Driven by co-owner Yannick Gingras, Antognoni S settled into the middle of the pack early, while Sir Pinocchio (Jason Bartlett), Asteroid (Colin Kelly) and Cecil Hanover (Brett Beckwith) showed speed. Sir Pinocchio was in front in a quarter of 27.3, and while Asteroid managed to find a seat in the pocket, Cecil Hanover could not find a gap and was forced to stay two wide.
Sir Pinocchio stayed ahead of the parked Cecil Hanover until halftime in 57.4, and the outer layer would fill behind Cecil Hanover with Antognoni S, Take All Comers (Todd McCarthy), Dribbling Bi (Daniel Dube) and Ultion Face S (Tyler Buter). There was little change through three quarters in 1:27.4, but Gingras fired Antognoni S three wide beyond that point to round fellow player Cecil Hanover.
After being tipped off, Antognoni S quickly trotted forward to join Sir Pinocchio as they moved away from the others. Antognoni S continued his attempt to work his way around Sir Pinocchio past the 1:56.2 mile mark, and from there it was all Antognoni S as he trotted away to win by ten lengths. Sir Pinocchio had to settle for second place, followed by Ari Ferrari J (Jim Marohn Jr.), Take All Comers and Asteroid.
AGTOGNONI’S REPEAT
Ron Burke trains Antognoni S for Gingras and the other co-owners Burke Racing Stable LLC., Weaver Bruscemi LLC. and FAC Racing LLC. Antognoni S, a 5-year-old Father Patrick gelding bred by Pellpac AB and winner of the John Brennan Trotting Series final at Yonkers earlier this year, has a resume of 22-5-6 from 44 starts, having earned $542,861 and returned $3.90 to win. He led an exacta of $4.84 and a trifecta of $39.18.
“He was so good tonight,” Burke said. “Next year he will participate in all the big races.”
Keg Stand (Matt Kakaley) was brave after a long first-over grind and was able to exhaust leader Security Protected (Cory Stratton) late to win the $100,000 MGM Grand Prix Trotting Series consolation in 2:30 for the mile and a quarter.
Mississippi Storm (Brent Holland) rallied from second and also passed Security Protected at the wire to take second place. Amigo Volo (McCarthy) and Hot Flash Kimmy (Gingras) completed the top five.
Keg Stand, a 6-year-old gelding son of Bar hoppingwas driven by Nick Devita for owners David Hamm and EVM Racing LLC. Bred by M Biasuzzi Stable Inc.,
KEG STAND REPEAT
Keg Stand is a 28-time winner from 97 appearances, pocketing $959,600 and returning $8.92 to win. He keyed in an exacta of $241.24 and a trifecta of $959.36.
For full race results, click here: American trotting results.
By Yonkers Race Track
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