Priceless Beach closes like a freight train in Open

It might have been a short field of six in the $39,000 Open-Handicap Pace at Yonkers Raceway Monday (June 6) evening, but the harness racing action was furious the last half mile of the race.

The 8^th race feature saw the race favorite Speed Man N and driver Joe Bongiorno shoot to the early lead with Pat Stanley N (Jordan Stratton) right on their back to the first quarter in :27.3.

Speed Man N took the field past the half mile in :57 as Priceless Beach and driver Yannick Gingras came first-over and then flushed Bee Two Bee (George Brennan) as they raced down the backstretch and past the three-quarters in 1:24.

On the final turn Gringas tipped Priceless Beach three-wide for the stretch drive as Speed Man N looked to have the race wrapped up, but in deep stretch Priceless Beach found another gear and sped by Speed Man N to win by a neck in 1:51.2. Pat Stanley N was third.

PRICELESS BEACH REPLAY

It was the sixth win this year for Priceless Beach. The six-year-old stallion by Sunshine Beach is trained by Jared Bako and owned by 1362313 Ontario LTN of Windsor, ON. He paid $6.40 to win.

For complete race results, click here.

by Steve Wolf, for Harnesslink