. Manolete 2. Captain Optimistic 3. Papis Pistol
5th of 8	24/8/25	Philadelphia	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Patrick Ryder	1:52.30	1:52.30	18.8m	$26	19	CGNW3PM	$18,605	$930	1. Goodbye Stranger 2. Heaven Needs Me 3. In The Moonlight
3rd of 8	5/8/25	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Matt Kakaley	1:53.10	1:53.10	2.3m	$1.60f	9	NW2PM CG	$21,705	$2,605	1. Summit Seelster 2. Pepe Lou Pew 3. Furneaux
5th of 8	27/7/25	Philadelphia	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Patrick Ryder	1:51.40	1:51.40	14.3m	$14	14	CGNW3PM	$18,349	$917	1. Avellino 2. Meltdown Monte 3. Goodbye Stranger
4th of 7	13/7/25	Philadelphia	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Patrick Ryder	1:52.10	1:52.10	5.3m	$9.90	13	CGNW3PM	$18,349	$1,468	1. Best Chip 2. Waterfront 3. Seaworthy Hanover

Alabama Lucky (Fr2) 7243434634
Trainer: Ray Schnittker ()
Driver: Mark MacDonald
Prize Money: $59,930
Win / Place: 5.00% / 40%

3 yo Bay Colt

Sire: HUNTSVILLE (USA)

Dam: B SO LUCKY

Rating

Stats

Career

20: 1-2-5

Distance

20: 1-2-5

Trk/Dst

5: 0-0-2

Track

5: 0-0-2

Season

14: 0-2-6

1st Up

2: 1-0-1

2nd Up

2: 0-0-1

3rd Up

2: 0-1-0

Metro

2: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

18: 1-2-5

All-Weather

20: 1-2-5

Best Mile

1:57.30

Comments

Last start 4th (Fr2) over 1609m at this track beaten 21 m by Bettor's Desire (1:53.40) in CHGNW2PM on September 9 at $11.82. At his previous start game effort when 3rd (Fr1) over 1609m at this track, beaten 19 m by Silky Choice (1:53.10) in HGW2BN4PM on August 26 at $14.60.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
4th of 6	9/9/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Mark MacDonald	1:53.40	1:53.40	21.0m	$12	14	CHGNW2PM	$25,994	$2,080	1. Bettor's Desire 2. All Out Hanover 3. Peppermint Pete
3rd of 8	26/8/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Mark MacDonald	1:53.10	1:53.10	19.5m	$15	9	HGW2BN4PM	$29,457	$3,535	1. Silky Choice 2. All Out Hanover 3. Alabama Lucky
6th of 8	17/8/25	Tioga Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Mark MacDonald	1:52.00	1:52.00	16.5m	$11	9	NY EXCEL	$31,008	-	1. Forward Flash 2. Suite Up Bro 3. Xpert
4th of 8	8/8/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Mark MacDonald	1:53.10	1:53.10	15.8m	$28	8	EX 3 YOCGP	$31,008	$2,481	1. Digging For Gold 2. Ima Perfect Choice 3. Forward Flash
3rd of 7	31/7/25	Batavia Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Mark MacDonald	1:53.30	1:53.30	7.5m	$29	10	NY EXCEL	$30,581	$3,670	1. Digging For Gold 2. Ima Perfect Choice 3. Alabama Lucky
4th of 6	21/7/25	Monticello Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Mark MacDonald	1:52.30	1:52.30	16.5m	$26	6	NY EXCEL	$30,581	$2,446	1. Ima Perfect Choice 2. Baleville Bomber 3. Southpaw

Dancininthefire (Fr3) 9x62127573
Trainer: Jared Bako ()
Driver: Colin Kelly
Prize Money: $31,819
Win / Place: 25% / 50%

