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On The Tab Takes Yonkers Trot

July 10, 2010

Yonkers Raceway's premier trotting event, worth $573,770, saw the pole-sitting Senor Glide (Cat Manzi) lead the octet through a :29.2 opening quarter-mile.

Shaq is Back (Steve Smith) tried the mix it up early, but jumped it off in the first turn. That left Carnegie (Stephane Bouchard) to patrol the pocket, with Hard Livin' (Ron Pierce) -- like Senor Glide an elimination winner a week ago -- away third.

On the Tab, leaving from post position three as the third member of the Takter triumvirate, moved from fourth. Senor Glide stole a 60-second intermission before On the Tab was able to turn it up. Take My Picture (Jeff Gregory) was well-placed second-over, with Carnegie continuing in the two-hole.

Senor Glide found a 1:29.2 three-quarters, owning a one-half length lead into the lane. On the Tab was relentless, going by his barn buddy and also holding off the rival in his rearview mirror. He defeated Take My Picture by one-half length, in 1:58.4, by Senor Gide third, Hard Livin' fourth and Carnegie fifth. Waldorf Hall (Jordan Stratton), Big Stick Lindy (Ray Schnittker) and the miscuing Shag is Back rounded-out the order.

"I was very impressed with him last week (second to Hard Livin')," Miller said. "They weren't going much and he came home well. Tonight, it was the same thing. No speed up front, and he did it first-up. In the lane, I saw Cat (Manzi) asking his colt, and I thought I had him beat. I was a bit concerned with the other one (Take My Picture), but my horse hung in there. It's a great race to win."

"I'm obviously very happy to win this race," Takter said. ""It's one we always point to, because I understand the history of it. I used to have nothing but bad luck in it, but hopefully that's turned around. (On the Tab) was the one that Marcus (Johansson, Takter's son-in-law) really liked and wanted to drive here (before his accident at the Meadowlands).

"He wasn't an expensive horse ($30,000), but he always showed me something," Takter said. "I appreciated winning (the 2009 Trot) with Judge Joe, but he was a very talented horse when he came to me (from the Ackerman Stable). It's special to win with one you've developed, and I look forward to trying to win it again."

On the Tab, a 3-year-son of Cantab Hall, co-owned by Takter's wfie, Chistina, John Fielding, Louie Camara and Falkbolagen AB, and his posse returned $2.20 for his first win, with six seconds, in eight seasonal starts. The Exacta, with Take My Picture, a pari-mutuel second, paid $8.90. There was no Triple wagering.

New York Sire Stakes action will continue Monday night, with the $276,000 Bruce Hamilton for 3-year-old colts and geldings, in four divisions. Yonkers' current live schedule, each Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, remains in effect, with first post at 7:10 p.m ET.