Yonkers Raceway Race 4

Race 4

Prize Money: $61,341

SWEET BEACH LIFE (7) added to the impressive sequence of wins last start when he scored by 4 metres over 1609m at this track. Will need a bit of luck negotiating a very wide starting position. Won't find this any harder and he can go right on with the job. MAC'S DELIGHT (5) had been about the mark in recent runs before the latest appearance when he got the job done again, scoring by a neck over 1609m at this track. Meets a comparable field so he can certainly make it two on the bounce. CAPTINHAMMERHEAD A (3) has to come into calculations on the back of some strong recent form, most recently when second at Meadowlands over 1609m. Must be included. RAILROAD STATION (1) is worth plenty of thought off a last-start win by a neck at this track over 1609m.

Distance: 1609m
Track: fast
Weather: Fine
Surface: All Weather
Class: INVITATION

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Railroad Station (Fr1) 1284591131
Trainer: Ron Burke ()
Driver: Tyler Buter
Prize Money: $571,011
Win / Place: 20% / 66%

4 yo Bay Horse

Sire: SWEET LOU (USA)

Dam: RODEO ROSIE

Rating

Stats

Career

45: 9-14-7

Distance

45: 9-14-7

Trk/Dst

7: 4-1-1

Track

7: 4-1-1

Season

12: 4-2-1

1st Up

3: 0-2-0

2nd Up

3: 2-1-0

3rd Up

3: 1-1-1

Metro

10: 0-3-0

Non-Metro

35: 9-11-7

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

45: 9-14-7

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:49.30

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Going well. Last start won by a neck (Fr6) at this track (1:52.30) beating Wish You Well in NW20951L5 on August 11 at $3.73. 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	11/8/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Tyler Buter	1:52.30	1:52.30	0.3m	$3.73	7	NW20951L5	$39,943	$19,971	1. Railroad Station 2. Wish You Well 3. Dunkin
3rd of 7	4/8/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Tyler Buter	1:51.10	1:51.10	8.3m	$3.78	8	NW20000L5	$39,943	$4,793	1. Bourbon County 2. Star Casino 3. Railroad Station
1st of 8	27/7/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Yannick Gingras	1:52.00	1:52.00	3.8m	$1.47f	13	NW20000L5	$40,639	$20,319	1. Railroad Station 2. Better B Bold 3. Speculating
1st of 8	14/7/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Tyler Buter	1:51.10	1:51.10	3.8m	$3.56	10	NW15000L5	$33,382	$16,691	1. Railroad Station 2. Better B Bold 3. Mac's Marvel
9th of 10	4/7/26	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Andrew McCarthy	1:46.30	1:46.30	26.3m	$91	14	GRADUATE F-G2	$333,817	-	1. Captain Optimistic 2. Prince Hal Hanover 3. Swingtown
5th of 9	20/6/26	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Yannick Gingras	1:47.40	1:47.40	17.3m	$15	8	GRADUATE	$69,735	$3,487	1. Fallout 2. Crack Shot 3. Fifth And Five

Matai Phil N (Fr2) 4712336511
Trainer: Agostino Abbatiello (PUKEKOHE)
Driver: Brent Holland
Prize Money: $264,840
Win / Place: 21% / 53%

Going for the Hat-Trick

5 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: WASHINGTON VC (USA)

Dam: MATAI KATIE (NZ)

Rating

Stats

Career

56: 12-9-9

Distance

39: 8-8-5

Trk/Dst

35: 6-7-5

Track

35: 6-7-5

Season

24: 5-5-4

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

44: 10-8-7

Mobile

13: 3-0-2

Standing

5: 1-1-2

All-Weather

56: 12-9-9

Slushy

1: 0-1-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:51.00

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Chasing a hat-trick. Last start posted a big 5 m win (Fr5) at this track (1:52.30) beating Forward Flash in NW20000L5 on August 17 at $15.52. Expecting the winning run to come to an end.

