Odds-on Silent Swing, in rein to George Brennan, finished what he started Saturday night winning Yonkers Raceway's $33,000 Open Handicap Pace
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Assigned post position five, Silent Swing comfortably worked around pole-sitting Grab Your Keys (Larry Stalbaum) before a :28-second opening quarter-mile. Left to his own devices, Silent Swing then found a :56.4 intermission before Southern Allie (Jason Bartlett) made his second move.
However, that one offered only token pressure in and out of a 1:24.1 three-quarters, with Silent Swing up a length-and-a-half turning for home. He won by identical margin in 1:52.3, Grab Your Keys chased from the pocket, with Andy Roo (Brent Holland), Corky Baran (Eric Goodell) and Lucky Man (Cat Manzi) grabbing the minor awards
For Silent Swing, a millionaire 10-year-old Northern Luck gelding co-owned by (trainer) Mark Ford and David Shea, he returned $3.70 for his second win in as many 2012 starts.
(Yonkers Raceway)