Yonkers Raceway Race 8

Race 8

Prize Money: $59,972

CAPTINHAMMERHEAD A (4) showed plenty of fight to salute last time out over 1609m at this track, getting home by just 0.9 metres. Primary contender in a similar race. VERDUN (1) did a good job to finish second two starts ago then recorded an effortless win last time out, scoring by 5 metres over 1609m at this track. Will enjoy a nice run from this favourable starting position. Facing a tougher assignment but he is up to the task. YOUNG BLUEY A (2) is on the radar after his last-start sixth over 1609m at this track a week ago. ENDOFSTORY (3) must be respected after scoring last start by 7 metres at this track over 1609m.

Distance: 1609m
Track: Good
Weather: -
Surface: All Weather
Class: INVITATION

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Verdun (Fr1) 4266752121
Trainer: Pat Lachance ()
Driver: Pat Lachance
Prize Money: $1,190,025
Win / Place: 25% / 63%

6 yo Bay Horse

Sire: BETTOR'S DELIGHT (USA)

Dam: POP GOES THEWEASEL

100

Rating

Stats

Career

100: 25-20-18

Distance

97: 25-18-18

Trk/Dst

60: 17-14-12

Track

63: 17-16-12

Season

13: 2-4-1

1st Up

3: 1-1-0

2nd Up

3: 1-1-1

3rd Up

3: 0-1-2

Metro

1: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

99: 25-20-18

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

100: 25-20-18

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:50.40

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Racing in great heart. Last start posted a big 5 m win as favourite (Fr2) at this track (1:51.30) beating Sterling Choice in NW20000L5 on June 1 at $1.61. Won't spend a penny from this draw. Winning prospects.

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
1st of 8	1/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Pat Lachance	1:51.30	1:51.30	5.3m	$1.61f	6	NW20000L5	$34,868	$17,434	1. Verdun 2. Sterling Choice 3. Iknowbetter
2nd of 8	26/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Pat Lachance	1:51.20	1:51.20	3.0m	$3.53	7	NW22001L5	$34,868	$8,717	1. Little Willy 2. Verdun 3. Jabbar
1st of 7	19/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Pat Lachance	1:51.20	1:51.20	6.8m	$2.03f	8	NW16376L5	$29,330	$14,665	1. Verdun 2. Railroad Station 3. Invisible
2nd of 7	11/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Pat Lachance	1:52.20	1:52.20	3.8m	$2.17	14	NW15001L5	$29,330	$7,332	1. Catalpa Rescue 2. Verdun 3. Hemsworth
5th of 7	27/4/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Pat Lachance	1:51.10	1:51.10	4.5m	$41	7	BORG #5	$72,780	$3,639	1. Coaches Corner 2. Howlenthehills 3. Aye Aye Captain
7th of 7	20/4/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Pat Lachance	1:52.00	1:52.00	27.0m	$49	7	BORG #4	$72,780	-	1. Captain Albano 2. Sweet Beach Life 3. Soho Firestone

Young Bluey A (Fr2) 5784x11716
Trainer: Jared Bako (Ecklin South)
Driver: Yannick Gingras
Prize Money: $181,273
Win / Place: 20% / 57%

6 yo Brown/Black Gelding

Sire: BETTING LINE (USA)

Dam: LOTS A BLUE (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

63: 13-12-11

Distance

5: 3-0-0

Trk/Dst

4: 2-0-0

Track

4: 2-0-0

Season

5: 3-0-0

1st Up

6: 1-2-0

2nd Up

6: 1-0-3

3rd Up

6: 0-2-0

Metro

29: 3-4-5

Non-Metro

34: 10-8-6

Mobile

58: 10-12-11

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

63: 13-12-11

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:50.10

Driver Stats

Comments

Failed to impress last start; 6th (Fr6) over 1609m at this track beaten 21 m by Captinhammerhead (1:51.40) in INVITATION on June 1 at $12.26. Showed ability the race before when he won by 4 m (Fr4) at Philadelphia (1:50.10) beating Redwood Hanover in OPEN on May 24 at $4.60. Makes plenty of appeal.

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
6th of 6	1/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Colin Kelly	1:51.40	1:51.40	21.0m	$12	8	INVITATION	$54,393	-	1. Captinhammerhead 2. Sweet Beach Life 3. Soho Firestone
1st of 5	24/5/26	Philadelphia	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Yannick Gingras	1:50.10	1:50.10	3.8m	$4.60	12	OPEN	$34,916	$17,458	1. Young Bluey 2. Redwood Hanover 3. Spring Blake
7th of 7	12/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Yannick Gingras	1:53.40	1:53.40	12.8m	$1.12f	7	NW20906L5	$34,916	-	1. Rocket City 2. Blue Lou 3. Iknowbetter
1st of 8	5/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Jason Bartlett	1:53.40	1:53.40	2.3m	$1.38f	7	NW16751L5	$29,330	$14,665	1. Young Bluey 2. Blue Lou 3. Rocket City
1st of 8	28/4/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Yannick Gingras	1:51.10	1:51.10	5.3m	$4.08	107	NW15001L5	$30,568	$15,284	1. Young Bluey 2. Soho Dow Jones 3. Matai Phil
107 Day Spell
1st of 5	17/4/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m			-	Yannick Gingras	1:55.00	1:55.00	1.5m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Young Bluey 2. Andra Day 3. Kachi Gogo

