No longer subjected to sidebar status, the Sagamore Hill Pacing Series wrapped up with a $66,400 Yonkers Raceway final Saturday night. Giddy Up Delight (Jason Bartlett, four winners on the 12-race card) negated an outer post and seven rivals in one fell swoop, going the distance in a solid effort to complete his own personal (4-for-4) series sweep.
Leaving from post position seven in the Sagamore--a series for 3- and 4-year-old colts and geldings--Giddy Up Delight--aa 4-year-old son of Bettor's Delight--shot right to the lead, stepping around pole-sitting Riopelle (Jim Meittinis) well before a tepid 29-second opening quarter-mile. Giddy Up Delight then rated a :58.4 intermission before 4-5 people's choice Woodstock Hanover (Stephane Bouchard) moved from third, He engaged the leader past the 1:26.1 three-quarters, ducking in for a coffee break when Riopelle abruptly called it a night.
It was a "Delight"-ful length-and-a-quarter lead turning for home, and he was never seriously threatened, winning by that exact same margin in 1:55. Eragon (Greg Griismore), who left for position from the eight-hole, knifed through traffic to grab second with a slick drive. Mr. Rockford (Dan Dube) was third, with "Woodstock" and Mr. Massimo (Corey Callahan) finishing in dead-heat for fourth.
For Giddy Up Delight, owned by David Shea and trained by Mark Ford (whose stablemates finished 1-3), he returned $13 (third choice) for his sixth win in 11 seasonal starts. The exacta paid $309 (always popular half-mile track numbers of 7 & 8), the triple returned $809 and the superfectas paid $900 (Woodstock Hanover fourth) and $2,909 (Mr. Massimo fourth), respectively.
"He's proven he can leave the gate so well, I had my mind set on getting him out of there," Bartlett said. "We were able to get a cheap half and he's been very good this whole series."
"David (Shea) sent him down to me from Canada just before this series," Ford said. "He thought he'd do well, and he was right. As for what's next, I really don't know. They go for such good money here, we may just keep him around."
A $25,000 series consolation was won by Bet The Town (Jeff Gregory, $3.20) in 1:55. (Yonkers Raceway)
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