Yonkers Raceway Race 4

Race 4

Prize Money: $23,743

VERY BUSY (7) made it two in succession last start when he got the cash by 5 metres over 1609m at Pocono Downs. Tactics will be crucial from this wide draw. Meets a similar line up and he can figure in the finish. FLEX UP (5) finished second last start over 1609m at this track, beaten 6 metres, after a good win at this track the run prior. Meets a comparable field and he can bounce back to winning form. MUSCLE SPASM (4) is the next best after finishing third over 1609m at this track last time out. VINYL DADDY (6) must be considered after he finished third over 1609m at Philadelphia a week ago.

Distance: 1609m
Track: Good
Weather: -
Surface: All Weather
Class: NW2PM

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Branders (Fr1) 84867x
Trainer: Thomas Corelli ()
Driver: Steve Smith
Prize Money: $3,058
Win / Place: 0% / 0%

3 yo Bay Colt

Sire: SIX PACK (USA)

Dam: CHRISTINA M (USA)

Rating

Stats

Career

5: 0-0-0

Distance

5: 0-0-0

Trk/Dst

0: 0-0-0

Track

0: 0-0-0

Season

0: 0-0-0

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

3rd Up

1: 0-0-0

Metro

5: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

0: 0-0-0

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

5: 0-0-0

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Trotting Hobbles

Comments

Returns to racing after a spell of nine months. Well beaten at the end of his last preparation when seventh at very long odds behind Rambo Hanover. Happy to look elsewhere.

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 5	1/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m			-	Steve Smith	1:58.30	1:58.30	12m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Augustus Blue Chip 2. Ohh Lobo 3. Branders
- of 3	5/9/25	Yonkers Raceway	1609m			-	Jim Marohn (Jnr)	2:06.00	2:06.00	-	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. The Miki Taker 2. Jordyn B 3. 89-Branders
7th of 8	15/8/25	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Steve Smith	1:55.10	1:55.10	140.3m	$103	7	GRDN STATE	$116,279	-	1. Rambo Hanover 2. Kingmen 3. Southwind Alamo
6th of 8	8/8/25	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Steve Smith	1:56.30	1:56.30	28.5m	$83	14	2YO NW2CD	$24,031	-	1. Isabella Bi 2. Gustav 3. Frattina Diablo
8th of 10	25/7/25	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Steve Smith	1:54.00	1:54.00	78.0m	$175	7	NJSS	$38,226	-	1. Diabolic Hill 2. Ardonne 3. I'm Kronos
4th of 7	18/7/25	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Steve Smith	1:54.30	1:54.30	92.3m	$116	7	NJSS	$38,226	$3,058	1. Apex 2. Ardonne 3. Practical Man

Life Is Great (Fr2) 12666x3523
Trainer: Blake Macintosh ()
Driver: Jim Marohn (Jnr)
Prize Money: $38,154
Win / Place: 23% / 58%

3 yo Bay Filly

Sire: RESOLVE (CAN)

Dam: LIFE CLASS

Rating

Stats

Career

17: 4-3-3

Distance

17: 4-3-3

Trk/Dst

3: 0-1-1

Track

3: 0-1-1

Season

4: 0-1-2

1st Up

2: 0-0-1

2nd Up

2: 0-1-0

3rd Up

2: 0-1-1

Metro

1: 0-0-1

Non-Metro

16: 4-3-2

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

17: 4-3-3

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

2:00.00

Driver Stats

Comments

Racing consistently with minor placings at her last two starts at this course. Placed last start 3rd (Fr6) over 1609m at this track beaten 6 m by Chapter Geo J (1:58.30) in NW2PM on May 2 at $24.63. Before that 2nd (Fr2) over 1609m at this track beaten 3 m by Flex Up (1:59.40) in NW2PM on April 22 at $7.21. A top-three finish would surprise.

