Breakheart Pass, Mystical Starlight win

Breakheart Pass (Yannick Gingras) justified her outside assignment Friday night, winning Yonkers  Raceway's first Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace of the season.

Floating out from behind the eight-ball, Breakheart Pass landed fifth while Symphony in Motion (Jeff Gregory) put forth early intervals :28.1 and :58.2.

 Special Sweetheart (Dan Dube) was pocketed, with Twin B Tiara (Eric Goodell) first-up. Breakheart Pass tracked that move toward the 1:27.2 three-quarters, then went wide into the lane. She eased to the lead, winning by a length-and-three-quarters in 1:55.4. Up Front Cruiser (George Brennan)--the 19-10  favorite--closed from sixth off the final turn to snap second, with Symphony in Motion, Special Sweetheart and Hawk's Cry Electra (Jason Bartlett) completing the  cashers.

 For Breakheart Pass, a now-7-year-old daughter of Western Hero trained by Ron Burke for co-owners Burke Racing and Weaver Bruscemi, she  returned $8 (second choice) for a successful seasonal debut. The exacta paid $34.80, with the triple returning $177.50.

The calendar's initial Open Handicap Trot was won by lone lass Mystical Starlight (Goodell) in 1:58.3.

 Pricevalleyrevitup (Cat Manzi) led through fractions of :29, :59.3 and 1:28.3, getting hounded for a large part of the time by Baby Boy Grin (Larry  Stalbaum). The latter made a huge recovery from a before-the-start-misbehave.

"Pricevalley" was about done in and out of the final turn, swallowed up by all the board members. Mystical Starlight--leaving from post  position No.  5--rallied from second-over, winning by a length-and-a-quarter.

Shoeless White Sox (Gregory) and Wind Surfer (Gingras), last and next-to-last in the early going, wound up second and third, while Pricevalleyitup and  Tasty Max (Stephane Bouchard) grabbed the small change.

For Mystical Starlight, a 6-year-old daughter of Credit Winner owned by Glen Hobin and trained by Jeff Webster, she returned $15.40 (fourth choice) for winning her 2011 debut. The exacta paid $126, while the exacta returned $642. (Yonkers)