Yonkers Raceway's Six Pack Fabs: Jason Bartlett and Mark MacDonald

A pair of six-packs were cause for celebration on back-to-back nights at Yonkers Raceway. Leading driver Jason Bartlett and fellow sulky star Mark MacDonald both brought home six winners on consecutive nights at Empire City Casino’s historic half mile oval.

On Friday night (June 17), Krispy Apple registered her 44th career triumph, going wire to wire in the $45,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace, pairing with Bartlett for the four length score over Hidden Land (Brent Holland) in 1:52.2.

For Krispy Apple, an 8-year-old daughter of Western Ideal co-owned by Bamond Racing and Joseph Davino and trained by Jeff Bamond Jr., it was her fourth win in 10 starts this season, boosting her career earnings to $1.7 million). Yonkers Raceway’s “Maine Man” brought home six wins on the 11-race program.

It was MacDonald’s turn on Saturday night to join the “Six-Pack Fabs” twosome, highlighted by both halves of the evening’s $45,000 co-features on his best-ever Yonkers performance.

MacDonald first chauffeured favored Sunfire Blue Chip ($5) to a wire-to-window triumph in the Open Handicap Pace, stopping the clock in 1:51.2. “Sunfire” won by a length over Doctor Butch with Dan Dube in the bike.

In the featured Trot, MacDonald took advantage of the rail assignment behind Aggressive, and lit up the board with a $38 win mutual, getting past E R Ellie (Jordan Stratton) by three-quarters of a length at the wire in 1:54.3.

Here’s a recap of MacDonald’s six pack: his first win of the evening was behind Northview Punter A ($11.40) in the $18,000, second-race pace (1:52.1)…in the fifth race, he steered Forty Five Red ($7) in the $22,000, fifth-race pace (1:52) to a wire to wire victory…After putting the aforementioned co-features in the books, he then swept a $591 late double with Summers Windsong ($59) in the $26,000, 10th- race trot (1:54.4), and Sapphire City ($25.60) in the $22,000, 11th-race pace (1:52.2).