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Favourites Get Legs and Timon AS won for the second straight week and Tad Krazy Hanover pulled a 25-1 upset in their respective $20,000 divisions of the third and final leg of the John Brennan Trotting Series, contested on Wednesday night (April 14) at Yonkers Raceway.
Get Legs, dispatched at 1-9, started from post one in the second flight, and he raced in fourth to the :28.2 opening quarter before Andy Miller brought him to the outside late on the second turn. Get Legs moved up into second as Lady Jeter (Yannick Gingras) reached the half in :58, then took over command past that marker. Get Legs cruised over to three-quarters in 1:26.3, negotiated the final turn without incident, and kicked away in the lane to prevail by 4-1/2 lengths in 1:55.3. Lady Jeter held second over McMatters (Mark MacDonald), who was left uncovered after Get Legs hit the front.