Endofstory (Fr3) 344x562141
Trainer: Doug Dilloian (Jnr) ()
Driver: Jordan Stratton
Prize Money: $522,456
Win / Place: 33% / 64%

Distance Specialist

5 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: LAZARUS N

Dam: OLIVETTE HANOVER

Rating

Stats

Career

53: 18-7-9

Distance

52: 18-7-9

Trk/Dst

37: 12-4-7

Track

38: 12-4-7

Season

6: 2-1-0

1st Up

4: 1-0-1

2nd Up

4: 0-1-1

3rd Up

3: 1-1-0

Metro

5: 2-0-1

Non-Metro

48: 16-7-8

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

53: 18-7-9

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:48.30

Driver Stats

Comments

Going well. Last start posted a big 7 m win (Fr6) at this track (1:52.10) beating Blue Lou in NW30000L5 on June 1 at $12.74. In the mix.

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
1st of 7	1/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Scott Zeron	1:52.10	1:52.10	7.5m	$13	7	NW30000L5	$41,841	$20,921	1. Endofstory 2. Blue Lou 3. Copperfield
4th of 8	25/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Scott Zeron	1:53.00	1:53.00	12.0m	$15	27	NW33871L5	$41,899	$3,352	1. Catalpa Rescue 2. Boston Bound 3. Copperfield
1st of 6	28/4/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Scott Zeron	1:52.20	1:52.20	0.3m	$2.85f	14	NW22751L5	$36,390	$18,195	1. Endofstory 2. Little Willy 3. Kwick Sand
2nd of 8	14/4/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Jason Bartlett	1:52.00	1:52.00	0.9m	$1.94f	8	NW20501L5	$36,390	$9,098	1. Kwick Sand 2. Endofstory 3. Boston Bound
6th of 6	6/4/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Todd McCarthy	1:52.20	1:52.20	15.0m	$21	7	BORG #2	$72,780	-	1. Donegal Luther 2. Ima Perfect Choice 3. Heza Charttopper
5th of 5	30/3/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Todd McCarthy	1:52.10	1:52.10	9.8m	$19	101	BORG #1	$70,225	$3,511	1. Huntinthelastdolar 2. Verdun 3. Catalpa Rescue
101 Day Spell

Captinhammerhead A (Fr4) 11
Trainer: Scott Blackler ()
Driver: Scott Zeron
Prize Money: $44,655
Win / Place: 100% / 100%

Unbeaten The Track / Distance

Going for the Hat-Trick

6 yo Bay Horse

Sire: CAPTAINTREACHEROUS (USA)

Dam: ROGERS PASSION

Rating

Stats

Career

2: 2-0-0

Distance

2: 2-0-0

Trk/Dst

2: 2-0-0

Track

2: 2-0-0

Season

2: 2-0-0

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

1: 1-0-0

3rd Up

0: 0-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

2: 2-0-0

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

2: 2-0-0

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:51.40

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Comes here in the right form. Won by a 0.9 m (Fr1) at this track (1:51.40) beating Sweet Beach Life in INVITATION on June 1 at $2.99. Two runs back won by 4 m as favourite (Fr1) at this track (1:53.00) beating Sterling Choice in NW23931L5 on May 25 at $2.34. Hard to beat again.

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
1st of 6	1/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Scott Zeron	1:51.40	1:51.40	0.9m	$2.99	7	INVITATION	$54,393	$27,197	1. Captinhammerhead 2. Sweet Beach Life 3. Soho Firestone
1st of 7	25/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Scott Zeron	1:53.00	1:53.00	3.8m	$2.34f	-	NW23931L5	$34,916	$17,458	1. Captinhammerhead 2. Sterling Choice 3. Joemikiyoursofine
2nd of 5	15/5/26	Meadowlands	1609m			-	Jason Bartlett	1:50.40	1:50.40	0.3m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Bamboozler 2. Captinhammerhead 3. Twin B Joe Fresh
1st of 4	6/5/26	Pocono Downs	1609m			-	Jason Bartlett	1:54.30	1:54.30	0.3m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Captinhammerhead 2. Skylou 3. Walkinshaw

Howlenthehills (Fr5) 63x3231274
Trainer: Travis Alexander ()
Driver: Matt Kakaley
Prize Money: $1,262,270
Win / Place: 32% / 71%

Distance Specialist

5 yo Bay Horse

Sire: AMERICAN IDEAL (USA)

Dam: ARIELLE LYNN

Rating

Stats

Career

52: 17-9-11

Distance

51: 17-9-11

Trk/Dst

26: 7-5-7

Track

27: 7-5-7

Season

7: 1-2-2

1st Up

4: 1-0-1

2nd Up

4: 2-2-0

3rd Up

4: 1-0-3

Metro

5: 1-0-2

Non-Metro

47: 16-9-9

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

52: 17-9-11

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:50.10

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Last start 4th (Fr1) over 1609m at Philadelphia, beaten 8 m by Young Bluey (1:50.10) in OPEN on May 24 at $2.50. Two runs back 7th (Fr8) over 2012m at this track beaten 18 m by Captain Albano (2:21.40) in BORG F-G2 on May 8 at $49.18. Better off investing elsewhere.

