Hannah Isabel pays $77.50 to win at Yonkers

Hannah Isabel (Cat Manzi), an outsider in both post position and pari-mutuel proposition, upset the Friday night apple cart, winning Yonkers Raceway's co-featured $37,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.

 

Leaving to the right of her six rivals (in one notch after a defection), "Hannah" watched early as 3-10 favorite Mach You and Me (Jason Bartlett) take over from Little Mermaid N (Stephane Bouchard) after a :28.1 opening quarter-mile. The fave was able to rate a :57.1 intermission before Monochromatic (Jim Pantaleano) came calling after an awkward getaway.

 

Mach You and Me disposed of that one, taking a length-and-a-half lead into the lane. All the while, Hannah Isabel was winding up wide from  third-over. The 37-1 shot had the momentum, and eventually, the victory.

 

"Hannah" beat Little Mermaid N by three-quarters-of-a-length in 1:54.2. Mach You  and Me, Soiree (Jordan Stratton) and Monochromatic completed the cashers.

 

For Hannah Isabel, a 5-year-old daughter of Bettor's Delight trained by Jean Drolet for co-owners Marilyn and Heiman Gross, she returned $77.50 (sixth choice) for her third win in 17 seasonal starts.  The exacta paid $284, with the triple returning $677.

 

Friday night's co-featured $37,000 Open Handicap Trot saw Bad Boy Billie (Pat Lachance) go to the house in a life-best 1:56.2.

 

Leaving from post two, "Billy" led through comfy intervals of :28, 58.1 and 1:27. After ridding himself of first-up longshot Pembroke Prayer (Bartlett), Bad Boy Billy had a 2 1/2-length lead turning for home. He held sway to the tune of a half-length, with Y F Little Guy (Pantaleano), Shoeless White Sox (Jeff Gregory), Force Nine (Steve Smith) and Victor's Vicky (Manzi) across the track for the balance of the coin.

 

For Bad Boy Billie, a 4-year-old Boy Band gelding trained by John Duer for owner William Weaver, he returned $9.50 (third choice) for his third victory in seven '10 tries. The exacta paid $92., with the triple returning $635.

(Yonkers Raceway)