Mach You And Me, Beach Nut Brand win at Yonkers

Mach You And Me (Jason Bartlett) and Beach Nut Brand (Jeff Gregory) shared the Friday night glory, winning Yonkers Raceway's pair of $40,000 Open Handicaps.

Mach You And Me, after gapping her cover in the weekly distaff derby, was able to get her act together when it counted. Assigned post position number five, she moved second-up behind Eagle Hilarious (Jeff Gregory). The former went up and over the early leader, Saymynamesaymyname (Jordan Stratton), taking a 1-1/4 length lead of her own into the lane.

However, Eagle Hilarious began to tire, and Mach You and Me -- as the even money favorite -- found her best stride in time. She defeated a pylon-skimming, 30-1 Chris Cross (Cat Manzi) by one-half length in a "good" 1:56.1. Hannah Isabel (Pat Lachance), Eagle Hilarious and Monochromatic (Daniel Dube) completed the cashers.

For Mach You And Me, a 5-year-old daughter of Mach Three co-owned by trainer Josh Green and Scott Dillon, she returned $4.10 for her fifth win in 22 season’s starts. The Exacta paid $65.00, with the Triple returning $913.00.

Beach Nut Brand, last early, worked out a third-over trip in the week's featured trot. After early leader Titan Park (Dube) called it night, the 3-2 choice, Napoleon (Jason Bartlett), grabbed the lead. Classic Lane (Manxi) and Beach Nut Brand were right behind, with Beach Nut Brand closing widest and fastest. He defeated Napoleon by one-half length, in 1:57.1, with Classic Lane, Victor's Vicky (Jordan Stratton) and Russell Hill (Yannick Gingras) grabbing the minor moolah.

Beach Nut Brand, a 7-year-old Branded gelding trained by Mark Harder for co-owners Stable 45 and Scott Kurzrok, returned $15.00 as the fourth choice for his ninth victory in 31 season’s starts, and has not won more than $810,000. The Exacta paid $56.50, with the Triple returning $113.00.(Yonkers)

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