Yonkers Raceway Race 6

Race 6

Prize Money: $70,225

CAPTAIN ALBANO (1) resumes from a spell of three-and-a-half months after showing some very good form last campaign, the last run being a second over 2012m at this track. Will enjoy a nice run from this favourable starting position. Expecting a bright start to the campaign. WHICHWAYTOTHEBEACH (5) made it two wins from his last three outings three weeks ago, getting home by 0.6 metres over 1609m at this track. This looks a sterner test than last time but he is capable of another big performance. MOSSDALE BEN N (6) scored last start over 1609m at this track. Generally runs very well at this circuit so can play a big role again. DONEGAL LUTHER N (3) is in the mix following a respectable second at his first run back over 1609m at this track.

Distance: 1609m
Track: Good
Weather: -
Surface: All Weather
Class: BORG #1

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Captain Albano (Fr1) 253841112x
Trainer: Noel Daley ()
Driver: Todd McCarthy
Prize Money: $3,112,506
Win / Place: 58% / 81%

Unbeaten The Track / Distance

Unbeaten 1st Up

Distance Specialist

5 yo Bay Horse

Sire: CAPTAINTREACHEROUS (USA)

Dam: ANGELOU

Rating

Stats

Career

43: 25-7-3

Distance

41: 24-6-3

Trk/Dst

3: 3-0-0

Track

5: 4-1-0

Season

0: 0-0-0

1st Up

3: 3-0-0

2nd Up

3: 1-2-0

3rd Up

3: 1-1-0

Metro

10: 3-1-1

Non-Metro

33: 22-6-2

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

43: 25-7-3

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:48.10

Driver Stats

Comments

Resuming after a spell of three-and-a-half months. Finished off last campaign when beaten by 7 m finishing second behind Coaches Corner at this track over 2012m in a MGM GP F on December 19 at $1.48. Previous preparation first-up won by 2.25 m as favourite (Fr4) at Meadowlands (1:49.20) beating Calicojack Hanover in GRADUATE on June 13 at $2.60. In the mix from the inside draw.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
3rd of 4	21/3/26	Meadowlands	1609m			-	Todd McCarthy	1:50.40	1:50.40	8.25m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Coaches Corner 2. Funtime Bayama 3. Captain Albano
2nd of 10	19/12/25	Yonkers Raceway	2012m		All Weather	Fr4	Todd McCarthy	2:23.10	2:23.10	7.5m	$1.48f	11	MGM GP F	$382,848	$95,712	1. Coaches Corner 2. Captain Albano 3. Catalpa Rescue
1st of 6	8/12/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Todd McCarthy	1:52.30	1:52.30	17.3m	$1.13f	7	MGM GP L3	$76,570	$38,285	1. Captain Albano 2. Calicojack Hanover 3. Captain Moore
1st of 7	1/12/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Todd McCarthy	1:51.40	1:51.40	1.5m	$2.19	7	MGM GP L2	$76,570	$38,285	1. Captain Albano 2. Coaches Corner 3. American Dealer
1st of 8	24/11/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Todd McCarthy	1:50.40	1:50.40	0.9m	$1.63f	9	MGM GP L1	$76,336	$38,168	1. Captain Albano 2. Huntinthelastdolar 3. Tip Top Cat
4th of 10	15/11/25	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Todd McCarthy	1:47.30	1:47.30	11.3m	$8.60	21	FANDUEL	$534,351	$42,748	1. Maximus Miki 2. Ken Hanover 3. Coaches Corner

Mac's Marvel (Fr2) 2652623154
Trainer: Pat Lachance ()
Driver: Pat Lachance
Prize Money: $553,335
Win / Place: 18% / 47%

7 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: CAPTAINTREACHEROUS (USA)

