Yonkers Raceway Race 8

Race 8

Prize Money: $62,409

SWEET BEACH LIFE (2) produced a good effort at his latest appearance to get home by a narrow margin over 1609m at this track on June 22. Has the benefit of a good draw. Meets a comparable field so he is capable of getting the job done again. DANDY IDEAL (6) made it two wins and a minor placing from his last three starts when he scored by 4.5 metres on June 27 over 1609m at Pocono Downs. Meeting a deeper field this time but he has the ability to mix it with them. CATALPA RESCUE A (3) has been thereabouts of late and is a great chance to break through. Good effort last time out when he finished second at Plainridge Park over 1609m. SOHO FIRESTONE A (5) is heading the right way, improving last time out to finish second at this track over 1609m.

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

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Young Bluey A (Fr1) 4x11716242
Trainer: Jared Bako (Ecklin South)
Driver: Colin Kelly
Prize Money: $205,781
Win / Place: 19% / 57%

6 yo Brown/Black Gelding

Sire: BETTING LINE (USA)

Dam: LOTS A BLUE (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

66: 13-14-11

Distance

8: 3-2-0

Trk/Dst

6: 2-1-0

Track

6: 2-1-0

Season

8: 3-2-0

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

37: 10-10-6

Mobile

58: 10-12-11

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

66: 13-14-11

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:50.10

Driver Stats

Comments

Last start 2nd (Fr7) over 1609m at Philadelphia beaten 6 m by Best Chip (1:48.30) in NW15000L5 on June 28 at $3.70. Two runs back 4th (Fr2) over 1609m at this track beaten 5 m by Sweet Beach Life (1:51.10) in INVITATION on June 22 at $15.32. Happy enough to avoid.

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 7	28/6/26	Philadelphia	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Andrew McCarthy	1:48.30	1:48.30	6.8m	$3.70	6	NW15000L5	$18,868	$4,717	1. Best Chip 2. Young Bluey 3. Wish You Well
4th of 4	22/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Jordan Stratton	1:51.10	1:51.10	5.3m	$15	14	INVITATION	$59,972	$4,798	1. Sweet Beach Life 2. Mossdale Ben 3. Captinhammerhead
2nd of 6	8/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Yannick Gingras	1:51.10	1:51.10	0.9m	$6.17	7	INVITATION	$59,972	$14,993	1. Verdun 2. Young Bluey 3. Captinhammerhead
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

Sweet Beach Life (Fr2) 3223172111
Trainer: Travis Alexander ()
Driver: Matt Kakaley
Prize Money: $950,245
Win / Place: 30% / 64%

Track / Distance Specialist

Picket Fence

5 yo Bay Horse

Sire: SWEET LOU (USA)

Dam: LIFE IS A BEACH

100

Rating

Stats

Career

56: 17-12-7

Distance

55: 16-12-7

Trk/Dst

27: 11-8-3

Track

28: 12-8-3

Season

11: 4-3-2

1st Up

4: 1-0-0

2nd Up

4: 0-1-2

3rd Up

4: 0-3-0

Metro

2: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

54: 17-12-7

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

56: 17-12-7

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:49.30

Driver Stats

Comments

Comes here in the right form. Won by 1.5 m as favourite (Fr1) at this track (1:51.10) beating Mossdale Ben in INVITATION on June 22 at $1.70. Two runs back won by 11 m as favourite (Fr5) at this track (1:51.00) beating Verdun in 3-6 YO OPN on June 15 at $1.65. Another win looks on the cards.

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 4	22/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Matt Kakaley	1:51.10	1:51.10	1.5m	$1.70f	7	INVITATION	$59,972	$29,986	1. Sweet Beach Life 2. Mossdale Ben 3. Captinhammerhead
1st of 8	15/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Matt Kakaley	1:51.00	1:51.00	11.3m	$1.65f	7	3-6 YO OPN	$59,972	$29,986	1. Sweet Beach Life 2. Verdun 3. Captain Moore
1st of 7	8/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Matt Kakaley	1:51.10	1:51.10	0.9m	$2.35	7	NW30000L5	$46,025	$23,013	1. Sweet Beach Life 2. Soho Firestone 3. Little Willy
2nd of 6	1/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Matt Kakaley	1:51.40	1:51.40	0.9m	$2.95f	8	INVITATION	$54,393	$13,598	1. Captinhammerhead 2. Sweet Beach Life 3. Soho Firestone
7th of 8	24/5/26	Philadelphia	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Matt Kakaley	1:49.10	1:49.10	17.3m	$12	16	SEND IT IN	$69,832	-	1. Huntinthelastdolar 2. Captain Optimistic, Twisted Destiny 3.
1st of 8	8/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	2012m		All Weather	Fr8	Matt Kakaley	2:21.40	2:21.40	5.3m	$4.86	11	BORG C	$139,665	$69,832	1. Sweet Beach Life 2. Celtic Spirit 3. Aye Aye Captain

