Yonkers Raceway Race 4

Race 4

Prize Money: $46,025

DOWNBYTHEWATER (4) finished fourth last start, beaten 15 metres at this track over 1609m. Finds a nice race and will prove very tough to beat. CAPTAIN MOORE A (6) finished third last start over 1609m at this track, beaten 11 metres, after scoring at the previous appearance over 1609m at this track. This is a nice drop in grade so he is a major player. STERLING CHOICE (1) has a strong record here which is significant. Finished seventh over 1609m at this track last time out. SOHO DOW JONES A (2) must be respected after scoring last start by 1.5 metres at this track over 1609m.

Distance: 1609m
Track: Good
Weather: -
Surface: All Weather
Class: NW30000L5

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Sterling Choice (Fr1) x413416227
Trainer: Jared Bako ()
Driver: Colin Kelly
Prize Money: $640,751
Win / Place: 29% / 67%

Track / Distance Specialist

4 yo Roan Horse

Sire: BETTERTHANCHEDDAR (USA)

Dam: PLATINUM CHOICE

Rating

Stats

Career

37: 11-8-6

Distance

37: 11-8-6

Trk/Dst

13: 8-2-0

Track

13: 8-2-0

Season

9: 1-3-1

1st Up

3: 0-1-1

2nd Up

3: 1-1-1

3rd Up

3: 1-0-1

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

37: 11-8-6

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

37: 11-8-6

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:50.40

Driver Stats

Comments

Last start 7th (Fr8) over 1609m at this track beaten 40 m by Sweet Beach Life (1:51.00) in 3-6 YO OPN on June 15 at $29.56. Before that, a solid effort when 2nd (Fr5) over 1609m at this track, beaten 5 m by Verdun (1:51.30) in NW20000L5 on June 1 at $4.58. Wasn't at his best last time - can improve.

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
7th of 8	15/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Jason Bartlett	1:51.00	1:51.00	40.5m	$30	14	3-6 YO OPN	$59,972	-	1. Sweet Beach Life 2. Verdun 3. Captain Moore
2nd of 8	1/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Jason Bartlett	1:51.30	1:51.30	5.3m	$4.58	7	NW20000L5	$34,868	$8,717	1. Verdun 2. Sterling Choice 3. Iknowbetter
2nd of 7	25/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Jason Bartlett	1:53.00	1:53.00	3.8m	$3.64	9	NW23931L5	$34,916	$8,729	1. Captinhammerhead 2. Sterling Choice 3. Joemikiyoursofine
6th of 7	16/5/26	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Braxten Boyd	1:50.00	1:50.00	13.5m	$48	25	WO25000LT	$38,408	-	1. Lou Grant 2. Soho Santorini 3. Voukefalas
1st of 8	21/4/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Jason Bartlett	1:52.20	1:52.20	3.0m	$2.46	8	NW24291L5	$36,390	$18,195	1. Sterling Choice 2. Boston Bound 3. Kwick Sand
4th of 8	13/4/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Jason Bartlett	1:53.10	1:53.10	7.5m	$4.77	9	NW20000L5	$36,390	$2,911	1. Whats Stanley Got 2. Typhoon Banner 3. Joemikiyoursofine

Soho Dow Jones A (Fr2) 6372126341
Trainer: Doug Dilloian (Jnr) (Blythewood)
Driver: Joe Bongiorno
Prize Money: $523,994
Win / Place: 22% / 50%

7 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: AMERICAN IDEAL (USA)

Dam: SOHO NEW YORK (AUS)

100

Rating

Stats

Career

113: 25-15-17

Distance

43: 10-7-7

Trk/Dst

41: 9-7-7

Track

41: 9-7-7

Season

16: 3-3-3

1st Up

6: 1-2-1

2nd Up

6: 2-2-0

3rd Up

5: 3-0-1

Metro

55: 9-5-7

Non-Metro

58: 16-10-10

Mobile

64: 14-8-9

Standing

7: 2-0-1

All-Weather

113: 25-15-17

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:52.00

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Last start won by 1.5 m (Fr2) at this track (1:52.30) beating Copperfield in NW22001L5 on June 9 at $6.08. Capable of a top-three 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
1st of 6	9/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Scott Zeron	1:52.30	1:52.30	1.5m	$6.08	14	NW22001L5	$39,052	$19,526	1. Soho Dow Jones 2. Copperfield 3. Jabbar
4th of 8	26/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Jordan Stratton	1:51.20	1:51.20	12.8m	$65	8	NW22001L5	$34,868	$2,789	1. Little Willy 2. Verdun 3. Jabbar
3rd of 8	18/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Joe Bongiorno	1:51.10	1:51.10	11.3m	$8.57	7	NW21501L5	$34,916	$4,190	1. Catalpa Rescue 2. Boston Bound 3. Soho Dow Jones
6th of 7	11/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Matt Kakaley	1:54.10	1:54.10	9.0m	$51	13	NW21281L5	$34,916	-	1. Boston Bound 2. Matai Phil 3. Little Willy
2nd of 8	28/4/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Jason Bartlett	1:51.10	1:51.10	5.3m	$2.33f	7	NW15001L5	$30,568	$7,642	1. Young Bluey 2. Soho Dow Jones 3. Matai Phil
1st of 8	21/4/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Jason Bartlett	1:53.20	1:53.20	0.6m	$11	7	NW11991L5	$27,656	$13,828	1. Soho Dow Jones 2. Heza Risk Taker 3. Sweethomealabama

