Jeff Gregory. perhaps an optimist by nature, saw the glass as half full Thursday night at Yonkers Raceway, as he won five of the evening's 10 races.
Gregory, driving in each and every dash, began his night by sweeping the $39 early daily souble with The Pan I Love ($12.60) in the $5,000, pacing opener and favored Money Talks ($4.90) in the $9,500, second-race trot. The latter prevailed in a life-best 1:58.1.
Double the Trouble ($15.20) won the $6,000, fourth-race pace, avoiding some final-turn happenstance for Gregory's third victory. He then won the $8,000, seventh-race pace with down-the-road Armbro Chivalry ($7.90) before stopping in for a nightcap with the invading Vivaldi N ($9.10) in the $9,500 pacing finale. The gelding matched his 1:55 personal best, edging by the pacesetting favorite B My Hero (Greg Grismore). Gregory, 40, recently went over the 5,100 career win plateau and is right around $40 million in purses. Only four drivers had their pictures taken Thursday night, with Jordan Stratton and Pat Lachance (two winners each), along with Grismore accounting for the other five victories. Stratton's Down Under pair--Royal Seal N and Legal Trouble N--returned $52.50 and $25.80, respectively. (Yonkers)
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