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 8	2/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Austin Siegelman	1:58.30	1:58.30	6.8m	$25	10	NW2PM	$23,743	$2,849	1. Chapter Geo J 2. Flex Up 3. Life Is Great
2nd of 8	22/4/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Yannick Gingras	1:59.40	1:59.40	3.0m	$7.21	7	NW2PM	$24,745	$6,186	1. Flex Up 2. Life Is Great 3. Shoestrings
5th of 8	15/4/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Yannick Gingras	1:58.30	1:58.30	12.8m	$6.58	7	W2BNMT4	$27,656	$1,383	1. Armani Blue Chip 2. What A Buckeye 3. Bromax
3rd of 7	8/4/26	Saratoga	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Brett Beckwith	1:59.10	1:59.10	0.6m	$19	163	NW2PMCD	$13,100	$1,572	1. Help Us Help You 2. Influencer 3. Life Is Great
163 Day Spell
2nd of 7	31/3/26	Monticello Raceway	1609m			-	Bryan Quevedo	2:02.30	2:02.30	2.25m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Ann Mari's Cookie 2. Life Is Great 3. Ok Corral
6th of 8	27/10/25	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	4	J Jamieson	1:55.40	1:55.40	10.3m	$24	7	-	$21,810	-	1. Th Trix R Forkids 2. Kountry Clover 3. My Ghost

Chatty Mattie (Fr3) 143x485645
Trainer: Travis Alexander ()
Driver: Colin Kelly
Prize Money: $20,599
Win / Place: 7.14% / 14%

3 yo Black Filly

Sire: CAPTAIN COREY (USA)

Dam: HOLY TROUT

Rating

Stats

Career

14: 1-0-1

Distance

14: 1-0-1

Trk/Dst

0: 0-0-0

Track

0: 0-0-0

Season

6: 0-0-0

1st Up

2: 0-0-0

2nd Up

2: 0-0-0

3rd Up

2: 0-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

14: 1-0-1

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

14: 1-0-1

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:58.40

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Didn't do much at the last run, 5th (Fr6) over 1609m at Pocono Downs, beaten 40 m by Aviatrix Blue Chip (1:56.00) in WEISS3YRF on April 21 at $39. Before that 4th (Fr1) over 1609m at Pocono Downs beaten 11 m by Allioop Blue Chip (1:55.40) in WEISS 3YRF on April 14 at $29.30. Prepared to risk.

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
5th of 8	21/4/26	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Matt Kakaley	1:56.00	1:56.00	38.3m	$39	7	WEISS3YRF	$25,473	$1,274	1. Aviatrix Blue Chip 2. Cynic 3. Kickan
4th of 8	14/4/26	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Matt Kakaley	1:55.40	1:55.40	11.3m	$29	7	WEISS 3YRF	$25,473	$2,038	1. Allioop Blue Chip 2. Be Mine Hanover 3. Seven Rules
6th of 7	7/4/26	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Matt Kakaley	1:55.20	1:55.20	57.8m	$27	7	WEISS 3YRF	$25,473	-	1. Cynic 2. Aviatrix Blue Chip 3. Nightcap Mearas
5th of 8	31/3/26	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Matt Kakaley	1:58.00	1:58.00	12.8m	$59	7	NW2PM	$21,106	$1,055	1. Striking Mass 2. Be Mine Hanover 3. Eighties Kool
8th of 8	24/3/26	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Matt Kakaley	1:57.10	1:57.10	90.0m	$8.90	7	NW1PM	$17,556	-	1. Nose Jammer 2. Arella Hanover 3. Luna Landing
4th of 8	17/3/26	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Matt Kakaley	1:57.00	1:57.00	43.5m	$7.60	208	NW2PM	$20,365	$1,629	1. Captain Vodka 2. Rose Of Sharon 3. Kenogami Mat
208 Day Spell

Muscle Spasm (Fr4) 1334503823
Trainer: Peter Pellegrino ()
Driver: Scott Zeron
Prize Money: $38,605
Win / Place: 12% / 40%

4 yo Bay Horse

Sire: MUSCLE MASS (USA)

Dam: WINDSONG NOLWENN (CAN)

Rating

Stats

Career

25: 3-2-5

Distance

25: 3-2-5

Trk/Dst

5: 0-0-2

Track

5: 0-0-2

Season

10: 1-1-4

1st Up

2: 0-1-0

2nd Up

2: 0-0-0

3rd Up

2: 0-0-0

Metro

3: 0-0-2

Non-Metro

22: 3-2-3

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

25: 3-2-5

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:56.30

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix,Trotting Hobbles

Comments

Fair run when beaten by 4.5 m finishing second behind Empire Builder at Monticello Raceway over 1609m in a NAADA S L6 on April 22 at $16.56. Then a handy effort when well beaten into third behind Roger Rabbit at this track over 1609m in a NAADA S L7 on April 30 at $6.09. Well placed to go a couple better.