Boston Bound (Fr3) 1632112266
Trainer: Chris Height ()
Driver: Brent Holland
Prize Money: $486,702
Win / Place: 21% / 48%

6 yo Bay Horse

Sire: BOSTON RED ROCKS

Dam: ASHLEESWAYRHIGHWAY

Rating

Stats

Career

101: 22-23-4

Distance

101: 22-23-4

Trk/Dst

19: 3-6-1

Track

19: 3-6-1

Season

18: 5-5-1

1st Up

4: 0-2-0

2nd Up

4: 1-1-0

3rd Up

4: 1-2-0

Metro

18: 6-2-0

Non-Metro

83: 16-21-4

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

101: 22-23-4

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:50.10

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Last start 6th (Fr6) over 1609m at this track, beaten 40 m by Sweet Beach Life (1:51.00) in 3-6 YO OPN on June 15 at $99.50. Two runs back 6th (Fr3) over 1609m at this track beaten 18 m by Endofstory (1:52.10) in NW30000L5 on June 1 at $3.92. Not up to this.

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
6th of 8	15/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	George Brennan	1:51.00	1:51.00	40.5m	$100	14	3-6 YO OPN	$59,972	-	1. Sweet Beach Life 2. Verdun 3. Captain Moore
6th of 7	1/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	George Brennan	1:52.10	1:52.10	18.0m	$3.92f	7	NW30000L5	$41,841	-	1. Endofstory 2. Blue Lou 3. Copperfield
2nd of 8	25/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	George Brennan	1:53.00	1:53.00	5.3m	$5.56	7	NW33871L5	$41,899	$10,475	1. Catalpa Rescue 2. Boston Bound 3. Copperfield
2nd of 8	18/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Yannick Gingras	1:51.10	1:51.10	2.3m	$3.08	7	NW21501L5	$34,916	$8,729	1. Catalpa Rescue 2. Boston Bound 3. Soho Dow Jones
1st of 7	11/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Jason Bartlett	1:54.10	1:54.10	1.5m	$4.81	13	NW21281L5	$34,916	$17,458	1. Boston Bound 2. Matai Phil 3. Little Willy
1st of 8	28/4/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Jason Bartlett	1:53.10	1:53.10	3.0m	$2.74	7	NW22241L5	$36,390	$18,195	1. Boston Bound 2. Sweethomealabama 3. Blue Lou

Downbythewater (Fr4) 3082121234
Trainer: Linda Toscano ()
Driver: Jordan Stratton
Prize Money: $266,293
Win / Place: 21% / 62%

4 yo Bay Horse

Sire: DOWNBYTHESEASIDE (USA)

Dam: PIROUETTE HANOVER

Rating

Stats

Career

32: 7-7-6

Distance

32: 7-7-6

Trk/Dst

2: 0-0-0

Track

2: 0-0-0

Season

12: 3-3-2

1st Up

3: 1-1-0

2nd Up

3: 0-1-1

3rd Up

3: 0-1-1

Metro

8: 2-3-1

Non-Metro

24: 5-4-5

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

32: 7-7-6

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:49.00

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Last start was well beaten into fourth behind Sweet Beach Life at this track over 1609m in a 3-6 YO OPN on June 15 at $13.23. Raced better the start before that with a good run when 3rd (Fr2) over 1609m at Meadowlands beaten 9 m by Voukefalas (1:47.10) in NW15000L5F on June 6 at $3.20. This race appears well within his grasp.

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 8	15/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Jordan Stratton	1:51.00	1:51.00	15.0m	$13	9	3-6 YO OPN	$59,972	$4,798	1. Sweet Beach Life 2. Verdun 3. Captain Moore
3rd of 10	6/6/26	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Tim Tetrick	1:47.10	1:47.10	9.0m	$3.20	7	NW15000L5F	$48,815	$5,858	1. Voukefalas 2. Best Chip 3. Downbythewater
2nd of 8	30/5/26	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Tim Tetrick	1:48.40	1:48.40	4.5m	$3.70	7	NW15000L5	$34,868	$8,717	1. Best Chip 2. Downbythewater 3. Voukefalas
1st of 5	23/5/26	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Geo Napolitano (Jnr)	1:51.00	1:51.00	4.5m	$1.60f	14	W4-7PM CG	$24,441	$12,221	1. Downbythewater 2. Gentleman's Club 3. Heaven Needs Me
2nd of 7	9/5/26	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Todd McCarthy	1:50.10	1:50.10	1.5m	$3.50	7	NW10500L5	$20,950	$5,237	1. Swingtown 2. Downbythewater 3. Lite N Sweet
1st of 10	2/5/26	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Dexter Dunn	1:49.00	1:49.00	18.0m	$1.40f	7	NW7500L5CD	$17,458	$8,729	1. Downbythewater 2. Caviart Lotus 3. Taranaki