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	17/8/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Colin Kelly	1:52.30	1:52.30	5.3m	$16	22	NW20000L5	$39,943	$19,971	1. Matai Phil 2. Forward Flash 3. Backstreet Shadow
1st of 6	26/7/26	Tioga Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Lauren Tritton	1:51.30	1:51.30	4.5m	$1.99f	5	OPEN	$21,045	$10,522	1. Matai Phil 2. Livonjaxandqueens 3. Red Blooded
5th of 8	21/7/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Tyler Buter	1:52.20	1:52.20	9.8m	$39	7	NW16596L5	$33,382	$1,669	1. Udderly Sweet 2. Boston Bound 3. Keayang Kamikaze
6th of 7	14/7/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Tyler Buter	1:53.30	1:53.30	22.5m	$15	7	NW20000L5	$40,639	-	1. Aroda 2. Resilient 3. Churchviewfrankl
3rd of 8	7/7/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Brent Holland	1:52.10	1:52.10	15.0m	$9.93	7	NW20000L5	$40,639	$4,877	1. Mac's Delight 2. Moment Is Here 3. Matai Phil
3rd of 7	30/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Tyler Buter	1:52.10	1:52.10	14.3m	$3.61	16	NW20000L5	$40,639	$4,877	1. American Dealer 2. Better B Bold 3. Matai Phil

Captinhammerhead A (Fr3) 113344142
Trainer: Scott Blackler ()
Driver: Jason Bartlett
Prize Money: $106,333
Win / Place: 33% / 66%

6 yo Bay Horse

Sire: CAPTAINTREACHEROUS (USA)

Dam: ROGERS PASSION

Rating

Stats

Career

9: 3-1-2

Distance

9: 3-1-2

Trk/Dst

5: 2-0-2

Track

5: 2-0-2

Season

9: 3-1-2

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

1: 1-0-0

3rd Up

1: 0-0-1

Metro

1: 0-1-0

Non-Metro

8: 3-0-2

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

9: 3-1-2

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:48.40

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Fair performance when beaten by 5 m finishing fourth behind Ruthless Hanover at Pocono Downs over 1609m in a WO25000LT on July 25 at $8.40. Then a handy effort when beaten by 6 m finishing second behind Best Chip at Meadowlands over 1609m in a OPEN on August 8 at $7.50. Plenty to like about his prospects.

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	8/8/26	Meadowlands	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Dexter Dunn	1:46.10	1:46.10	6.0m	$7.50	14	OPEN	$57,061	$14,265	1. Best Chip 2. Captinhammerhead 3. Fifth And Five
4th of 6	25/7/26	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Matt Kakaley	1:48.00	1:48.00	5.3m	$8.40	7	WO25000LT	$42,816	$3,425	1. Ruthless Hanover 2. Ken Hanover 3. Congressional
1st of 8	18/7/26	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Geo Napolitano (Jnr)	1:48.40	1:48.40	1.5m	$6.90	7	WO25000LT	$42,816	$21,408	1. Captinhammerhead 2. Congressional 3. Control Rocks
4th of 6	11/7/26	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Brett Beckwith	1:47.20	1:47.20	8.3m	$6.70	12	WO25000LT	$39,913	$3,193	1. Dandy Ideal 2. Ruthless Hanover 3. Goliath Hanover
4th of 8	29/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Scott Zeron	1:51.40	1:51.40	8.3m	$5.41	7	INVITATION	$62,409	$4,993	1. Mossdale Ben 2. Soho Firestone 3. Donegal Luther
3rd of 4	22/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Brent Holland	1:51.10	1:51.10	3.0m	$6.62	14	INVITATION	$59,972	$7,197	1. Sweet Beach Life 2. Mossdale Ben 3. Captinhammerhead

Young Bluey A (Fr4) 1624222424
Trainer: Jared Bako (Ecklin South)
Driver: Colin Kelly
Prize Money: $251,398
Win / Place: 18% / 57%

6 yo Brown/Black Gelding

Sire: BETTING LINE (USA)

Dam: LOTS A BLUE (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

71: 13-18-10

Distance

13: 3-5-0

Trk/Dst

11: 2-4-0

Track

11: 2-4-0

Season

13: 3-5-0

1st Up

6: 1-2-0

2nd Up

6: 1-0-3

3rd Up

6: 0-2-0

Metro

29: 3-5-4

Non-Metro

42: 10-13-6

Mobile

58: 10-13-10

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

71: 13-18-10

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:50.10

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Last start 4th (Fr3) over 1609m at this track beaten 9 m by Sweet Beach Life (1:51.20) in INVITATION on August 10 at $29.59. Two runs back 2nd (Fr2) over 1609m at this track, beaten 5 m by Verdun (1:51.40) in NW30000L5 on August 3 at $4.48. Likely to struggle.