3 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: DANCIN LOU

Dam: FIREBBY A

Rating

Stats

Career

12: 3-2-1

Distance

12: 3-2-1

Trk/Dst

1: 0-0-0

Track

1: 0-0-0

Season

8: 1-2-1

1st Up

2: 1-0-0

2nd Up

2: 1-1-0

3rd Up

2: 1-0-0

Non-Metro

12: 3-2-1

All-Weather

12: 3-2-1

Best Mile

1:51.30

Comments

Fair performance when beaten by 5 m finishing seventh behind Pac Man Hanover at Mohawk Park over 1609m in a 5yo on August 11 at $7.10. Then a handy effort when well beaten into third behind Meltdown Monte at Pocono Downs over 1609m in a NW2PM CG on August 31 at $9.80.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
3rd of 8	31/8/25	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Colin Kelly	1:53.20	1:53.20	12.0m	$9.80	20	NW2PM CG	$21,705	$2,605	1. Meltdown Monte 2. Really Bright 3. Dancininthefire
7th of 8	11/8/25	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	1	T Cullen	1:53.00	1:53.00	5.0m	$7.10	9	-	$20,179	-	1. Pac Man Hanover 2. Wicked Express 3. Connor B
5th of 7	2/8/25	Hiawatha	1609m		All Weather	3	A Sorrie	1:51.30	1:51.30	7.0m	$10	11	OPEN	$28,027	$1,401	1. Out Of Ice 2. Bruno No No No 3. Betterdealmein
7th of 8	22/7/25	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	5	J Jamieson	1:52.10	1:52.10	9.5m	$2.05f	14	HCP	$20,134	-	1. Betterdealmein 2. Sir Vaylance 3. D A Super Glo
2nd of 7	8/7/25	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	2	D McNair	1:50.40	1:50.40	2.0m	$5.00	15	-	$20,134	$5,034	1. Backup Plan 2. Dancininthefire 3. D A Super Glo
1st of 8	23/6/25	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Colin Kelly	1:51.30	1:51.30	17.3m	$1.60f	8	NW1PM CG	$18,663	$9,331	1. Dancininthefire 2. Lochinvar Aussie 3. Pucky

Victory Joe (Fr4) 6223635432
Trainer: Richard Johnson ()
Driver: Jason Bartlett
Prize Money: $53,452
Win / Place: 11% / 55%

Nearing Another Win

3 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: ROLL WITH JOE (USA)

Dam: FLIBBERTIGIBBET

100

Rating

Stats

Career

18: 2-4-4

Distance

18: 2-4-4

Trk/Dst

1: 0-0-0

Track

1: 0-0-0

Season

19: 2-4-5

1st Up

1: 0-0-1

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

3rd Up

1: 1-0-0

Metro

6: 0-2-3

Non-Metro

12: 2-2-1

All-Weather

18: 2-4-4

Best Mile

1:54.20

Comments

Two back was well beaten into third behind Steamboat Springs at Meadowlands over 1609m in a 4U NW2CD on August 30 at $10.30. Then a handy effort when well beaten into second behind Renaldo at Meadowlands over 1609m in a 4U NW2CD on September 6 at $2.80.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
2nd of 8	6/9/25	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Mark Herschberger	1:50.00	1:50.00	21.0m	$2.80	7	4U NW2CD	$22,171	$5,543	1. Renaldo 2. Victory Joe 3. Twin B Fresh Bet
3rd of 8	30/8/25	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Josert Fonseca	1:50.10	1:50.10	10.5m	$10	5	4U NW2CD	$22,481	$2,698	1. Steamboat Springs 2. Treacherous Lou 3. Victory Joe
4th of 8	25/8/25	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Colin Kelly	1:51.20	1:51.20	13.5m	$116	8	NW4PM CG	$23,256	$1,860	1. Laugh Shop 2. Chief Bogo 3. Power Code
5th of 7	17/8/25	Tioga Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Braxten Boyd	1:52.00	1:52.00	12.8m	$30	8	NY EXCEL	$31,008	$1,550	1. Digging For Gold 2. Invictus 3. Mr Huggins
3rd of 8	9/8/25	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Josert Fonseca	1:51.00	1:51.00	7.5m	$7.00	19	TM<77.5CD	$14,729	$1,767	1. Caveman 2. Haggard 3. Victory Joe
6th of 6	21/7/25	Monticello Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Jason Bartlett	1:53.20	1:53.20	84.0m	$11	23	NY EXCEL	$30,581	-	1. Silky Choice 2. Invictus 3. American Salute