Better B Bold (Fr5) 9100611274
Trainer: Travis Alexander ()
Driver: Matt Kakaley
Prize Money: $472,508
Win / Place: 29% / 45%

Recent Trial Winner

6 yo Bay Horse

Sire: BETTERTHANCHEDDAR (USA)

Dam: B SO LUCKY

Rating

Stats

Career

61: 18-10-0

Distance

61: 18-10-0

Trk/Dst

5: 2-1-0

Track

5: 2-1-0

Season

9: 3-1-0

1st Up

3: 1-0-0

2nd Up

3: 1-1-0

3rd Up

3: 0-0-0

Metro

1: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

60: 18-10-0

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

61: 18-10-0

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:49.30

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Last start 4th (Fr5) over 1609m at this track, beaten 8 m by Sterling Choice (1:52.20) in NW24291L5 on April 21 at $15.34. Two runs back 7th (Fr6) over 1609m at this track, beaten 15 m by Vicious (1:53.00) in NW30000L5 on March 30 at $23.60. Happy enough to avoid.

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 4	10/6/26	Pocono Downs	1609m			-	Ridge Warren	1:53.00	1:53.00	0.9m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Better B Bold 2. Checknouthetalnt 3. Holt Hanover
4th of 8	21/4/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Matt Kakaley	1:52.20	1:52.20	8.3m	$15	22	NW24291L5	$36,390	$2,911	1. Sterling Choice 2. Boston Bound 3. Kwick Sand
7th of 7	30/3/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Matt Kakaley	1:53.00	1:53.00	15.0m	$24	14	NW30000L5	$42,135	-	1. Vicious 2. Copperfield 3. Tenzing Bromac
2nd of 8	16/3/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Matt Kakaley	1:53.10	1:53.10	3.8m	$4.45	13	NW15000L5	$26,685	$6,671	1. Little Willy 2. Better B Bold 3. Primary Colors
1st of 6	3/3/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Matt Kakaley	1:54.20	1:54.20	6.0m	$1.22f	14	NW10000L5	$23,876	$11,938	1. Better B Bold 2. Overthinking 3. Churchviewfrankl
1st of 6	17/2/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Matt Kakaley	1:53.10	1:53.10	10.5m	$1.66f	11	NW7751L5	$21,398	$10,699	1. Better B Bold 2. Churchviewfrankl 3. Tricky Miki

Captain Moore A (Fr6) 2536651513
Trainer: Scott Blackler (Burrumbeet)
Driver: Tyler Buter
Prize Money: $383,904
Win / Place: 34% / 65%

Track Specialist

4 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: SOHO LANIKAI (AUS)

Dam: OUR CHELSEA GIRL (NZ)

Rating

Stats

Career

47: 16-6-9

Distance

36: 13-3-8

Trk/Dst

28: 9-3-5

Track

30: 10-3-5

Season

14: 3-1-3

1st Up

3: 0-2-0

2nd Up

3: 2-1-0

3rd Up

3: 2-0-0

Metro

10: 2-2-3

Non-Metro

37: 14-4-6

Mobile

12: 4-3-2

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

47: 16-6-9

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:50.30

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Last start good run when 3rd (Fr1) over 1609m at this track, beaten 11 m by Sweet Beach Life (1:51.00) in 3-6 YO OPN on June 15 at $4.66. Two runs back posted a big 12 m win as favourite (Fr7) at this track (1:52.40) beating None Bettor in NW16841L5 on June 8 at $1.26. Hard to fault on current form.

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	15/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Scott Zeron	1:51.00	1:51.00	11.3m	$4.66	7	3-6 YO OPN	$59,972	$7,197	1. Sweet Beach Life 2. Verdun 3. Captain Moore
1st of 8	8/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Scott Zeron	1:52.40	1:52.40	12.8m	$1.26f	7	NW16841L5	$32,078	$16,039	1. Captain Moore 2. None Bettor 3. Coalford Topguy Gb
5th of 8	1/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Scott Zeron	1:51.30	1:51.30	10.5m	$10	7	NW20000L5	$34,868	$1,743	1. Verdun 2. Sterling Choice 3. Iknowbetter
1st of 8	25/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Jason Bartlett	1:52.20	1:52.20	1.5m	$1.23f	17	NW15001L5	$29,330	$14,665	1. Captain Moore 2. Best Chip 3. Ima Perfect Choice
5th of 8	8/5/26	Yonkers Raceway	2012m		All Weather	Fr5	Yannick Gingras	2:21.40	2:21.40	20.3m	$4.60	11	BORG C	$139,665	$6,983	1. Sweet Beach Life 2. Celtic Spirit 3. Aye Aye Captain
6th of 7	27/4/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Colin Kelly	1:51.10	1:51.10	6.0m	$14	7	BORG #5	$72,780	-	1. Coaches Corner 2. Howlenthehills 3. Aye Aye Captain

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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