Homen Dry (Jason Bartlett, $8.50) was anything but on Sunday afternoon (October 29), while winning Yonkers Raceway’s waterlogged $50,000 Open Handicap Trot.
After having gotten away third from the assigned Post 5, Homen Dry did his bidding in a wind-swept deluge, but it was no problem. He watched as the 19-10 favourite, In Secret (driven by George Brennan) – who had been remanded outside of his six rivals – made the lead and cut the fractions in :28.4, :57.1 and 1:26.1.
As he did in his prior effort, Homen Dry, who was sent off as the third post-time choice, vacated the three-hole and engaged the leader before winning in going-away fashion. The margin of victory was two and a half lengths in 1:55. In Secret was a safe second, with Tight Lines (Jeff Gregory), Centurion ATM (Dan Dube) and Sumatra (Eric Goodell) settled for the remainders.
Homen Dry is a five-year-old Credit Winner gelding owned by J L Sadowsky LLC and trained by Robert Bresnahan. The victory was his seventh win (third consecutive) from 18 seasonal starts. The exacta paid $49.60 and the ‘triple’ returned $155.50.
Sunday’s scheduled edition of the ‘New York, New York Double’ went south when Belmont Park cancelled its last-day-of-meet program. The gimmick wager will return Sunday, November 12, with Aqueduct as the NYRA venue.
(With files from Yonkers Raceway)