All together now, ‘Taking to the off-going like a duck to water…’ Ontario-sired Rubber Duck (Matt Kakaley, $18.40) ‘waddled home’ the fastest on Sunday afternoon (February 25) while winning Yonkers Raceway’s ‘sloppy’ $50,000 Open Handicap Trot. The field of nine (which was reduced by one after a nose-to-gate defection) was contested as the first of seven […] Read more »
Ontario-Sired, Rubber Duck And Killer Martini, Win Saturday Yonkers Features
Favoured Rubber Duck (Joe Bongiorno, $4.20) and Killer Martini (Jason Bartlett, $16.80) won Yonkers Raceway’s co-featured $40,000 Open Handicaps Saturday, Feb. 3. Rubber Duck, from assigned post-position three, stuffed lass NF Happenstance in behind early. The race became a two-speed number, with Rubber Duck, setting splits of :28.1, :57.3 and 1:26.4, holding sway. NF Happenstance […] Read more »
Ontario-Sired, Rubber Duck, Takes $25,000 Trot At Pocono
Rubber Duck, who has done his best racing on the front end in recent starts, worked out a pocket trip on a 34-degree night and came on to get a half-length decision over tough pacesetter Classicality while taking Sunday’s $25,000 Winners Over Handicap Trot in 1:53.2 Sunday night (November 19) at The Downs at Mohegan […] Read more »
Ontario-Sired, Rubber Duck, The One In Yonkers Open
Westchester Sundays returned on June 18, with an out-every-step Rubber Duck (Joe Bongiorno, $47) winning Yonkers Raceway’s $68,000 Open Handicap Trot. The Father’s Day marquee trot was the first race of the afternoon, one of four ‘French’ trots going at the mile-and-one-quarter distance. It looked much different early as 3-4 choice Hemi Seelster (Jason Bartlett) […] Read more »
Ontario-Sired, Rubber Duck, Handily Wins Yonker’s $56,000 Open Handicap Trot
Favoured Rubber Duck (Joe Bongiorno, $3.50) did not disappoint Sunday afternoon, handily winning Yonkers Raceway’s $56,000 Open Handicap Trot. Forwardly-placed from post position No. 6, in his featured trot debut (three of the 11 starters broke early), Rubber Duck was actually beaten to the early punch. Red Hot Herbie, starting directly outside of Rubber […] Read more »
