Going into Yonkers Raceway's $40,000 Open Handicap Pace, Jordan Stratton wasn't supposed to drive and Classic Line N didn't figure to win. That's why we race 'em.
Classic Line N, dismiised as Saturday night's 27-1 rank outsider, saved all the ground and--for this Mother's Day Eve--authored a mother of an upset.
Leaving from post position two, Classic Line N watched the early floor show as 7-10 choice Four Trumps A (Larry Stalbum)--he of the 4-for-4 local resume--left wide for the lead from the assigned outside seven hole. Pole-sitting Digital Z Tam (Pat Lachance) stung the favorite to a :26.4 opening quarter-mile. The people's preference found a :55.1 intermission and 1:23.2 three-quarters before B B Torio (Ryan Anderson) moved from third. Psilvuheartbreaker (Jim Meittinis), looped by the favorite early before getting a seat, tried to go with BB Torio but couldn't match strides. The favorite had a length-and-a-half lead entering the lane before the walls began caving in. Digital Z Tam ducked in and Rain Train (Stephane Boichard) closed wide, but it was Classic Line N employing the "shortest distance between two points" theory. He went deep in the passing lane, winning by a haf-length in 1:52.1...a life-mark which matched the fastest local mile of the season. Four Trumps A held second, with Rain Train, BB Torio and the dead-head duo of Digital Z Tam and Blue Boy (Jason Bartlett, four winners Saturday) grabbing the small change. Bartlett, by the way, leaves for Norway and the World Driving Championship Tuesday. For Classic Line N, a 6-year-old Down Under son of Life Sign trained by Darren Cassar for Pace to Place and Fiddler's Creek Stables, he returned $57.50 for his fifth win in 13 seasonal starts. The exacta paid $181.50, with the triple returning $1,114. (Yonkers)
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