Steal Away Hanover (Fr5) 486311584
Trainer: Pat Lachance ()
Driver: Pat Lachance
Prize Money: $21,421
Win / Place: 22% / 33%

3 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: ALWAYS B MIKI (USA)

Dam: SHYAWAY

Rating

Stats

Career

9: 2-0-1

Distance

9: 2-0-1

Season

9: 2-0-1

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

3rd Up

1: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

9: 2-0-1

All-Weather

9: 2-0-1

Best Mile

1:55.10

Comments

Last start 4th (Fr4) over 1609m at Philadelphia, beaten 15 m by Waterfront (1:53.40) in CGNW3PM on August 31 at $11.10. Two runs back 8th (Fr6) over 1609m at Philadelphia, beaten 25 m by Goodbye Stranger (1:52.30) in CGNW3PM on August 24 at $29.10. Finds a few better.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
4th of 6	31/8/25	Philadelphia	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Pat Lachance	1:53.40	1:53.40	15.0m	$11	7	CGNW3PM	$18,605	$1,488	1. Waterfront 2. Summit Seelster 3. Dreamlandcappucino
8th of 8	24/8/25	Philadelphia	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Pat Lachance	1:52.30	1:52.30	26.3m	$29	14	CGNW3PM	$18,605	-	1. Goodbye Stranger 2. Heaven Needs Me 3. In The Moonlight
5th of 8	10/8/25	Philadelphia	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Pat Lachance	1:50.20	1:50.20	24.8m	$13	9	CGNW3PM	$18,605	$930	1. Knockout Round 2. Inflation Proof 3. Doncic
1st of 7	1/8/25	Philadelphia	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Pat Lachance	1:57.30	1:57.30	6.8m	$2.40	9	CGNW1PM	$16,279	$8,140	1. Steal Away Hanover 2. Torrone Hanover 3. No Stranger To Me
1st of 8	23/7/25	Philadelphia	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Pat Lachance	1:55.10	1:55.10	0.9m	$4.00	10	CGNW1PM	$16,055	$8,028	1. Steal Away Hanover 2. Captivated 3. Smooch In The Dark
3rd of 8	13/7/25	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Pat Lachance	1:53.20	1:53.20	8.3m	$13	33	NW1PM CG	$18,349	$2,202	1. Moveoverrover 2. Chanceyfascination 3. Steal Away Hanover
33 Day Freshen-Up

Matai Phil (Fr6) 535103423x
Trainer: Agostino Abbatiello (PUKEKOHE)
Driver: Jordan Stratton
Prize Money: $51,291
Win / Place: 22% / 50%

4 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: WASHINGTON VC (USA)

Dam: MATAI KATIE (NZ)