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 5	10/8/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Colin Kelly	1:51.20	1:51.20	9.0m	$30	7	INVITATION	$61,341	$4,907	1. Sweet Beach Life 2. Soho Firestone 3. Bourbon County
2nd of 8	3/8/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Matt Kakaley	1:51.40	1:51.40	5.3m	$4.48	7	NW30000L5	$47,076	$11,769	1. Verdun 2. Young Bluey 3. Kwick Sand
4th of 6	27/7/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Matt Kakaley	1:51.20	1:51.20	7.5m	$28	7	INVITATION	$62,409	$4,993	1. Coaches Corner 2. Gorgeous Big Guy 3. Celtic Spirit
2nd of 6	20/7/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Jason Bartlett	1:53.00	1:53.00	3.0m	$2.25	7	NW33876L5	$47,896	$11,974	1. Mac's Delight 2. Young Bluey 3. Kwick Sand
2nd of 6	13/7/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Colin Kelly	1:52.10	1:52.10	1.5m	$1.57f	15	NW30000L5	$47,896	$11,974	1. Evileye Fleegle 2. Young Bluey 3. Bondi Lockdown
2nd of 7	28/6/26	Philadelphia	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Andrew McCarthy	1:48.30	1:48.30	6.8m	$3.70	6	NW15000L5	$18,868	$4,717	1. Best Chip 2. Young Bluey 3. Wish You Well

Mac's Delight (Fr5) 3225111121
Trainer: Petter Engblom ()
Driver: Joe Bongiorno
Prize Money: $690,172
Win / Place: 30% / 60%

Track / Distance Specialist

6 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: BETTOR'S DELIGHT (USA)

Dam: MICHELLE'S PRIDE

100

Rating

Stats

Career

84: 26-17-8

Distance

84: 26-17-8

Trk/Dst

13: 6-1-0

Track

13: 6-1-0

Season

12: 6-3-1

1st Up

5: 1-2-2

2nd Up

5: 0-3-1

3rd Up

5: 4-0-1

Metro

22: 4-5-3

Non-Metro

62: 22-12-5

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

84: 26-17-8

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:48.40

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Racing in great heart. Last start won by a neck (Fr5) at this track (1:51.20) beating Chase H Hanover in INVITATION on August 17 at $7.85. Big chance to go back-to-back.

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	17/8/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Matt Kakaley	1:51.20	1:51.20	0.3m	$7.85	13	INVITATION	$61,341	$30,670	1. Mac's Delight 2. Chase H Hanover 3. Soho Firestone
2nd of 6	4/8/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Jason Bartlett	1:50.20	1:50.20	3.0m	$2.87	7	3-6 YO OPN	$61,341	$15,335	1. Best Chip 2. Mac's Delight 3. Howlenthehills
1st of 6	28/7/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Yannick Gingras	1:52.10	1:52.10	1.5m	$4.33	8	3-6 YO OPN	$62,409	$31,205	1. Mac's Delight 2. Go Go Grasshopper 3. Howlenthehills
1st of 6	20/7/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Yannick Gingras	1:53.00	1:53.00	3.0m	$1.83f	13	NW33876L5	$47,896	$23,948	1. Mac's Delight 2. Young Bluey 3. Kwick Sand
1st of 8	7/7/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Jason Bartlett	1:52.10	1:52.10	6.8m	$1.16f	7	NW20000L5	$40,639	$20,319	1. Mac's Delight 2. Moment Is Here 3. Matai Phil
1st of 8	30/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Yannick Gingras	1:51.20	1:51.20	2.3m	$2.50f	10	NW15000L5	$33,382	$16,691	1. Mac's Delight 2. Jabbar 3. Paris's Dragon

Mossdale Ben N (Fr6) 2421212364
Trainer: Peter Tritton (WOODEND BEACH)
Driver: Jim Marohn (Jnr)
Prize Money: $1,427,990
Win / Place: 27% / 59%

Track / Distance Specialist

7 yo Brown Gelding

Sire: A ROCKNROLL DANCE (USA)

Dam: MOSSDALE SUE (NZ)

Rating

Stats

Career

83: 23-18-8

Distance

40: 15-9-4

Trk/Dst

33: 14-7-3

Track

36: 14-7-3

Season

19: 6-6-1

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

83: 23-18-8

Mobile

26: 6-7-4

Standing

17: 2-3-0

All-Weather

78: 22-17-8

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

5: 1-1-0

Best Mile

1:48.40

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Last start 4th (Fr2) over 1609m at this track beaten 0.9 m by Mac's Delight (1:51.20) in INVITATION on August 17 at $1.64. Two runs back 6th (Fr5) over 1609m at this track, beaten 16 m by Sweet Beach Life (1:50.10) in INVITATION on August 3 at $2.62. Needs to find plenty of improvement to figure.