Catalpa Rescue A (Fr3) 3366611112
Trainer: Scott Blackler (Charlton)
Driver: Tyler Buter
Prize Money: $502,794
Win / Place: 33% / 70%

Track / Distance Specialist

6 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: AMERICAN IDEAL (USA)

Dam: SOHO SIREN (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

57: 19-12-9

Distance

25: 9-6-4

Trk/Dst

18: 9-1-3

Track

19: 9-1-4

Season

14: 4-4-3

1st Up

7: 2-2-2

2nd Up

6: 4-1-1

3rd Up

6: 3-1-0

Metro

11: 3-1-0

Non-Metro

46: 16-11-9

Mobile

33: 10-7-4

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

57: 19-12-9

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:51.00

Driver Stats

Comments

Last start solid effort when 2nd (Fr5) over 1609m at Plainridge Park beaten 8 m by For Once Inmy Life (1:48.40) in OPEN HC on June 25 at $1.90. Two runs back won by a 0.6 m (Fr4) at this track (1:52.20) beating Dandy Ideal in INVITATION on June 15 at $12.24. Decent effort last start. In the mix 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
2nd of 6	25/6/26	plainridge racecourse	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Brett Beckwith	1:48.40	1:48.40	8.3m	$1.90	10	OPEN HC	$39,913	$9,978	1. For Once Inmy Life 2. Catalpa Rescue 3. Two Fold Cold
1st of 6	15/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Scott Zeron	1:52.20	1:52.20	0.6m	$12	21	INVITATION	$59,972	$29,986	1. Catalpa Rescue 2. Dandy Ideal 3. Howlenthehills
1st of 8	25/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Jason Bartlett	1:53.00	1:53.00	5.3m	$1.55f	7	NW33871L5	$41,899	$20,950	1. Catalpa Rescue 2. Boston Bound 3. Copperfield
1st of 8	18/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Jason Bartlett	1:51.10	1:51.10	2.3m	$1.87f	7	NW21501L5	$34,916	$17,458	1. Catalpa Rescue 2. Boston Bound 3. Soho Dow Jones
1st of 7	11/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Jason Bartlett	1:52.20	1:52.20	3.8m	$1.82f	14	NW15001L5	$29,330	$14,665	1. Catalpa Rescue 2. Verdun 3. Hemsworth
6th of 6	27/4/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Colin Kelly	1:51.30	1:51.30	11.3m	$24	7	BORG #5	$72,780	-	1. Huntinthelastdolar 2. Mossdale Ben 3. Celtic Spirit

Celtic Spirit N (Fr4) 2153553275
Trainer: Joe Bongiorno ()
Driver: Joe Bongiorno
Prize Money: $342,871
Win / Place: 27% / 47%

7 yo Black Gelding

Sire: SWEET LOU (USA)

Dam: SHARD'S FANTASY (NZ)

Rating

Stats

Career

65: 18-8-5

Distance

41: 11-6-4

Trk/Dst

6: 0-0-2

Track

7: 0-1-2

Season

14: 2-3-2

1st Up

6: 5-0-0

2nd Up

6: 3-0-0

3rd Up

6: 2-2-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

65: 18-8-5

Mobile

28: 8-2-3

Standing

3: 0-0-0

All-Weather

61: 17-7-5

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

4: 1-1-0

Best Mile

1:47.00

Driver Stats

Comments

Last start 5th (Fr7) over 1609m at this track, beaten 15 m by Mossdale Ben (1:51.40) in INVITATION on June 29 at $22.61. Two runs back 7th (Fr4) over 1609m at Pocono Downs, beaten 19 m by Lou Grant (1:50.00) in WO25000LT on May 16 at $2.10. Likely to struggle.

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
5th of 8	29/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Tyler Buter	1:51.40	1:51.40	15.8m	$23	44	INVITATION	$62,409	$3,120	1. Mossdale Ben 2. Soho Firestone 3. Donegal Luther
44 Day Freshen-Up
7th of 7	16/5/26	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Joe Bongiorno	1:50.00	1:50.00	19.5m	$2.10f	8	WO25000LT	$38,408	-	1. Lou Grant 2. Soho Santorini 3. Voukefalas
2nd of 8	8/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	2012m		All Weather	Fr4	Joe Bongiorno	2:21.40	2:21.40	5.3m	$3.11f	11	BORG C	$139,665	$34,916	1. Sweet Beach Life 2. Celtic Spirit 3. Aye Aye Captain
3rd of 6	27/4/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Joe Bongiorno	1:51.30	1:51.30	2.3m	$6.94	7	BORG #5	$72,780	$8,734	1. Huntinthelastdolar 2. Mossdale Ben 3. Celtic Spirit
5th of 7	20/4/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Joe Bongiorno	1:52.00	1:52.00	12.8m	$36	7	BORG #4	$72,780	$3,639	1. Captain Albano 2. Sweet Beach Life 3. Soho Firestone
5th of 5	13/4/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Joe Bongiorno	1:51.30	1:51.30	14.3m	$9.63	7	BORG #3	$72,780	$3,639	1. Redwood Hanover 2. Sweet Beach Life 3. Chase H Hanover