Rating

Stats

Career

18: 4-1-4

Distance

1: 0-0-0

Season

11: 2-1-4

1st Up

2: 1-0-0

2nd Up

2: 1-0-0

3rd Up

1: 0-0-0

Metro

12: 2-1-2

Non-Metro

6: 2-0-2

Mobile

13: 3-0-2

Standing

5: 1-1-2

All-Weather

18: 4-1-4

Slushy

1: 0-1-0

Best Mile

1:58.48

Comments

Racing consistently with minor placings at his last two starts. Placed last start 3rd (10m 1) over 2700m at Alexandra Park beaten 20 m by American Me (3:26.00) on June 13 at $2.60. Before that 2nd (Fr1) over 2200m at Alexandra Park, beaten a neck by Mantra Blue (2:49.20) in 3yo+ on June 6 at $2.70.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
2nd of 3	5/9/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m			-	Jordan Stratton	1:54.40	1:54.40	15.75m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Itza Dangerzone 2. Matai Phil 3. Brookdale Jessie
3rd of 5	13/6/25	Alexandra Park	2700m	Standing	All Weather	10m	Peter Ferguson	3:26.00	2:02.7	20.8m	$2.60	7	-	$16,250	$1,759	1. American Me 2. Seaclusion 3. Matai Phil
2nd of 5	6/6/25	Alexandra Park	2200m	Standing	All Weather	Fr1	Peter Ferguson	2:49.20	2:03.7	0.3m	$2.70	15	-	$16,250	$2,870	1. Mantra Blue 2. Matai Phil 3. Final Change
4th of 5	22/5/25	Cambridge Raceway	2200m	Standing	All Weather	20m	H J Orange	2:44.20	2:00.1	5.4m	$1.80f	7	-	$6,500	$444	1. Minjee 2. Always Flyin 3. Two Eye See
3rd of 10	15/5/25	Cambridge Raceway	2700m	Standing	All Weather	15m	Peter Ferguson	3:24.60	2:01.9	7.3m	$13	20	-	$24,570	$2,418	1. The Surfer 2. Little Spike 3. Matai Phil
10th of 11	25/4/25	Alexandra Park	2200m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr6	Peter Ferguson	2:39.90	1:56.9	26.5m	$21	21	-	$22,330	$397	1. The Surfer 2. Always B You 3. Always B Elite

Gansbaai (Fr7) 2324232494
Trainer: Walter Whelan ()
Driver: Michael Whelan
Prize Money: $66,727
Win / Place: 2.86% / 37%

4 yo Bay Horse

Sire: DOWNBYTHESEASIDE (USA)

Dam: HURRICANE TRINA

Rating

Stats

Career

35: 1-5-7

Distance

35: 1-5-7

Trk/Dst

3: 0-2-1

Track

3: 0-2-1

Season

14: 0-4-3

1st Up

3: 0-2-1

2nd Up

3: 0-0-2

3rd Up

3: 0-1-0

Non-Metro

35: 1-5-7

All-Weather

35: 1-5-7

Best Mile

1:53.20

Comments

Has been mixing his form of late, most recently 4th (Fr4) over 1609m at The Meadows, beaten 0.9 m by Rusty Beach (1:52.40) in W1NW3EXTPM on August 30 at $19.70. Before that 9th over 1609m at Georgian Downs was 8th- at the bell, beaten 5 m by Southwind Circuit (1:54.10) in G on August 17 at $3.30.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
4th of 6	30/8/25	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Michael Whelan	1:52.40	1:52.40	0.9m	$20	13	W1NW3EXTPM	$17,054	$1,364	1. Rusty Beach 2. Touchandgo Hanover 3. Southwind Spencer
9th of 9	17/8/25	Georgian Downs	1609m		All Weather	3	Michael Whelan	1:54.10	1:54.10	5.3m	$3.30	7	-	$12,332	-	1. Southwind Circuit 2. State One Smiley 3. Volcanic
4th of 7	10/8/25	Tioga Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Michael Whelan	1:54.40	1:54.40	6.8m	$2.05f	7	NW2PM	$14,729	$1,178	1. Dark Hour 2. Jp Hoodini 3. Ny Jim
2nd of 7	3/8/25	Tioga Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Michael Whelan	1:54.10	1:54.10	0.6m	$1.60f	7	NW1501-4	$10,853	$2,713	1. Manhawk 2. Gansbaai 3. Captain Terror
3rd of 8	27/7/25	Tioga Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Michael Whelan	1:51.10	1:51.10	6.0m	$11	7	NW2PM	$14,526	$1,743	1. Rockin James 2. Lennon Hanover 3. Gansbaai
2nd of 5	20/7/25	Tioga Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Michael Whelan	1:52.30	1:52.30	20.3m	$2.55	19	NW2PM	$14,526	$3,631	1. Rockin James 2. Gansbaai 3. Dark Hour

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