Tasty Max was more than happy with class and post relief, and showed it by easily winning the $19,000 featured high-end trot Friday night at Yonkers Raceway. The night's card also included the opening leg of the Hopeful Pacing Series for 3-year-old pacing fillies.
With Greg Grismore driving for trainer Joe King, Tasty Max--the 6-5 favorite from the pole--retook from longshot leaver Keystone Torch (Jason Bartlett). He then led through fractions of :29.4, 1:00 and 1:29.1.
Hez Striking (Jeff Gregory) tried it first-over from fifth, taking up the chase as Keystone Torch was extinguishing himself. However, "Max" was too tough, widening a two-length lead into tbe lane to 3 3/4 lengths at the wire in 1:58.2. Hez Striking was second, with 36-1 rank outsider Marina Grace (Jim Marohn), Keystone Torch and Calchip's Muscle (Pat Lachance) earning the small change. For Tasty Max, a 5-year-old Donerail gelding owned by Marvin Meyer, it was his first win in four '08 tries. He put together a career-best $144,000-plus season in 2007. This night, he returned $4.50, with the exacta paying $13 (two favorites) and the triple worth $97. The Hopeful Pacing Series got underway with two $10,000 divisions of the first leg going to Evaji Hanover (by Dragon Again) owned by Ronald Viola, trained by Peter Walsh and drive by Gregory in 1:59.3, and Notimefordreaming (by Dream Away); owned by Skull N Roses Stable,/trained by John Gerow and driven by Ron Cushing in 1:58.3. The opening round of the Hopeful colt and gelding division goes tonight with four, $10,000 divisions. Each gender's series has three preliminary legs leading to a $40,000 (est.) final in late February.(Yonkers Raceway)
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