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 8	30/4/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Newton Sheridan	1:58.30	1:58.30	38.3m	$6.09	8	NAADA S L7	$19,693	$2,363	1. Roger Rabbit 2. Papa Joe Lozito 3. Muscle Spasm
2nd of 7	22/4/26	Monticello Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Newton Sheridan	2:00.40	2:00.40	4.5m	$17	7	NAADA S L6	$12,373	$3,093	1. Empire Builder 2. Muscle Spasm 3. Kilimanjaro
8th of 8	15/4/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Colin Kelly	1:58.30	1:58.30	99.8m	$9.96	12	W2BNMT4	$27,656	-	1. Armani Blue Chip 2. What A Buckeye 3. Bromax
3rd of 10	3/4/26	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Mark Herschberger	1:56.10	1:56.10	3.0m	$16	7	TM<71CD	$12,373	$1,485	1. Calderone 2. Landia 3. Muscle Spasm
10th of 10	27/3/26	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Mark Herschberger	1:55.30	1:55.30	276.0m	$5.30	9	TM<71CD	$12,373	-	1. Bee Positive 2. Bacardi 3. Mr Grant
5th of 8	18/3/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Colin Kelly	1:59.10	1:59.10	15.0m	$15	7	W2BNMT4	$23,876	$1,194	1. Won't Let'em 2. Seismic Step 3. Stovid

Flex Up (Fr5) 35557x7512
Trainer: Julie Miller ()
Driver: Andy Miller
Prize Money: $32,390
Win / Place: 10% / 40%

3 yo Bay Colt

Sire: CHAPTER SEVEN (USA)

Dam: FADE INTO YOU

Rating

Stats

Career

10: 1-2-1

Distance

10: 1-2-1

Trk/Dst

3: 1-2-0

Track

3: 1-2-0

Season

4: 1-1-0

1st Up

2: 0-1-0

2nd Up

2: 0-0-1

3rd Up

2: 1-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

10: 1-2-1

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

10: 1-2-1

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:59.40

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix,Trotting Hobbles

Comments

Last start game effort when 2nd (Fr8) over 1609m at this track, beaten 6 m by Chapter Geo J (1:58.30) in NW2PM on May 2 at $25.22. Two runs back won by 3 m (Fr3) at this track (1:59.40) beating Life Is Great in NW2PM on April 22 at $4.94. Has the ability to play a major role.

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 8	2/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Andy Miller	1:58.30	1:58.30	6.0m	$25	10	NW2PM	$23,743	$5,936	1. Chapter Geo J 2. Flex Up 3. Life Is Great
1st of 8	22/4/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Andy Miller	1:59.40	1:59.40	3.0m	$4.94	9	NW2PM	$24,745	$12,373	1. Flex Up 2. Life Is Great 3. Shoestrings
5th of 8	13/4/26	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Andy Miller	1:55.10	1:55.10	12.8m	$19	7	WEISS 3YRC	$25,473	$1,274	1. King Of The Wind 2. Bee Positive 3. Storm Hanover
7th of 8	6/4/26	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Andy Miller	1:57.20	1:57.20	85.5m	$23	210	WEISS 3YRC	$25,473	-	1. Confident Volo 2. Acoustic Blue Chip 3. Nose Jammer
210 Day Spell
1st of 8	25/3/26	Pocono Downs	1609m			-	Andy Miller	1:58.30	1:58.30	2.25m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Flex Up 2. Heytherbartender 3. Iconic Beauty
7th of 7	8/9/25	The Red Mile	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Andy Miller	1:56.30	1:56.30	179.3m	$32	12	2YONW1PM	$10,092	-	1. Degas 2. Gorilla Sighting 3. Demimond

Vinyl Daddy (Fr6) 13
Trainer: Noel Daley ()
Driver: Jordan Stratton
Prize Money: $9,402
Win / Place: 50% / 100%

