Yonkers: Theartofconfusion stands alone with track record mile

It was an loud Saturday night (Aug. 31st) exclamation point after the stakes portion of Yonkers Raceway Triple Crown program as Australian import Theartofconfusion (Austin Siegelman, $8.30) rewrote the local track record books to the tune of 1:49 3/5, Yonkers Raceway’s first-ever sub-1:50 mile.

From post position four in the $30,000 11th race pace, Theartofconfusion (‘I just let him roll,’ Siegelman said) gave nothing else a shot. The confirmed off-the-pace number this night plowed through intervals of 26 2/5, 54 2/5, and 1:21 3/5. His lead increased from 2 1/2 lengths at the half to five lengths at the three-quarters to six lengths in and out of the final turn.

The final margin was an obscene 10 lengths, taking two-fifths of a second off the previous Westchester record held in partnership by The Real One (Pat Lachance, 2016), Tequila Monday (Matt Kakaley, this past June), and American History (Joe Bongiorno, a week ago Saturday). Mach N Cheese (Eric Goodell) was a more-than-distant second as the 4-5 favorite, while Fine Diamond (George Brennan) and Elwell (Jim Marohn Jr.) rounded out the gimmick finishers.

For second choice Theartofconfusion, a 9-year-old Riverboat King gelding co-owned by (trainer) Gilbert Garcia-Herrera and Barbara & Donald Arnstine, it was his sixth win in 25 seasonal starts. The exacta paid $18.60, the triple returned $297, and the superfecta paid $1,279.

--press release (Yonkers)--