DRIVER BARTLETT WINS SEVEN, TRAINER SABOT FOUR ON JULY 27 AT YONKERS RACEWAY; BARTLETT LOOKS TO CONTINUE HOT STREAK THURSDAY NIG

YONKERS, NY, July 28-Two top harness horsemen were as hot as the blistering weather on Monday night. Yonkers Raceway-s leading driver Jason Bartlett blasted home seven winners at the historic half-mile oval at Empire City Casino. Playing no gender favorites, trainer Jennifer Sabot won four. The duo successfully combined for three victories, the first with odds-on choice Little Joke ($2.20), the winner of the $20,000, third-race pace by 8? lengths in a maiden-breaking score timed in 1:55. The Bartlett/Sabot tandem then prevailed with American Venture ($7.20), victorious in the $19,000, seventh race by 10? widening lengths (lifetime best 1:50.4). Then, it was Rock My World ($3.70) in the $25,000, ninth-race pace (season-s-best 1:55.2). Bartlett authored his own personal Pick 5, which included favored Midnight Dylan ($4.50) in the $19,000, sixth-race pace (1:53.4, matching a season-s-best), American Venture in the seventh, with Yes You Can ($8.60) in the $25,000, eighth-race pace (life-best 1:53.2), Rock My World in the ninth and Secretsoftheknight ($14) in the $22,000, 10th-race pace (season-s-best 1:53). Bartlett, who had nary a race off during the dozen races, wrapped it with a first-up Villager Beat, lighting up the tote board with a $34.60 win mutual in the $25,000 pacing finale (season-s-best 1:52.2). So much for betting the hot driver. Ms. Sabot-s other training victory was JC Kingdom ($10) in the fifth-race pace (1:53.1, a season-s-best). She won with all but one of her starters Monday evening. The Monday wagering Pick 5?as opposed to the Monday Bartlett Pick 5?attracted $20,902.74 of new money with a $10,000 guaranteed poll and a carryover of just over $4,100. The winning combination of 4/1/2/5/3 returned $618 for every correct half-a-buck wager. The Raceway-s live nightly season continues every Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday (all at 7:10 PM), with a ?French-centric? Tuesday matinee (first post 1 PM). Evening simulcasting accompanies all night programs, with afternoon simulcasting available daily.