Dam: MICHELLE'S POWER

Rating

Stats

Career

132: 24-22-17

Distance

132: 24-22-17

Trk/Dst

31: 7-7-2

Track

31: 7-7-2

Season

8: 1-2-1

1st Up

2: 0-0-0

2nd Up

2: 0-0-1

3rd Up

2: 0-0-0

Metro

65: 13-7-9

Non-Metro

67: 11-15-8

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

132: 24-22-17

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:50.20

Driver Stats

Comments

Last start 4th (Fr3) over 1609m at this track beaten 4.5 m by Curly James (1:53.10) in NW30000L5 on March 23 at $7.37. Two runs back 5th (Fr4) over 1609m at this track beaten 15 m by Mossdale Ben (1:53.20) in NW31501L5 on March 16 at $19.33. Not keen.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
4th of 6	23/3/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Pat Lachance	1:53.10	1:53.10	4.5m	$7.37	7	NW30000L5	$37,921	$3,034	1. Curly James 2. Vicious 3. Blue Lou
5th of 7	16/3/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Pat Lachance	1:53.20	1:53.20	15.8m	$19	7	NW31501L5	$37,921	$1,896	1. Mossdale Ben 2. The Greek Freak 3. Diego
1st of 8	9/3/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Pat Lachance	1:52.10	1:52.10	0.9m	$59	7	NW20000L5	$32,303	$16,152	1. Mac's Marvel 2. Curly James 3. Bet On Big Joe
3rd of 8	2/3/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Pat Lachance	1:54.20	1:54.20	3.8m	$4.05	14	NW20000L5	$32,303	$3,876	1. Whats Stanley Got 2. Gds Thunder 3. Mac's Marvel
2nd of 8	16/2/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Pat Lachance	1:54.30	1:54.30	0.6m	$7.80	7	NW20000L5	$32,810	$8,203	1. Aye Aye Captain 2. Mac's Marvel 3. Bet On Big Joe
6th of 8	9/2/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Pat Lachance	1:53.30	1:53.30	18.0m	$7.27	7	NW30000L5	$38,516	-	1. Diego 2. Soho Dow Jones 3. Vicious

Donegal Luther N (Fr3) 84116013x2
Trainer: Jared Bako (The Lagoon)
Driver: Yannick Gingras
Prize Money: $185,175
Win / Place: 23% / 51%

7 yo Black Gelding

Sire: BETTORS CREEK (NZ)

Dam: DONEGAL LUCY (NZ)

Rating

Stats

Career

47: 11-9-4

Distance

13: 2-2-1

Trk/Dst

1: 0-1-0

Track

1: 0-1-0

Season

1: 0-1-0

1st Up

5: 1-3-0

2nd Up

4: 1-0-0

3rd Up

4: 0-2-1

Metro

30: 6-7-1

Non-Metro

17: 5-2-3

Mobile

46: 11-8-4

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

42: 9-9-4

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

5: 2-0-0

Best Mile

1:51.68

Driver Stats

Comments

Having his second run back from a spell. Solid effort when 2nd (Fr4) over 1609m at this track beaten 0.6 m by Lou Hill (1:53.00) in INVITATION on March 23 at $12.05. Nicely placed to figure in the finish.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
2nd of 6	23/3/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Yannick Gingras	1:53.00	1:53.00	0.6m	$12	80	INVITATION	$49,157	$12,289	1. Lou Hill 2. Donegal Luther 3. Catalpa Rescue
80 Day Spell
2nd of 5	6/3/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m			-	Jared Bako	1:53.10	1:53.10	0.3m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Louies Girl 2. Donegal Luther 3. Keayang Kamikaze
3rd of 12	2/1/26	Goulburn	2240m	Mobile	All Weather	Sr1	Amanda Turnbull	2:38.10	1:53.6	40.0m	$31	7	No NR	$40,000	$4,400	1. Swayzee 2. Don Hugo 3. Donegal Luther
1st of 12	26/12/25	Bathurst	2790m	Mobile	All Weather	Sr2	Amanda Turnbull	3:22.10	1:56.6	4.9m	$61	13	No NR	$40,000	$21,600	1. Donegal Luther 2. Captains Knock 3. Swayzee
10th of 10	13/12/25	Menangle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr6	Amanda Turnbull	1:50.60	1:50.6	14.9m	$101	7	No NR	$30,600	$600	1. Captains Knock 2. Ubetcha Tigerpie 3. Swayzee
6th of 10	6/12/25	Menangle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr8	Ashleigh Delosa	1:48.70	1:48.7	7.8m	$19	21	NR up to 105	$20,400	$400	1. Nyack 2. Bainbridge 3. Ripp

