Sentbytheangels, Fourstarz Speed score at Yonkers

Neither rain, nor wind, nor gloom of night was about to derail Yonkers Raceway's pair of Friday night $50,000 Open Handicaps.

The weekly fairer-sex feature saw plenty of early action before a reserved miss stole the thunder.

Activities began when Still Electric (Brett Miller), she of the four wins in her last five local tries, two-moved to the lead from the eight-hole. That one made the lead after a :28.2 opening quarter-mile. KG Delight (Brian Sears), the 17-10 choice, pulled from fourth to engage Still Electric after a 58-second intermission.

Pole-sitter Ladycino (Yannick Gingras) was pocketed, while Lady Mach (Greg Grismore) was tracking from second-over. All the while, StillElectric maintained the lead at the 1:26.3 three-quarters. However, her reign in the rain was about over in and out of the final turn.

A mad scramble ensued through the lane, with Sentbytheangels (Ryan Anderson, three winners on the 13-race card)--dead-last at three-quarters and sixth turning for home--goin' by 'em all as the 36-1 rank outsider.

Sentbytheangels, who worked out a fourth-over trip from post position No. 7, defeated Lady Mach by a half-length in 1:56. KG Delight,Saymynamesaymyname (Jordan Stratton) and Ladycino completed the cashers,with those first five finishers separated by just a length-and-a-half at the wet wire.

For Sentbytheangels, an 8-year-old daughter of Run the Table trained by Joe Anderson for owner Gerrie Tucker, she returned $75.50 for her 10th win in 31 seasonal starts. She led bombs-away exotics of an $875 exacta and an $8,184 triple.

The weekly trotting feature saw the well-traveled statebred Four Starz Speed (Gingras) return to Westchester--his fifth different venue in his last five starts--for his first visit since winning last
season's New York Sire Stakes soph title.

Four Star Speed, leaving from post No. 4 as the 2-1 favorite, worked to the lead around Armbro Barrister (Steve Smith), then hung Stonebridge Diablo (Stephane Bouchard). He then gradually widened through fractions of :28.1, 58.1 and 1:27.2.

Four Starz Speed slapped a half-dozen lengths on his rivals entering the lane, then hit the line 8 1/4 lengths before Batalj Launcher (Jim Pantaleano) in 1:56.

Armbro Barrister, Beach Nut Brand (Jeff Gregory) and Dennis (Stratton) grabbed the small change. The mare Spice Queen, so impressive in her local debut a week ago, jumped it off early here.

For Four Starz Speed, a 4-year-old Conway Hall gelding now racing for trainer Ronnie Burke and co-owners Burke Racing, JJK Stables,Weaver Bruscemi and Howard Taylor, he paid $6.30 for his seventh win in 22 '09 tries. The exacta paid $70.50, with the triple returning $1,061.

New York Sire Stakes action continues hwere Monday night, with the $210,566 Bronxville Trot (3-year-old colts/geldings).(Yonkers)