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ALWAYS AT MY PLACE WINS MONDAY NIGHT 50G OPEN HANDICAP PACE

YONKERS, NY, Monday, October 16, 2017-Yonkers Raceway's Monday night (Oct. 16th) program saw any number of usual Saturday races "carried over" in deference to the $3.3 million all stakes card of this past weekend.

Odds-on Always at My place (George Brennan, $3.60) barely lasted, winning the $50,000 Open Handicap Pace. From post position No. 6, he held sway 27.1, 56.2, 1:23.3, 1:52.2 a desperate nose in front of pocketed Thisjetsabookin' (Jason Bartlett), with Techtor Hanover (Scott Zeron) arriving late in that photo.

Theartofconfusion A (Eric Goodell) and Gratian Hanover (Joe Bongiorno) settled for the remainder.

For repeating "Always," a 6-year-old Always a Virgin gelding co-owned (as Burke Racing) by trainer Ron Burke, Weaver Bruscemi, Larry Karr and Phil Collura, it was his ninth win in 23 seasonal starts (career 36-for-100). The exacta paid $23, with the triple returning $138.50.


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