Soho Firestone A (Fr5) 1237623242
Trainer: Doug Dilloian (Jnr) (Blythewood)
Driver: Jordan Stratton
Prize Money: $672,433
Win / Place: 24% / 61%

6 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: AMERICAN IDEAL (USA)

Dam: SOHO MARGAUX (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

85: 21-21-10

Distance

29: 9-13-3

Trk/Dst

29: 9-13-3

Track

32: 9-13-3

Season

11: 2-4-2

1st Up

7: 4-2-1

2nd Up

7: 3-1-1

3rd Up

6: 1-1-1

Metro

40: 5-6-5

Non-Metro

45: 16-15-5

Mobile

53: 12-8-7

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

85: 21-21-10

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:50.40

Driver Stats

Comments

Two back was beaten by 7 m finishing fourth behind Catalpa Rescue at this track over 1609m in a INVITATION on June 15 at $7.27. Then a handy effort when beaten by 4.5 m finishing second behind Mossdale Ben at this track over 1609m in a INVITATION on June 29 at $13.31. Can build on that fine effort last start.

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	29/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Jordan Stratton	1:51.40	1:51.40	4.5m	$13	14	INVITATION	$62,409	$15,602	1. Mossdale Ben 2. Soho Firestone 3. Donegal Luther
4th of 6	15/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	George Brennan	1:52.20	1:52.20	7.5m	$7.27	7	INVITATION	$59,972	$4,798	1. Catalpa Rescue 2. Dandy Ideal 3. Howlenthehills
2nd of 7	8/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Yannick Gingras	1:51.10	1:51.10	0.9m	$1.77f	7	NW30000L5	$46,025	$11,506	1. Sweet Beach Life 2. Soho Firestone 3. Little Willy
3rd of 6	1/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	George Brennan	1:51.40	1:51.40	12.8m	$8.38	14	INVITATION	$54,393	$6,527	1. Captinhammerhead 2. Sweet Beach Life 3. Soho Firestone
2nd of 7	18/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	George Brennan	1:50.00	1:50.00	12.8m	$3.71	10	INVITATION	$54,469	$13,617	1. Lou Hill 2. Soho Firestone 3. Joemikiyoursofine
6th of 8	8/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	2012m		All Weather	Fr2	Scott Zeron	2:21.40	2:21.40	13.5m	$46	11	BORG F-G2	$667,598	-	1. Captain Albano 2. Huntinthelastdolar 3. Coaches Corner

Dandy Ideal (Fr6) 412114x121
Trainer: Hunter Oakes ()
Driver: Jason Bartlett
Prize Money: $1,710,390
Win / Place: 56% / 81%

Distance Specialist

4 yo Bay Horse

Sire: AMERICAN IDEAL (USA)

Dam: OK HEAVENLY

Rating

Stats

Career

32: 18-6-2

Distance

32: 18-6-2

Trk/Dst

4: 1-3-0

Track

4: 1-3-0

Season

3: 2-1-0

1st Up

3: 1-0-1

2nd Up

3: 0-1-1

3rd Up

3: 2-0-0

Metro

1: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

31: 18-6-2

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

32: 18-6-2

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:48.00

Driver Stats

Comments

Hard to fault of late. Last start won by 4.5 m (Fr4) at Pocono Downs (1:48.30) beating Ken Hanover in WO25000LT on June 27 at $5.70. Another win looks on the cards.

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	27/6/26	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Tyler Buter	1:48.30	1:48.30	4.5m	$5.70	12	WO25000LT	$39,913	$19,956	1. Dandy Ideal 2. Ken Hanover 3. Ruthless Hanover
2nd of 6	15/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Jason Bartlett	1:52.20	1:52.20	0.6m	$1.40f	16	INVITATION	$59,972	$14,993	1. Catalpa Rescue 2. Dandy Ideal 3. Howlenthehills
1st of 5	30/5/26	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Matt Kakaley	1:49.40	1:49.40	3.0m	$1.40f	185	WO25000LT	$38,354	$19,177	1. Dandy Ideal 2. Twisted Destiny 3. Spring Blake
185 Day Spell
1st of 7	20/5/26	Pocono Downs	1609m			-	Jason Bartlett	1:50.20	1:50.20	15.75m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Dandy Ideal 2. Splash Brother 3. More Than Guapo
1st of 6	13/5/26	Pocono Downs	1609m			-	Jason Bartlett	1:52.20	1:52.20	11.25m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Dandy Ideal 2. Rock The Belles 3. Tru Blu Hypnotic
4th of 9	26/11/25	Dover Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Jason Bartlett	1:49.40	1:49.40	1.5m	$1.70f	6	PROGRESS	$419,420	$33,554	1. Fallout 2. Captain Optimistic 3. Madden Oaks

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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