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	17/8/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Jim Marohn (Jnr)	1:51.20	1:51.20	0.9m	$1.64f	14	INVITATION	$61,341	$4,907	1. Mac's Delight 2. Chase H Hanover 3. Soho Firestone
6th of 6	3/8/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Jim Marohn (Jnr)	1:50.10	1:50.10	16.5m	$2.62f	14	INVITATION	$61,341	-	1. Sweet Beach Life 2. Celtic Spirit 3. Gorgeous Big Guy
3rd of 7	20/7/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Jim Marohn (Jnr)	1:51.20	1:51.20	9.0m	$3.14	7	INVITATION	$62,409	$7,489	1. Sweet Beach Life 2. Soho Firestone 3. Mossdale Ben
2nd of 6	13/7/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Jim Marohn (Jnr)	1:50.40	1:50.40	0.9m	$1.80f	14	INVITATION	$62,409	$15,602	1. Sweet Beach Life 2. Mossdale Ben 3. Soho Firestone
1st of 8	29/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Jim Marohn (Jnr)	1:51.40	1:51.40	4.5m	$1.37f	7	INVITATION	$62,409	$31,205	1. Mossdale Ben 2. Soho Firestone 3. Donegal Luther
2nd of 4	22/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Jim Marohn (Jnr)	1:51.10	1:51.10	1.5m	$2.40	16	INVITATION	$59,972	$14,993	1. Sweet Beach Life 2. Mossdale Ben 3. Captinhammerhead

Sweet Beach Life (Fr7) 1721111111
Trainer: Travis Alexander ()
Driver: Matt Kakaley
Prize Money: $1,073,995
Win / Place: 35% / 66%

Track / Distance Specialist

Picket Fence

5 yo Bay Horse

Sire: SWEET LOU (USA)

Dam: LIFE IS A BEACH

100

Rating

Stats

Career

60: 21-12-7

Distance

59: 20-12-7

Trk/Dst

31: 15-8-3

Track

32: 16-8-3

Season

15: 8-3-2

1st Up

4: 1-0-0

2nd Up

4: 0-1-2

3rd Up

4: 0-3-0

Metro

2: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

58: 21-12-7

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

60: 21-12-7

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:49.30

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Brings the right form to the table. Won by 4 m as favourite (Fr5) at this track (1:51.20) beating Soho Firestone in INVITATION on August 10 at $1.11. Two runs back won by 9 m (Fr6) at this track (1:50.10) beating Celtic Spirit in INVITATION on August 3 at $3.20. Well placed, should prove hard to beat.

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 5	10/8/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Matt Kakaley	1:51.20	1:51.20	3.8m	$1.11f	7	INVITATION	$61,341	$30,670	1. Sweet Beach Life 2. Soho Firestone 3. Bourbon County
1st of 6	3/8/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Matt Kakaley	1:50.10	1:50.10	9.0m	$3.20	14	INVITATION	$61,341	$30,670	1. Sweet Beach Life 2. Celtic Spirit 3. Gorgeous Big Guy
1st of 7	20/7/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Matt Kakaley	1:51.20	1:51.20	0.9m	$2.38f	7	INVITATION	$62,409	$31,205	1. Sweet Beach Life 2. Soho Firestone 3. Mossdale Ben
1st of 6	13/7/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Matt Kakaley	1:50.40	1:50.40	0.9m	$3.06	21	INVITATION	$62,409	$31,205	1. Sweet Beach Life 2. Mossdale Ben 3. Soho Firestone
1st of 4	22/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Matt Kakaley	1:51.10	1:51.10	1.5m	$1.70f	7	INVITATION	$59,972	$29,986	1. Sweet Beach Life 2. Mossdale Ben 3. Captinhammerhead
1st of 8	15/6/26	Yonkers Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Matt Kakaley	1:51.00	1:51.00	11.3m	$1.65f	7	3-6 YO OPN	$59,972	$29,986	1. Sweet Beach Life 2. Verdun 3. Captain Moore

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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