Favored Bet To Win, assigned inside his seven rivals, quarter-moved and made 'em pay Friday night, winning Yonkers Raceway's co-featured $32,000 Open Handicap Trot in dominating fashion.
Driven by Brent Holland, Bet To Win, the 2-1 choice, was away third as Self Professed (Jason Bartlett) and Woody Woodrow (Greg Grismore) left hard. Bet To Win assumed command after the :28.1 opening quarter-mile, and was all by his lonesome after that. A :57.2 intermission and 1:25.4 three-quarters gave Bet To Win a four-length lead entering the lane. He won by 4 1/2 lengths in 1:55.3, which was the fastest local trot mile of the season.
Self Professed chased home the winner from a very loose pocket, becoming harness racing's newest millionaire in the process. Lukas Rossi (Jim Pantaleano), Victor's Vicky (Jordan Stratton) and Beach Nut Brand (Jeff Gregory) earned the small change.
For Bet To Win, a 6-year-old Credit Winner gelding owned by John Lichtenberger and trained by Larry Remmen, he paid $6.80 for his first win in three seasonal starts. The exacta returned $27.20, while the triple paid $281.50.
After the inside won the first of the co-features, the outside took the other. Ramona Disomma, driven by Greg Grismore, closed from last in the $32,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace, sailing past Leanback Coco (Ryan Anderson), Hannah Isabel (Pat Lachance) and all the rest in 1:54.3.
"Coco" made the lead passing a :27 first two furlongs, put up a :56.3 mid-point, then dealt with the second move of Perfectionist (Bartlett). Those two dueled at the 1:25.1 three-quarters, with "Hannah" vacating the cones. Perfectionist--the slight 2-1 choice--clung to a desperate lead turning for home, but she was about to be engulfed.
Ramona Disomma, last early and seventh off the final turn, swung widest of all and mowed by. She defeated Leanback Coco by three-quarters of a length, with Hannah Isabel holding the bottom of the ticket. Chris Cross (Stephane Bouchard) and Nidya A (Cat Manzi) completed the cashers.
Ramona Disomma, a 5-year-old daughter of Pacific Fella, is owned by Anatolia Racing and trained by Jake Hartline. (Yonkers Raceway)
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