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 5	24/5/26	Philadelphia	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Matt Kakaley	1:50.10	1:50.10	8.3m	$2.50	16	OPEN	$34,916	$2,793	1. Young Bluey 2. Redwood Hanover 3. Spring Blake
7th of 8	8/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	2012m		All Weather	Fr8	Matt Kakaley	2:21.40	2:21.40	18.0m	$49	11	BORG F-G2	$667,598	-	1. Captain Albano 2. Huntinthelastdolar 3. Coaches Corner
2nd of 7	27/4/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Matt Kakaley	1:51.10	1:51.10	3.8m	$17	7	BORG #5	$72,780	$18,195	1. Coaches Corner 2. Howlenthehills 3. Aye Aye Captain
1st of 7	20/4/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Matt Kakaley	1:52.30	1:52.30	3.8m	$9.03	7	BORG #4	$72,780	$36,390	1. Howlenthehills 2. Twisted Destiny 3. Aye Aye Captain
3rd of 7	13/4/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Matt Kakaley	1:51.00	1:51.00	7.5m	$13	7	BORG #3	$72,780	$8,734	1. Coaches Corner 2. Soho Firestone 3. Howlenthehills
2nd of 6	6/4/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Matt Kakaley	1:51.30	1:51.30	0.6m	$7.74	7	BORG #2	$72,780	$18,195	1. Soho Firestone 2. Howlenthehills 3. Matai Phil

Its A Me Mario (Fr6) 67x221x547
Trainer: Shane Tritton ()
Driver: Jim Marohn (Jnr)
Prize Money: $666,907
Win / Place: 30% / 59%

Track / Distance Specialist

6 yo Bay Horse

Sire: AMERICAN IDEAL (USA)

Dam: NF SALSA

Rating

Stats

Career

52: 16-11-4

Distance

49: 16-11-3

Trk/Dst

37: 15-8-2

Track

40: 15-8-3

Season

3: 0-0-0

1st Up

5: 2-2-0

2nd Up

5: 1-3-0

3rd Up

5: 3-1-0

Metro

4: 0-0-1

Non-Metro

48: 16-11-3

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

52: 16-11-4

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:49.40

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Well beaten last start by Endofstory, who he meets again; when 18 metres seventh at this track over 1609m in a NW30000L5 race on June 1. Can't have on that basis.

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 7	1/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Lauren Tritton	1:52.10	1:52.10	18.8m	$7.50	21	NW30000L5	$41,841	-	1. Endofstory 2. Blue Lou 3. Copperfield
4th of 7	11/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Lauren Tritton	1:52.10	1:52.10	7.5m	$21	7	NW33871L5	$41,899	$3,352	1. Vicious 2. Copperfield 3. Kwick Sand
5th of 6	4/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Lauren Tritton	1:53.10	1:53.10	12.0m	$5.97	392	INVITATION	$54,469	$2,723	1. Whats Stanley Got 2. Vicious 3. Jumpingjackmac
392 Day Spell
1st of 5	24/4/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m			-	Lauren Tritton	1:55.40	1:55.40	0.6m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Its A Me Mario 2. More Gooda 3. Dramas
1st of 7	7/4/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Jason Bartlett	1:52.10	1:52.10	2.3m	$1.15f	7	BORG #2	$79,872	$39,936	1. Its A Me Mario 2. Hemsworth 3. Churchviewfrankl
2nd of 7	31/3/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Jason Bartlett	1:51.10	1:51.10	1.5m	$11	14	BORG #1	$79,239	$19,810	1. Mossdale Ben 2. Its A Me Mario 3. Desperate Man

Race Review Abbreviations

Brk: Broke, Blkd: Blocked or held up, 1 x 1: One-out, one-back, Prkd: Parked, 3bk otr: 3 back on the outer, 3bk inr: Same as above, but on the inside, trld: Trailed, Gt spd: Showed gate speed, 3wd: 3-wide postd: Caught wide without cover, Held up: Held up, no gaps or few gaps: If they don't see any clear air in the straight, Inr-mid-wd -position: On the inside, mid = 1-off, wd = 3-wide or wider, flew hm wd: Flew home wide, dashd inr: Sprinted well on the inside, Chkd: Checked, Slow: Slow away at the start, Wltd: Wilted or got tired, Fdd: Faded late, Urgd: If the driver is getting stuck in

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