3 yo Bay Colt

Sire: CHAPTER SEVEN (USA)

Dam: HEAVEN

Rating

Stats

Career

2: 1-0-1

Distance

2: 1-0-1

Trk/Dst

0: 0-0-0

Track

0: 0-0-0

Season

2: 1-0-1

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-1

3rd Up

0: 0-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

2: 1-0-1

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

2: 1-0-1

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:59.30

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Trotting Hobbles

Comments

Last start good run when 3rd (Fr3) over 1609m at Philadelphia beaten 10 m by Myths And Legends (1:56.10) in NW1PM on May 2 at $8.50. Two runs back won by a 0.8 m as favourite (Fr5) at Philadelphia (1:59.30) beating R Odette in NW1PM on April 17 at $2.50. Sure to be about the mark 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
3rd of 8	2/5/26	Philadelphia	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Troy Beyer	1:56.10	1:56.10	10.5m	$8.50	15	NW1PM	$14,665	$1,760	1. Myths And Legends 2. Jula Priceless 3. Vinyl Daddy
1st of 8	17/4/26	Philadelphia	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Niko Karna	1:59.30	1:59.30	0.8m	$2.50f	-	NW1PM	$15,284	$7,642	1. Vinyl Daddy 2. R Odette 3. Lucky Pancake
4th of 6	11/4/26	Meadowlands	1609m			-	Todd McCarthy	1:57.00	1:57.00	36.75m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Kingmen 2. Ai 3. Ice Venere
3rd of 4	3/4/26	Philadelphia	1609m			-	Niko Karna	2:00.10	2:00.10	1.5m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Mullica Hill 2. Captain Dolittle 3. Vinyl Daddy

Very Busy (Fr7) 1x24162511
Trainer: Per Engblom ()
Driver: Jason Bartlett
Prize Money: $35,606
Win / Place: 33% / 61%

Distance Specialist

Going for the Hat-Trick

4 yo Bay Horse

Sire: TACTICAL LANDING (USA)

Dam: HAWAIENNE MAZA F

100

Rating

Stats

Career

18: 6-4-1

Distance

18: 6-4-1

Trk/Dst

0: 0-0-0

Track

0: 0-0-0

Season

8: 3-2-0

1st Up

4: 0-1-1

2nd Up

3: 1-0-0

3rd Up

2: 1-1-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

18: 6-4-1

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

18: 6-4-1

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:56.00

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Trotting Hobbles

Comments

Four-year-old entire is racing in fine form. Won his last two outings at Pocono Downs and Monticello Raceway both over 1609m. Last start posted a big 5 m win (Fr6) at Pocono Downs (1:56.00) beating Renewable in NW2PM CG on April 28 at $3.70. No reason he cannot chalk-up the hat-trick.

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	28/4/26	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Jason Bartlett	1:56.00	1:56.00	5.3m	$3.70	15	NW2PM CG	$21,106	$10,553	1. Very Busy 2. Renewable 3. An Honest Buck
1st of 8	13/4/26	Monticello Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Pierre Bovay	2:00.10	2:00.10	6.8m	$9.53	7	NW450PSL5	$8,151	$4,076	1. Very Busy 2. Baby Tao 3. Party At Seven
5th of 8	6/4/26	Monticello Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Pierre Bovay	2:02.00	2:02.00	16.5m	$2.31f	5	NW450PSL5	$7,424	$371	1. Ok Corral 2. Home'n Dry 3. Simon Got Lucky
2nd of 8	1/4/26	Monticello Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Pierre Bovay	2:01.00	2:01.00	1.5m	$5.05	9	NW600PSL5	$9,607	$2,402	1. Weslynn Crown 2. Very Busy 3. Global Moni
6th of 6	23/3/26	Monticello Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Jim Taggart (Jnr)	2:02.30	2:02.30	51.0m	$2.16f	7	NW450PSL5	$7,163	-	1. Meadowbrook Dio 2. Pleaseandthankyou 3. Simon Got Lucky
1st of 6	16/3/26	Monticello Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Pierre Bovay	2:02.20	2:02.20	4.5m	$4.13	7	NW450PSL5	$7,163	$3,581	1. Very Busy 2. Useyourlovetonight 3. Meadowbrook Dio

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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