Matai Phil N (Fr4) 3224412722
Trainer: Agostino Abbatiello (PUKEKOHE)
Driver: Brent Holland
Prize Money: $167,051
Win / Place: 20% / 51%

5 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: WASHINGTON VC (USA)

Dam: MATAI KATIE (NZ)

Rating

Stats

Career

39: 8-7-5

Distance

22: 4-6-1

Trk/Dst

21: 4-6-1

Track

21: 4-6-1

Season

7: 1-3-0

1st Up

3: 1-0-0

2nd Up

3: 2-0-0

3rd Up

2: 0-0-0

Metro

12: 2-1-2

Non-Metro

27: 6-6-3

Mobile

13: 3-0-2

Standing

5: 1-1-2

All-Weather

39: 8-7-5

Slushy

1: 0-1-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:54.20

Driver Stats

Comments

Racing consistently with minor placings at his last two starts at this course. Placed last start 2nd (Fr5) over 1609m at this track beaten 7 m by Curly James (1:52.40) in NW20000L5 on March 16 at $2.11. Before that 2nd (Fr6) over 1609m at this track, beaten 0.9 m by The Greek Freak (1:53.40) in NW20000L5 on March 9 at $10.48. Can't tip based on recent efforts.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
2nd of 7	16/3/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Brent Holland	1:52.40	1:52.40	7.5m	$2.11f	7	NW20000L5	$32,303	$8,076	1. Curly James 2. Matai Phil 3. Just Enuff Stuff
2nd of 8	9/3/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Brent Holland	1:53.40	1:53.40	0.9m	$10	7	NW20000L5	$32,303	$8,076	1. The Greek Freak 2. Matai Phil 3. Just Enuff Stuff, Speaker Of Peace
7th of 8	2/3/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Brent Holland	1:55.00	1:55.00	14.3m	$31	14	NW20000L5	$32,303	-	1. Ima Perfect Choice 2. Curly James 3. Imtheblackflash
2nd of 8	16/2/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Brent Holland	1:54.40	1:54.40	3.0m	$51	7	NW20000L5	$32,810	$8,203	1. Whichwaytothebeach 2. Matai Phil 3. Rolling With Sam
1st of 8	9/2/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Brent Holland	1:55.00	1:55.00	0.6m	$4.66	7	NW15351L5	$27,104	$13,552	1. Matai Phil 2. Aardies Flash 3. Himself
4th of 8	2/2/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Brent Holland	1:53.30	1:53.30	12.8m	$59	14	NW16681L5	$27,104	$2,168	1. Whichwaytothebeach 2. Six Degrees 3. Curly James

Whichwaytothebeach (Fr5) 5186261131
Trainer: Travis Alexander ()
Driver: Matt Kakaley
Prize Money: $579,489
Win / Place: 19% / 46%

8 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: SOMEBEACHSOMEWHERE (USA)

