Warrawee Yang (Trixton) will be the only harness racing horse with a chance to sweep the 2024 edition of the John Brennan Trotting Series at MGM Yonkers Raceway as he took the first of three $25,000 divisions of the final preliminary round on Wednesday night (April 24).
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Facing off against Royalty Beer (Pat Lachance), who was also two-for-two in the series coming in, Warrawee Yang cleared him for the top before the 28.1 opening quarter, backed down the tempo to 58.3 at the half and 1:27.4 at three-quarters, and sprinted home in 28.2 to defeat Royalty Beer by a length and a quarter in 1:56.1. Bontoni Degato S (George Brennan) collected third.
WARRAWEE YANG REPLAY
A 4-year-old, Warrawee Yang scored his seventh straight victory overall for trainer Ron Burke and owners Burke Racing Stable LLC. and Weaver Bruscemi LLC. He is a 15-time winner overall, has pocketed $168,926 and paid $4.10 to win as the even-money second choice. The exacta was $5.60 and the trifecta kicked back $17.40.
Gingras and Burke also won the second split with Sea Can (Muscle Mass) in 1:55.2. He made his way to the top from post three, carved out fractions of 28.1, 58.1 and 1:26.3 and trotted a 28.4 final panel to tally by a length and three-quarters over By The Book (Jay Randall). Coventry Hall (Jason Bartlett) checked in third.
SEA CAN REPLAY
Also owned by Burke Racing Stable LLC. and Weaver Bruscemi LLC., Sea Can is a 5-year-old gelding. He has a summary of 12-11-3 from 49 trips behind the gate, has earned $206,149 and returned $3.60 to win as the 4-5 favorite. He was atop a $10.60 exacta and a $42.20 trifecta.
Tachyon was the 1-5 favorite in the final flight as Gingras looked for the sweep, but he came up empty in the lane off panels of 28, 57 and 1:25.3, paving the way for 41-1 shot Crazy Brother Jim (Crazy Wow, Jim Marohn Jr.) to rally off cover in the lane and prevail by a neck in 1:56.2. Ferretti (Matt Kakaley) was next, followed by Deadline Hall (Tyler Buter).
CRAZY BROTHER JIM REPLAY
Rock Vinci owns and trains Crazy Brother Jim, a 3-year-old gelding. He made his third appearance in the winner’s circle, has put away $38,990 and paid $85.00 to win. Crazy Brother Jim led a $1,170 exacta and a $13,122 trifecta.
The John Brennan Trotting Series concludes next Thursday (May 2) with a $78,000 final and $35,000 consolation. The John Brennan Trotting Series is named in honor of the longtime SOA of NY horsemen’s representative who passed away from complications of COVID-19 in March 2020. The series is for 3-year-olds and older who were non-winners of six pari-mutuel races or $200,000 through Feb. 1, 2024, with winners over $250,000 as of that date not eligible.
Live racing resumes Thursday night (April 25) with post time at 7 p.m. (EDT).
To read about the night’s $32,000 Open, click here.
For complete race results, click here: US Trotting results.
From Yonkers Raceway