Dam: SWINGING BEAUTY

100

Rating

Stats

Career

96: 19-14-12

Distance

95: 19-14-12

Trk/Dst

18: 5-2-2

Track

19: 5-2-2

Season

5: 3-0-1

1st Up

3: 0-1-0

2nd Up

3: 1-0-0

3rd Up

3: 0-1-1

Metro

7: 0-1-0

Non-Metro

89: 19-13-12

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

96: 19-14-12

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:48.40

Driver Stats

Comments

Hard to fault of late. Last start by a 0.6 m as favourite (Fr5) at this track (1:51.40) beating Jumpingjackmac in INVITATION on March 9 at $2.18. Key runner once again.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
1st of 8	9/3/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Matt Kakaley	1:51.40	1:51.40	0.6m	$2.18f	7	INVITATION	$49,157	$24,579	1. Whichwaytothebeach 2. Jumpingjackmac 3. Verdun
3rd of 7	2/3/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Matt Kakaley	1:52.40	1:52.40	2.3m	$24	14	INVITATION	$49,157	$5,899	1. Mossdale Ben 2. Jumpingjackmac 3. Whichwaytothebeach
1st of 8	16/2/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Matt Kakaley	1:54.40	1:54.40	3.0m	$5.23	14	NW20000L5	$32,810	$16,405	1. Whichwaytothebeach 2. Matai Phil 3. Rolling With Sam
1st of 8	2/2/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Matt Kakaley	1:53.30	1:53.30	2.3m	$5.05	14	NW16681L5	$27,104	$13,552	1. Whichwaytothebeach 2. Six Degrees 3. Curly James
6th of 7	19/1/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Matt Kakaley	1:53.10	1:53.10	21.0m	$54	34	NW20000L5	$34,380	-	1. Soho Dow Jones 2. Whats Stanley Got 3. Soho Spectre
34 Day Freshen-Up
2nd of 6	16/12/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Matt Kakaley	1:54.30	1:54.30	3.0m	$9.12	14	NW20000L5	$35,222	$8,806	1. Sterling Choice 2. Whichwaytothebeach 3. Bet On Big Joe

Mossdale Ben N (Fr6) 7613945151
Trainer: Peter Tritton (WOODEND BEACH)
Driver: Jim Marohn (Jnr)
Prize Money: $964,406
Win / Place: 27% / 55%

Track / Distance Specialist

7 yo Brown Gelding

Sire: A ROCKNROLL DANCE (USA)

Dam: MOSSDALE SUE (NZ)

Rating

Stats

Career

69: 19-12-7

Distance

27: 11-3-3

Trk/Dst

22: 11-2-2

Track

24: 11-2-2

Season

5: 2-0-0

1st Up

8: 4-1-1

2nd Up

8: 2-2-1

3rd Up

7: 3-1-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

69: 19-12-7

Mobile

26: 6-7-4

Standing

17: 2-3-0

All-Weather

64: 18-11-7

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

5: 1-1-0

Best Mile

1:51.10

Driver Stats

Comments

Going well. Last start by 5 m as favourite (Fr1) at this track (1:53.20) beating The Greek Freak in NW31501L5 on March 16 at $1.14. No surprise if he made it two on the trot.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
1st of 7	16/3/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Jim Marohn (Jnr)	1:53.20	1:53.20	5.3m	$1.14f	7	NW31501L5	$37,921	$18,961	1. Mossdale Ben 2. The Greek Freak 3. Diego
5th of 8	9/3/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Jim Marohn (Jnr)	1:51.40	1:51.40	3.0m	$15	7	INVITATION	$49,157	$2,458	1. Whichwaytothebeach 2. Jumpingjackmac 3. Verdun
1st of 7	2/3/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Jim Marohn (Jnr)	1:52.40	1:52.40	0.9m	$22	28	INVITATION	$49,157	$24,579	1. Mossdale Ben 2. Jumpingjackmac 3. Whichwaytothebeach
5th of 8	2/2/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Jim Marohn (Jnr)	1:55.00	1:55.00	4.5m	$22	14	NW33161L5	$38,516	$1,926	1. Sweethomealabama 2. Mac's Marvel 3. Diego
4th of 8	19/1/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Jim Marohn (Jnr)	1:54.20	1:54.20	11.3m	$3.68	31	NW31001L5	$40,359	$3,229	1. Always A Thrill 2. Imtheblackflash 3. Miki Shan
31 Day Freshen-Up
9th of 10	19/12/25	Yonkers Raceway	2012m		All Weather	Fr7	Jim Marohn (Jnr)	2:23.10	2:23.10	33.8m	$87	11	MGM GP F	$382,848	-	1. Coaches Corner 2. Captain Albano 3. Catalpa Rescue

Race Review Abbreviations

Brk: Broke, Blkd: Blocked or held up, 1 x 1: One-out, one-back, Prkd: Parked, 3bk otr: 3 back on the outer, 3bk inr: Same as above, but on the inside, trld: Trailed, Gt spd: Showed gate speed, 3wd: 3-wide postd: Caught wide without cover, Held up: Held up, no gaps or few gaps: If they don't see any clear air in the straight, Inr-mid-wd -position: On the inside, mid = 1-off, wd = 3-wide or wider, flew hm wd: Flew home wide, dashd inr: Sprinted well on the inside, Chkd: Checked, Slow: Slow away at the start, Wltd: Wilted or got tired, Fdd: Faded late, Urgd: If the driver is getting stuck in

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